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2 weeks ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | T.K. Rajalakshmi |Divya Gandhi |Vaishna Roy
The primary focus of the Anthropological Survey of India’s (ANSI’s) round-table discussion at the Indian Anthropology Congress (IAC), held in Kolkata from February 21 to 23, was on redefining what constitutes the “tribal” population. Given the violent protests that have erupted in recent times when the Meiteis of Manipur or the Gujjars of Rajasthan demanded tribal status, it is no surprise that this discussion drew a lot of attention.
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3 weeks ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | T.K. Rajalakshmi |Divya Gandhi |Vaishna Roy
A fire at a High Court judge’s residence, the subsequent discovery of allegedly burnt cash in the storeroom, conflicting statements from fire service officials, expected rebuttals from the judge, and his eventual transfer amid mounting calls for judicial accountability—all the elements of a legal thriller straight out of John Grisham or John le Carré’s world.
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1 month ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | T.K. Rajalakshmi |Vaishna Roy
On March 8, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav shocked everyone by proposing the death penalty for religious conversion, equating it with the rape of minors. He added that the State’s Freedom of Religion Act would be amended to include capital punishment, similar to the penalty for the rape of minors.
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1 month ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | T.K. Rajalakshmi |Vaishna Roy
For quite some time now, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government has been at pains to show that employment, especially women’s employment, has been improving. No other political party has been as assiduous as the BJP in projecting its commitment to the upliftment of women through cash “packages” announced in the run-up to several State elections.
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1 month ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | T.K. Rajalakshmi |Sharada Srinivasan |Vaishna Roy
A series of public statements by US President Donald Trump on USAID funds channelled towards voter turnout in India has drawn Indian political parties into an unseemly row. Quite inadvertently, it also brought to the fore the purpose of foreign aid doled out, especially to developing nations, which may not be as innocuous as it appears.
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1 month ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | T.K. Rajalakshmi |Vaishna Roy
Uttarakhand has become the first State in the country to bring in a uniform civil code (UCC). But the code, which came into effect on January 27, has drawn sharp criticism for being intrusive and promoting state control in personal relationships, including marriages, divorces, matrimonial disputes, and live-in relationships, as well as in matters of succession and inheritance.
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2 months ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | T.K. Rajalakshmi |Soni Mishra |Vaishna Roy
It was intended to be a peaceful protest on January 30, Gandhi Jayanti—a sort of culmination of a four-month-long relay agitation by a section of former and current workers of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (MSIL) against the carmaker’s alleged illegal and unethical labour practices. Rallying under the aegis of the Maruti Suzuki Struggle Committee, the workers had been protesting peacefully in Haryana’s Manesar, an industrial hub.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | T.K. Rajalakshmi |Vaishna Roy
Farmers agitating on the border of Punjab and Haryana at Khanauri and Shambhu for a legally guaranteed minimum support price (MSP) for all crops have once again become a talking point. That the protest is geographically confined to a particular region does not lessen its impact, especially with Bharatiya Kisan Union (Sidhupur) leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal’s fast-unto-death making headlines across the country.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | T.K. Rajalakshmi |Vaishna Roy
Devi Singh Paharia, in his mid-50s, belongs to one of the three Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in the Santhal Parganas, Dumka district, Jharkhand. He is a senior functionary of the Adivasi Adhikar Manch, a forum that takes up matters of tribal rights and welfare. He tells Frontline about a disturbing trend in school education in the area.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | T.K. Rajalakshmi |Karan Madhok |Vaishna Roy
The onset of the winter session of Parliament was expected to be tumultuous. There was also an expectation that the Opposition, invigorated with its increased numbers in the Lok Sabha would get its act together and take on the Treasury Benches unitedly just as it had six months ago during the Lok Sabha election. But then, prior to the winter session, Haryana happened followed by the Maharashtra Assembly election, testing the tenuous ties that bound the Opposition.
