The Daily Fix: Continuing deaths prove jallikattu is about human rights not just animal rights

At least 50 people have been killed in bull wrestling events since 2008.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· 15 hours ago

Islands renamed: National memory of Netaji’s Andamans visit is at variance with local recollections

Subhas Chandra Bose visited the archipelago in 1943 during a brutal Japanese occupation.

Jayant Dasgupta

· 17 hours ago

The Daily Fix: Without proper planning, 10% reservation could cause chaos in the new academic year

It isn’t clear how private educational institutions will pay for expanded class sizes and the new infrastructure this will require.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Yesterday · 10:06 am

Indian academics lead the world in publishing in fake journals – tarring the whole education sector

A UGC decision in 2010 making research compulsory for teachers to rise up the ladder prompted some to pay dubious publications to feature their work.

Pushkar Sinha

· Yesterday · 08:00 am

Left out of SP-BSP alliance in UP, can Congress make itself count by targeting BJP’s Brahmin vote?

It’s an unlikely prospect without any leader of stature in Uttar Pradesh.

Anita Katyal

· Yesterday · 06:30 am

Poll gimmick or important reform? Readers debate upper-caste reservation

A selection of readers’ opinions.

Scroll

· Jan 20, 2019 · 10:30 pm

The Weekend Fix: Why India needs its human space flight programme and nine other reads

The ISRO chief explains. Read his comments and more in our weekly round-up.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 20, 2019 · 09:44 am

Scrapping of no-detention policy in schools is an admission of failure by the Modi government

A recent amendment to the Right to Education Act permits schools to detain children in Class 5 and Class 8 if they fail an annual exam twice.

Anjali Mody

· Jan 20, 2019 · 08:00 am

The Supreme Court is wrong. Centre should have no say in how states choose their police chiefs

The top court last week reiterated its order that state governments select their police chiefs from a shortlist prepared by the Union Public Service Commission.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jan 20, 2019 · 06:30 am

Kashmir’s exiled Pandits don’t know what to go back to – even if they do eventually return

The hope they kept alive in their hearts for more than quarter of a century is diminishing.

Siddhartha Gigoo

· Jan 19, 2019 · 08:00 am

Guru Nanak to Guru Gobind Singh: How did the attire of the Sikh gurus change so dramatically?

If the first guru’s attire was meant to obfuscate his religious identity, the tenth guru’s clothing was meant to make him stand out.

Haroon Khalid

· Jan 18, 2019 · 12:30 pm

The Daily Fix: Transfer orders to Kerala nuns protesting rape illustrate abuse of power by Church

Three months after Mulakkal was arrested, the Kerala police are yet to even file a chargesheet.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jan 18, 2019 · 09:30 am