Interview: ‘Child marriage law has been weaponised by parents of girls who marry men they choose’
Case law analysis shows very few parentally-arranged child marriages attract prosecution, says Madhu Mehra, founder of PLD, a legal resource group.

Snow leopards thriving in Ladakh Himalayan ranges, but challenges loom
How Hindi emerged as the lingua franca of the ‘Hindi Heartland’ at the cost of other languages
A Jammu family’s fight to get their mother back from Pakistan
Why climbing a fence in Kashmir might not be enough for Omar Abdullah to keep his promises
Why workers who grow one of the world’s finest teas face an uncertain future
How the river flows: There is another way the Indus Water Treaty could help defeat terror
NCERT textbook describes Mughal ‘brutalities’, says no one should be blamed for past
Former civil servant and RBI governor YV Reddy revisits his mistakes and interventions in a new book
Better late than never for J&K LG to admit Pahalgam attack intelligence failure: Omar Abdullah
Podcast: The radical legacy of the 19th century ‘Young Bengal’ movement