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"The girls had to be locked in the house, but the boys could go where they wanted."
Author Shubha Menon and activist Farida Khan speak with Yasmeen Rashidi about their book on the struggles of Muslim women and girls education.
https://thewire.in/women/watch-the-struggles-of-muslim-women-and-they-overcame-them
"Soon we will be holding elections with only right-minded protagonists in the fray, guaranteed to campaign positively in support of government policy.
And if the people do not like that, well we may go ahead and elect a new people as well." | Badri Raina.
https://thewire.in/rights/india-democracy-freedom
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) is now one step closer to releasing the world’s first injectable male contraceptive.
Prof S.K. Guha has spent 37 years trying to develop the drug (Risug).
https://thewire.in/health/risug-injectable-male-contraceptive
While the 2018 judgment has been referred to a larger bench, the Supreme Court has not ordered a stay and women can still enter the temple.
Does this mean that the Kerala govt's actions are in contempt of court?
https://thewire.in/414383/sabarimala-kerala-government-contempt-of-court/
Irrespective of what killed the birds – microbes, electricity or something else – experts don’t agree with state authorities’ idea of burying the carcasses within the lake or in the soil.
"Nothing will suit the Hindutva organisations and their ideology more than this rejection by “Muslims”.
For central to that ideology is the “othering” of the Muslim community." | Harbans Mukhia writes.
https://thewire.in/law/ayodhya-and-after-why-muslims-should-not-reject-the-five-acre-compromise
On World Toilet Day, it is crucial to first recognise the various complexities of vulnerable and marginalised groups who are likely to be left behind.
https://thewire.in/caste/swachh-bharat-mission-open-defecation-free-inclusion
"The problem in Indian academia is not lack of industry interaction.
The problem is that there appears to be no incentive for any honest evaluation of any learning outcome."
https://thewire.in/education/engineering-graduates-employment-industry-university-accreditation
Justice Kait has declared that there was no “cut and paste” in its order that rejected the bail plea of senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram in the INX Media case last week.
He has also asked The Hindu and the Indian Express to publish clarifications.
https://thewire.in/law/no-copy-paste-delhi-hc-chidambaram-bail-order
Justice Suresh Kumar Kait, who pronounced the order last Friday, took up the matter suo motu today and asked the Hindu and the Indian Express to accordingly publish clarifications in their Tuesday editions.
Debt-ridden telecom operators Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel both said that they would raise the prices they charge for mobile services from next month in an attempt to grapple with the ongoing financial crisis in the sector.