For years Joy had lived in the shadows. He struggled to be himself but the laws of the land forbade him to express his true identity. He longed to wear a skirt and makeup and carry a ladies handbag but harassment from people and the police made hi
"None of the above" option, introduced by the Election Commission for the first time as per a supreme court order, has made a modest debut in the assembly polls. The option was exercised on a wide scale in Chhattisgarh, particula
The rise of the Aam Aadmi party (AAP) has transformed the election process in Delhi. It has given impetus to the issues of corruption and performance over caste and community. The Delhi election result suggests that the caste or religious identity
In politics, like in mathematics, if a complex problem is oversimplified, its comprehension becomes all the more difficult. The attempt to find out a universal truth that can unravel the mystery of the state assembly outcomes is fraught with a sim
It is a historic first for the Odisha state legislative assembly (OSLA). Leader of the opposition Bhupinder Singh is sitting on dharna in the well of the house for at least two nights beginning Saturday afternoon demanding the Odisha chief
For most, retirement is a simple enough noun. It means end of work. Period. Not for Iqbal Singh, though. For him, it was the beginning of a new phase – working to change life of many others, by providing them access to education at t
The App? ‘Safetipin’ is a safety app, which aims to provide safety-related information about different areas in a city crowd-sourced by users. In the pilot version, the app has information about 2,000 points in
At what point does eliminating a choice become a necessity? The answer lies in a corner of Gurgaon, where people on the lowest rung of economic ladder ask whether government facilities are really meant for them. “My sister-in-law was
The National Council for Teacher’s Education (NCTE) is going electronic for all its regulatory functions. The statutory body is in charge of recognising teacher training institutions in India, and is currently in charge of 16,000 training in
Politics is a nonlinear equation. It defies conventional wisdom. But the strange phenomenon that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has turned out to be is more like a complex puzzle than a mathematical equation. Contrast the past image of Modi
When I started off a pre-election survey in March this year, for me, Delhi was one colossal city sandwiched between Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. By the time I ended (in August), I discovered numerous Delhies. A rural Delhi comprising 364 hamlets, sm
“ Sari ke fall sa, kabhi match kiya re. Kabhi chhod diya dil, kabhi catch kiya re...“ Can anybody make sense of these lyrics? These are just two lines from a song in the soon-to-be released movie “R….
Two students of class eight from Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) have been selected to attend ‘US Cultural Immersion Institute-2014’ organised for teachers and students of ‘English Access Micro-scholarship Programme&r
The apathy of the Indian babus knows no bounds. You give them an architectural marvel that has stood the test of time for over seven centuries, and they would, more likely than not, see it gather dust, moss, decay and finally crumble in about as m
As public sector banks continue in their struggle to keep the ship from sinking with non-performing assets shooting through the roof, it is the corporate houses that have emerged as the major culprit with fifty companies contributing to around 25
India’s first all-woman bank, Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) is all set to reach out to every state in the country as it gears up to open a branch in every state by the end of this fiscal, finance minister P Chidambaram has said. "I assure you that
Shedding its reputation for voter’s apathy, the national capital this time broke all records. The voter turnout in this crucial assembly elections was a record 67% (the precise figures being worked out), breaking its previous record of 61.75
As many as 56,000 villages that are not covered by mobile communication services will soon taste the benefits of the telecom revolution, prime minister Manmohan Singh announced on Thursday. A proposed scheme will give priority to the uncovered vil
The absence of credible census data in the country has left children belonging to socially and economically disadvantaged communities deprived of government aids and services, a study undertaken by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has
