Cross Connections

The problem with the Preity Zinta-Ness Wadia case is with the word molestation. As a feminist and one who would err on the side of a woman...

I detest the term 'honour killing'. It assumes that somebody's honour is at stake and therefore the murder has social sanctit...

This should be treated on par with 'honour killing', that execrable term that props up the worst form of patriarchy. A 20-year o...

Is America humiliating India by riding on the case of a maid? Sounds illogical, but if true then it is bizarre. The incident in sh...

It would not be anything new if I said it is a mockery of the law. This is beyond comprehension. Actor Sanjay Dutt who was jailed for arm...

The idea that the khap panchayats want to get an image makeover is not new. They tried it earlier. So, will it be any different when they...

The fact that the Modi camp rejoices over a few statements by a tainted former deputy general of police reveals the desperation to get a ...

(This is a fictitious account that I would have written if I were young and at Delhi on this day)    I live in Delhi and have alrea...

  Words like “pro-choice” did not even occur to her as they forced an iron rod into her vagina and, together with the blood, remnants ...

A 15-year-old Muslim girl is permitted by the high court to marry. Forget the level of maturity of our grandmothers who did not make a cho...

When I read the media quoting activists, especially on the issue of teenage sexuality, I think there is often too much effort in an atte...

'Law and order' sounds like a curious term because the law does not seem to have any order. The Supreme Court gets a 7-month itch ...

It looks like the United States of America now believes in the Sharia. On March 17, Raymond Davis got off by paying blood money to the famil...