By Suresh Nautiyal. It's a deliberate attack on a woman's autonomy, dignity and self-respect.

By Ratna Raman. This is a book that Indian children must be asked to read, since it captures growing up in a large family in the countryside with friends and community, in an age of innocence; unheard of in the modern nuclear families in the cities and circumstances in which we currently live.

The emphasis, a teacher adds, is more on collecting evidence of celebration than the actual celebration.

By Anuradha Bhasin. Over one lakh schools nationwide are run by a single teacher.

By Pervez Akhtar Khan, retired Air Commodore of the Pakistan Air Force. Patriotism does not mean hate another country.

A community that was identified with Modi’s project was, in significant numbers, now standing against it.

By Mubashir Maqbool. A dangerous, beautiful thought bloomed in his chest:

By Subrat Kumar Sahu. The youth have not only knocked on the front door of the Modi fort, they have knocked it off.

By Jayashree Srikant. How GenZ subverted the Internet blockade using high-tech stuff on their digital devices.

Why a big section of mainstream media in India, especially, TV, has lost all credibility.

By Divya Trivedi. Our job is not to tell the next generation how to fight and resist. It is to stand beside them. Or get out of the way.

By Aditya Nigam. Much of the initial response to the movement, was based on prejudice, completely devoid of any factual basis.

By Amit Sengupta. Kashmir Diary. Kashmir Diary 2: The future of the world is in this room

By Antara Swarnakar. Ordinary folks investigate a child’s rape and murder, while the police drag their feet.

By MJ Vijayan. They dared to challenge the champions and almost got them down on their knees!

By Ajith Pillai in Chennai. Targeting children. Two recent verdicts in New Mexico and Los Angeles exposes the sleazy side of social media:

By Dr Aditi Parimoo. So where are you from?

The Generation in the Middle: The pressure arrives in waves. First, it is the well-meaning aunt at a wedding. Then it is a forwarded article in the family WhatsApp group. Then it is a reel on Instagram, featuring a 29-year-old woman tearfully describing how she "waited too long". Independent Ink Feature Service There is a particular kind of exhaustion that has nothing to do with sleep deprivation, though millennial women are certainly familiar with that too. It is the exhaust

Images of the week: NEET leaks. CBSE scandal. CUET botch-up. The massive protests. Etc.

By Dr Shiwani Pandey. Expand disaster management to include heatwaves as a primary hazard.