Category: Human Rights and Legal Issues

Revisiting Ram Janmabhoomi – Part II

Readers would remember that in Part – I of this series, I had promised to share some notes on this issue and a summary of historical/ archaeological evidence. In this Part (Part – II),...

One night, 35 years ago…

This is a very sad story. I first heard of this courtesy BarbarIndian and it shook me to the core. Here is a news-article from almost 8 years back, 18th Oct 2001 to be...

Should prostitution be de-criminalised in India?

*** CAUTION: Explicit Content & Strong Words *** This post (and poll) was prompted by an exchange of thoughts between Rohit and Incognito on the Hinduism and Homosexuality post. The comments were triggered by...

Homosexuality, Hinduism and Section 377

A hurried post from the middle of my travels. Pl. use this thread to post your comments and thoughts on the matter of homosexuality, Section 377, the recent judgement of the Delhi High Court,...