The Coquette and a ‘Murder in the bylanes’

Murder in the Bylanes, authored by Aloke Lal and Maanas Lal, is a gripping novel that revolves around the aftermath of the Babri Masjid demolition and describes the communal disharmony with the role of the police and bystanders tearing at the social fabric. The following is an excerpt from the novel. Laid-back evenings in Kanpur […]

Sensationalising the stereotypes

The channel equated abortion with murder and propagated dangerous messages On June 6, an advertorial printed in The Times of India ran with the headline, “Mother asked to kill her own child”. The ad was for an episode of a show on Sony TV called Zindagi Ke Crossroads and covered a fourth of the front […]

Cruelty begins at home

Tribal girls are brought from Jharkhand as domestic workers but forced to work for free as placement agencies pocket all the salary. Cruelty, rape and murder are often part of this sad story The month of May alone has seen three cases of domestic help abuse come to light from Delhi — and all three […]

Mysterious death of Sunanda

By accusing Shashi Tharoor of abetting ‘suicide’ of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, Delhi Police assert he’s no more a murder suspect Sunanda Pushkar’s death is a “case of suicide”, according to the chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police on Monday. It took the cops four long years to conclude that it was not a murder. […]

A MOTHER’S LONG, PAINFUL WAIT

Delhi Police are unable to resolve the curious murder of a young doctor by another. Is someone really powerful protecting the killer? Surrounded by boisterous executives discussing sales targets at a Starbucks store, a distraught mother of a slain doctor narrates her woes, the pain of the murder weighing heavily on her. Dr Shalini Pandey, […]