Tough road before women's reservation becomes reality

The women's reservation bill, introduced in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, will have to cross several hurdles before it becomes a reality, including support cutting across political lines and early census......

Complaint against Owaisi for inflammatory speech

A complaint wason Wednesdayfiled against All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat Member of Legislative Assembly Akbaruddin Owaisi for his alleged inflammatory speech made in December in Andhra......

Women's bill: Concerns over uncertainty in implementation

The passage of the women's reservation bill has ignited hope among stakeholders about attaining gender equality in India's political landscape, especially at the policy-making level, even as some......

'It is nonsense to say that Godhra was planned'

Act Now for Harmony and Democracy is a new organisation that says it will be 'absolutely action-oriented'.And Shabnam Hashmi is the force behind it.In 1989, her elder brother Safdar Hashmi was......

The Best of Khayyam's Melodies

Photograph: Afsar Dayatar/ Rediff.com In sweet music is such artKilling care and grief of heart. Few embody William Shakespeare's golden words like Mohammad Zayur Khayyam Hashmi. An unmistakable......