By Ajith Pillai. In mythology, the unicorn is a horse with a single spiraling horn that sprouts from its forehead. It is a very elusive creature with mystical and magical powers and symbolises purity and grace. In our tech-dominated world, the unicorn is an altogether different beast.

Ayasha Kaur. People have been so afraid of educating their daughters because they would say, “If tomorrow daughters become educated, they will write letters to boys.” This exposes the inherent fears of this patriarchal society. This means that if girls become educated, they will fight for their rights, they will take their rights themselves, they will not need to become dependent on anyone.

By Binu Mathew. Yes, we are Davids facing Goliath with just a stone in our hands. At first glance, we are destined to fail. But if we act collectively, we can win.

By R Kalpana The stance on divorce, however, is slightly different, and creates curiosity. This is because I know many couples who have divorced, then got back, divorced again, and got back. These things are best left unanswered and not analysed too much, because even if you ask the questions, they really do not have any answers.

By Harshit Rana. In this dark world, there is a need of little spark, so as to make a better world where at least two people can love, work, study, play and share, without the fear of age-old boundaries and prejudices imposed on them.

By Avinash Kumar. Just a cool evening, a small pond and two friends gazing at it, arm in arm.

The Ambassador of Palestine in India, H.E. Abdullah Mohammad A Abushawesh, writes to Editor, Amit Sengupta.

By Annapurna Devi Pandey. Caregiving doesn’t always come naturally, especially in a culture that expects children to care for their parents as they age. In India, parents raise their children with the belief that, in their later years, those children will take care of them.

By Nalini Ranjan Mohanty. "Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French," Gandhi said.

By Raju Mansukhani. Ritam Mondal’s recent suicide is not the first tragic case. On January 12, this year, Shaon Malik, a third-year electrical engineering student, died by suicide. On April 20, Aniket Walker, a final-year Ocean Engineering student from Maharashtra, died by suicide in JC Bose Hall. On May 4, Mohammad Asif Qamar, a third-year BTech student from Bihar, was found dead in his room at Madan Mohan Malviya Hall.

Photo Feature by Avinash Kumar. Moments overlooked. Fleeting. The dignity, beauty and melancholy of ordinary folks.

By B Sivaraman. Ramnaresh from Kanahiya Durlapur village, Pratapgarh, says once they reach the towns, they turn anarchic. They climb on top of private vehicles, block roads, eat free from roadside shops, and forcibly hitch free rides. Anti-Muslim sentiments are whipped upwhen the yatras pass though Muslim areas. The yatra becomes an exercise in communal polarization.

By Aayushi Rana. What could have led the father to pump bullets into his highly talented young daughter’s back while she was cooking in their home in upscale Sushant Lok in Gurugram? Was it the tennis academy she ran, and her high national rankings in the game? A music video she made last year? Wounded pride? Or, was it something else entirely?

By Ratna Raman. The idea of women as attractive but foolish was acceptable, because everywhere average women had less rights and dignity than the average man.

By Aayushi Rana. Give them confidence to cope with life’s mysteries, the wonder, the highs and the lows.

By Tarun Byaragi. If you also love stories, the next time you read a book, or watch a movie, try to analyse the story through a lens of justice.

R Kalpana. The issue is not the generation gap itself, but the lack of formal orientation and preparedness across all stakeholders.

By Ratna Raman. As a university teacher dealing with impressionable minds, I feel that social media has  succeeded in creating multiple forms of digital schizophrenia  and new forms of cyber elitism.

Karen Gabriel speaks about the 'element of instantaneity': everything is arriving simultaneously in the ‘feed’ – and it disappears just as fast..

By Ratna Raman. Being with the mother, who provided both nourishment and bodily contact, was a source of joy and delight and comfort. Being away from the mother was a space of unease or danger.