The callousness, incompetence and criminal negligence in how this colonial legacy works would put even General Dyer of Jalianwala Bagh infamy to shame. Even after causing thousands of deaths in some of the world’s worst rail accidents, this public deparment has helped every guilty employee go scot-free.

Railways’ collective amnesia about its worst accidents only helps save the guilty

Mumbai’s geriatric suburban rail system is creaking at the joints. Let DMRC build an elevated track system and bring in its safe coaches.

Mumbai’s suburban rail network is still essentially what the British built

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Mamata Banerjee’s token gestures towards Muslims have caused a communal divide without really empowering the community

A probe into Jayalalitha’s death is set to begin. Will it get caught in the labyrinth of vendetta politics?

As for the ‘Mr. Dalit’ Whatsapp campaign, the Dalits have once again shown the world that they will not be cowed down.

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