October 2011

Let’s abort our biases

There’s a gap between the law and reality when it comes to gendercide. Namita Bhandare writes. HT Image The 40th anniversary of legalised abortion in India went by unnoticed. Women’s groups remained silent. The government was quiet. And there was virtually no mention of this landmark legislation in media. Perhaps there was a reason for […]

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When reality is boring

Are we the world’s greatest conspiracy theorists? The question struck me while watching two eminent doctors argue with Mark Toleman, one of the co-authors of a Lancet article on the presence of a superbug in Delhi’s water. Namita Bhandare writes. HT Image Are we the world’s greatest conspiracy theorists? The question struck me while watching

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Ab bus karo, please!

LK Advani’s yatra is a last-century tactic to deal with this century’s problems, writes Namita Bhandare. HT Image Oh-ho, there he goes again. Like an Annual Day school theme, every edition of LK Advani’s rath yatra comes with its own slogan. This one’s against corruption. And black money. Heck, it even has its own rock

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