For Pulwama widows in rural Rajasthan, and the Kargil widows in Haryana, the brother-in-law is not a
mere relative. Theirs is a conjugal relationship, a social transaction called ‘settlement’.
Young people of Punjab are perennially trapped in disenchantment with their state and in an irrational yearning to migrate. 'There is no scope in Punjab. So why spend time studying?'
In Karnataka's Kodagu district, the month-long family hockey tournament is an integral part of Kodava life. But no community representation in Indian hockey team for the first time since 1936 has fired up new vows.
Raghavan's projects are underway in J&K, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh. With crowdfunding and villagers' support, he's on his way to restore all dried-up lakes till none remains.
After 36 years and 800 hearings, the Meerut district court set free all 41 men, including those in uniform, accused in the Maliana massacre of 68 Muslims in May 1987. But the survivors have vowed to continue the legal battle.
Fraught histories of insurgency, multiple uprisings and lack of knowledge about the Northeast have prompted not just its exclusion, but also its exoticisation.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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