Rakhi Bose | Author at https://www.outlookindia.com
BJP's Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu is the former governor of Jharkhand, former minister and MLA.
It may appear symbolism to some, even optics, but the political significance of an Adivasi woman being the Head of the Republic can’t be overestimated.
In the name of ‘rationalisation’, NCERT seems to have adopted a method of hasty deletion. Passages have been reduced, quotes cut and exercise boxes flung out. But was it really done in haste?
The selection of Yashwant Sinha as the joint Opposition face for the President may be a symbolic message for the BJP, which had once been Sinha's party.
What does a domestic abuse survivor look like? Not like Amber Heard. That seems to be the general consensus on the internet. What does that tell us about believing women?
Until recently, Nari Adalats across rural belts in Uttar Pradesh offered women suffering from domestic abuse a support system. Then the government folded up the programme.
Noted translator of Indian myths, Arshia Sattar, speaks to Outlook’s Rakhi Bose on the art and politics of translating myths.
While the debate initially started with the right for Hindus to pray at the Shringar Gauri complex, located at a western wall in the backside of the Gyanvapi mosque, the discovery of what the Hindu side claimed to be a shivling in the Wazookhana of the mosque has led to further debate and division.
As the old city of Kashi swarms with media crews and camerapersons along with throngs of cops waiting on the sidelines, some of the city’s residents lament the loss of Varanasi’s charm and intrinsic artistry to the politics of division and development.
In India, deities enjoy legal rights just like human beings who are bound by the law of the land. What does that mean for the ongoing temple-mosque disputes in Kashi and Mathura?
Gyanvapi Mosque-Kashi Viswanath Temple Dispute: Kashi is where fact, faith and fiction come together to form a unique tapestry of text, subtext and context.
In January this year when a two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court started hearing a petition demanding the criminalisation of marital rape, several men in India went on a 'marriage strike' on Twitter, sort of a warning that they would no longer marry if marital rape was made a crime.
Heatwave-driven mental health disorders and farmer suicides are steeply on the rise but authorities are yet to take concrete steps
Construction and demolition (C and D) waste is considered to be one of the top sources of pollution and environmental degradation globally. It has been estimated that New Delhi produced 4,500 to 5,000 tonnes of C and D waste per day.
Mother’s Day has always been my least favourite of holidays or occasions. Why must there be just one day to celebrate motherhood?
Successive BJP and Congress governments have been accused of razing temples in Rajgarh, leading to a political slugfest between the parties
In India, the exploration of food as a medium of the artist dates back to the Bimbedka rock paintings of the Palaeolithic era that depict scenes of hunting and gathering.
Caught between twin pincers of the market and a communalised polity, Urdu is in death throes
Behind the record sales of Parle-G during the pandemic is India’s murky reality—lack of safety net and food security
If BJP’s IT Cell is fuelled by polarising religious content and Hindutva push, the AAP uses anti-corruption campaigns and populist issues to gain followers on social media.
AAP's recent victory in Punjab and its strong performance in Delhi over three assembly elections show it's ready to fill in as a serious national-level challenger to BJP.
The ghost as the empowered woman is a new theme in Hindi horror movies
'The etymology of the word ‘Hijra’ can be traced to its Arabic root ‘Hijr’ which means departure or exodus from one’s tribe. There’s poetic justice in the name. All transpersons are in perpetual exile both from the world and from their own body', trans activist and poet Dhananjay Chauhan.
Even if designers use sustainable materials to create a collection, the concept of fashion shows has often been questioned for promoting a culture of overproduction that in essence is against the tenet of sustainability built on longer shelf lives of products.
Ranu Mondal, Dancing Uncle, Warrior Aaji, and now 19-year-old Pradeep Mehra who was called on tv news sets and made to run inside studios - where will Indian tv channels draw the line?