Saying that she was “shocked” about the rape of a five-year-old in Delhi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma SwarajFriday demanded the girl should be immediately shifted to AIIMS. […]
Media frames innocent women
After the Delhi gangrape incident, the television media in India hasn’t stopped portraying itself as the saviour of women; as the one entity that asked all those tough questions without […]
Mohandas Pai declines to speak at Wharton
Days after Wharton Indian Economic Forum (WIEF) dropped Gujaratchief minister Narendra Modi as its keynote speaker, Mohandas Pai, chairman, Manipal Global, turned down the invitation to speak at the annual event, saying that he is […]
Italy slaps Indian Supreme Court over marines
Italy and India seemed headed for a standoff on Monday after the former declared that two of its naval guards who are being prosecuted for killing two Indian fishermen in […]
Three minor girls raped , murdered and dumped in Mumbai
The rape and murder of three young sisters in Maharashtra has shocked the state. “The incident is extremely deplorable and painful. I appeal to the people to maintain calm and […]
7200 children are raped in India every day
Anoushka Shankar, daughter of legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, on Wednesday said she was a victim of sexual abuse as a child, at the hands of a man her parents trusted […]
54 % of Indian women agree that it is okay to get beaten by the husband over burnt dinner !
Justice Bhaktavatsala , a Karnataka High Court judge was in limelight when he had said –beating your wife is okay as long as the husband takes care of the wife […]