under Pallavi Polanki

Tea as Our National Drink

Tea growers of Assam have urged the Centre to declare the beverage India’s national drink.

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18 Aug 2011 | BY Pallavi Polanki
A Question of Heritage

Residents of 20 villages in Andhra Pradesh’s Zaheerabad region are fighting a unique struggle to have their region declared a biodiversity heritage site under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.

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11 Aug 2011 | BY Pallavi Polanki
Now, Go Live on Web TV

A young company called India Vibes, a Kochi-based web TV outfit, is in the news for winning the Bloomberg UTV-Aegis Graham Bell Award for innovation in mobile content.

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1 Aug 2011 | BY Pallavi Polanki
No Village for Young Men

Earlier this month, Asalat Nagar village in Moradabad, the constituency of MP Mohammad Azharuddin, was in the news for violent clashes between the police and villagers.

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1 Aug 2011 | BY Pallavi Polanki
The Lesson They Won’t Learn

The decision of the BJP government in Karnataka to allow the teaching of The Bhagvad Gita in government schools has created an uproar in the state.

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20 Jul 2011 | BY Pallavi Polanki
Damages for the Spy

An Indian spy who returned in April after spending 27 years in Pakistan’s prisons has taken the Indian Government to court.

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20 Jul 2011 | BY Pallavi Polanki
Child Sex Abuse and the Law

As Parliament gets set to reconvene, a bill to protect children from sexual abuse is on the agenda.  Author Pinki Virani explains where the draft bill falls short

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20 Jul 2011 | BY Pallavi Polanki
Legally Speaking, It’s Not Love

A recent Karnataka High Court judgment has observed that ‘girls below the age 21 years are not capable of forming a rational judgment as to suitability of the boy, who is in love’.

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11 Jul 2011 | BY Pallavi Polanki
Tihar to Open

If its proposal to the Home Ministry for the grant of a semi-open jail facility is granted, Tihar will join the ranks of 30-odd jails in the country.

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11 Jul 2011 | BY Pallavi Polanki
Where Queer is Cool

The Union health minister’s attitude to alternative sexuality is typical of a prejudiced majority. For queer students who suffer alienation or worse, relief comes in the form of a campus network

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7 Jul 2011 | BY Pallavi Polanki
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