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Child marriage: The crime that doesn’t look like one
April 29, 2026, 12:37 PM IST
Fighting a battle is hardest when the enemy is one of your own. More so when that enemy does not even appear as one. Crimes that cloak themselves in the language of care, duty, religion,…
April 29, 2026, 12:37 PM IST
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Child rape isn’t dispute and marriage isn’t settlement
April 17, 2026, 3:11 PM IST
A minor girl, almost 15, was raped by a neighbourhood ‘bhaiya’ who was 22 years old. When her parents got to know what the child went through, they rushed to the police station in a…
April 17, 2026, 3:11 PM IST
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Crimes against women & children: Words that describe them need to change
April 2, 2026, 11:32 PM IST
William Shakespeare’s famous line from Romeo and Juliet, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose would smell as sweet,” has often been cited by people brushing off the importance of words. Many…
April 2, 2026, 11:32 PM IST
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Some victories hurt: The truth the world took too long to admit about child marriage
March 23, 2026, 11:50 AM IST
Some victories hurt. They hurt because they carry such horrifying and heavy truths that you wish were not real. Yet they are. And even when you are on the winning side of the argument, you…
March 23, 2026, 11:50 AM IST
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For 13 years, an entire family lived inside Harish’s coma
March 16, 2026, 11:11 PM IST
Everyone today has an opinion about Harish Rana and his parents. His photograph is everywhere. Mouth agape. A tracheostomy tube in his throat. Eyes that look as lifeless as life permits. Another image shows his…
March 16, 2026, 11:11 PM IST
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Child marriage and the paradoxes that sustain it
February 26, 2026, 8:48 PM IST
Child marriage exists in India amid a web of paradoxes, and it is perhaps this very complexity that has allowed the crime to survive and even thrive for centuries. Even as the country has moved…
February 26, 2026, 8:48 PM IST
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When a child is abused, exploited, why doesn’t our blood boil longer?
February 16, 2026, 2:17 PM IST
As you read this, you may already have forgotten about a child barely ten years old who was fighting for her life in the ICU of a hospital in Greater Noida just two weeks ago….
February 16, 2026, 2:17 PM IST
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Why we cry for a sad horse but look away from a child
January 29, 2026, 3:16 PM IST
A crying horse toy in China is one of the most sought-after toys these days. The horse was never meant to cry. A worker accidentally stitched its smile upside down, turning it into a frown….
January 29, 2026, 3:16 PM IST
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Will you be just if no one can see you?
January 16, 2026, 2:19 PM IST
Centuries ago, Plato argued that if there were an invisible ring that could make men unseen, they would not remain just. Not many have disagreed with this assumption. If we momentarily set aside what justice…
January 16, 2026, 2:19 PM IST
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About the Children who were wronged, and the ones who wronged
December 12, 2025, 1:02 PM IST
When a child commits a crime for the first time, it is almost always rooted in something much deeper. That child is often a victim of circumstances, of a real crime, of neglect, of apathy….
December 12, 2025, 1:02 PM IST
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The child, saved by a dog, was failed by society
November 5, 2025, 7:05 PM IST
A reel on Instagram has been popping on my screen lately. The one that shows how a stray dog is guarding a girl, not more than 15 years old, sleeping on the roadside. The CCTV…
November 5, 2025, 7:05 PM IST
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India’s child protection laws: A global benchmark in the making
October 29, 2025, 10:03 PM IST
When the world talks about child rights, India is often cast in the shadow of its challenges. The children in the country are often seen through the lens of vulnerability, without rights or safety. Most…
October 29, 2025, 10:03 PM IST
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When chalk meets change: Role of schools in ending child marriage
September 29, 2025, 9:57 PM IST
A noted daily in West Bengal recently reported a chilling incident. In a school in the state lay a note in its drop box with just three words written on it: “Please help me”. No…
September 29, 2025, 9:57 PM IST
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Ripple effect of justice: How one act of rescue transforms many lives
September 17, 2025, 3:46 PM IST
What is justice? A verdict, a rescue, a punishment? Perhaps it is when a culprit is held accountable, a child pulled from the grip of traffickers, or an adolescent girl freed from abuse. Each of…
September 17, 2025, 3:46 PM IST
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India @2047: What kind of childhoods will shape the nation’s future?
September 5, 2025, 11:43 AM IST
India is today divided into numerous sections and dimensions. Mostly in contrast. Seldom comparable. The queue for free rations is often as long as the one outside a luxury mall on a Sunday. Both waiting….
September 5, 2025, 11:43 AM IST
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When children speak, why don’t we hear?
August 26, 2025, 3:45 PM IST
In classrooms, children are told to keep quiet. At home, they are silenced with a look. In courts, they are rarely allowed to testify in their own words. And in policies that decide their future,…
August 26, 2025, 3:45 PM IST
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When words protect or harm: Why our language around child sexual abuse must change
July 14, 2025, 3:47 PM IST
We’re told that language evolves. But sometimes, it needs a correction, not evolution. Especially when the wrong words make space for silence, for inaction, for misplaced empathy. The phrase “child pornography” is one such term….
July 14, 2025, 3:47 PM IST
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An open letter to faith leaders to unite against child marriage
June 24, 2025, 3:35 PM IST
Respected faith leaders, Every year, as wedding season sets in, countless homes across the country are preparing for ceremonies believed to be divinely timed and culturally sacred. But amidst the joy and festivity, a deeply…
June 24, 2025, 3:35 PM IST
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When we failed our children, we failed the world
June 10, 2025, 5:38 PM IST
The world is breaking apart. Not in some distant apocalypse or in the hands of a few power drunk global leaders, but here and now in the unmistakable unraveling of our ecosystems, communities, and most…
June 10, 2025, 5:38 PM IST
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An education in social networking
March 14, 2013, 2:01 PM IST
“Is Poonam Pandy hot, sexy or sleazy?” This was the question staring at me on my FB wall this morning. A student of mine had answered this all-important question but before I could hide it,…
March 14, 2013, 2:01 PM IST
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