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HomeGround Reports

Ground Reports

In Punjab, two coffins divided by 30 years—Father, son, nation…and a family left behind

Kulawant Singh’s father, Baldev Singh, died in Kargil in 1993 when Kulwant was an infant. Martyred in Poonch last week, Kulwant also leaves behind two infants.

Allahabad’s descent took 3 decades. From Nehru’s legacy to Atiq’s crime capital

From being a retired people's haven to a crude-bomb making, gun-slinging mafia hub, West Allahabad's shift was so dramatic that the city’s identity changed.

Buried under Mt Annapurna snow for 3 days, no oxygen, Anurag Maloo made it with 3 miracles

A team with 2 foreign mountaineers entered the crevasse, and found Anurag’s body under snow. They presumed he was dead.

IAS officer lynched by mob. 30 yrs on, a statue, angry cadre, and a smiling CM with the killer

CM Nitish Kumar's decision to amend Bihar Prison Manual and facilitate the release of ex-MP Anand Mohan, the only convicted killer of Dalit IAS officer G Krishnaiah, has scratched old wounds anew.

Muslim men have found a way around Modi’s triple talaq ban—torture wife to give khula

The BJP in Telangana is confident the triple talaq ban has reduced cases of injustice and torture against women but the reality on ground isn’t that simple.

Indian PhDs, professors are paying to publish in real-sounding, fake journals. It’s a racket

Editors of lesser-known Scopus-indexed journals offer to publish papers for Rs 5,000. And for the right price, ghost writers will write an entire research paper for a ‘client’.

Eken Babu to Nenu Super Woman—Regional OTT universe is bigger, buzzier than Netflix, Amazon

The future is hyperlocal, and for Indian regional OTT apps such as Hoichoi, Aha and Koode are quickly catching up in terms of content and viewership.

‘I love you like a solar panel loves the sun.’ Can climate change poetry save Earth?

Love in the Times of Climate Change, a collaboration between CEEW and Unerase Poetry, wants to make the dialogue around climate change accessible to everyone.

Unnao teen watched her rapist celebrate bail. Then he burnt her home, threw her son in flames

A 13-year-old in Unnao was gang raped and her parents attacked by her rapists. Now she is fighting angry villagers who have turned against the family.

No caste without code—Bihar is counting and writing a new identity politics

'Maatha pagal ho gaya hai' — Why Bihar's caste census is making everyone lose their mind.

On Camera

Resetting Afghanistan ties is geopolitical need. Gandhis are showing their diplomatic ignorance

With two hostile neighbours in the immediate vicinity and one in the greater region, it is imperative that New Delhi forge alliances that can offer some stability.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.