Cross Connections

Charlatan godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan, head of the Dera Sacha Sauda, has been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonme...

Soon after December 16, 2012, India became international news for a rape. Intellectuals and the political class had at the...

Only because the police force represents the establishment, should we ignore how some cops, especially female, are treated by civilians? In ...

Rape should be treated as a crime not only against women but society, only then will it be seen as more than a ‘zenana’ issue cloistere...

What exactly are some Indian judges smoking? In a 141-page judgment that sentences a watchman to life imprisonment for the rape and murder...

Think about it. Why was the Tapas Pal clip not aired earlier, or why did it not go 'viral' on June 14 when he made the rape remarks...

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

Where is Mulayam Yadav's son, CM Akhilesh? Let us not dismiss these as merely sexist remarks. They are criminal. Let us also, for ...

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

Why has everything become about rape? The US ambassador to India, Nancy Powell, was asked why Americans did not come to India for studies....

While newspapers have been falling over each other to report sexual crimes against women, the least they can do is not use senseless terms. ...

Three recent examples. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said: "I have always maintained that Rahul Gandhi would be an ideal choi...

There was a knock on the door. A young man stood there assuring me, “Don’t worry, I am not selling anything”. Great. So, why was he here? ...