On 12 March 1988, the weather forecast for the Kathmandu Valley in the Rising Nepal read: 'Partly cloudy with temporary thundershowers'. No prediction of impending doom. There was
Over the years, the women's movement in Rajasthan has had some success in making violence against women into an important political issue. Activists have forced political parties and
In the middle of the driveway leading up from the main entrance to the stately buildings of the New Delhi High Court stands an unassuming structure, a circular building of
The agreement between the Trinamool and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha on a new administrative set-up for the Darjeeling Hills seems to be the prelude to the replay of a drama that will once again cheat the people of Darjeeling and the Nepali-speaking Gorkhalis all over India.
In the weeks after Mamata Banerjee's resounding victory over the Left Front, a roving writer finds a state reeling from the effects of three decades of left rule.