Vrinda Gopinath

The SC ruling on 377 stops gays from being called criminals. But it also makes them citizens — with all the boring goodness this involves.

It’s time minority leaders in the saffron party lift the veil of duplicity and double-dealing.

Predatory democracy is already here.

Democracy is a celebration of contrasts and differences, diversity and change.

It seems, to survive in the Hindutva universe, only a mother goddess is permitted.

The run-up to the day has seen more action in the past two months than in the past 13 years since he first became an MP.

Does 'neech' mean low character or low caste?

It’s a silver spoon in the mouth versus a golden spoon in the hand.

Here's a ready reckoner for those who can't make sense of what the beef is about.

It’s time to stop fooling yourself.

The party has neither challenged Modi government nor attacked PM for being silently approving of cow vigilantes by refusing to condemn their murders.

RSS' Akhand Bharat plan has crumbled, giving way to glorious Coastal Republic of India.

If you are against humiliation and abuse in pornography, shouldn't it be boycotted in political speeches too?

But, has the Congress scion's cup of 'power is poison' runneth over with love?

The PM's gamble to woo voters directly - above caste, RSS and BJP, especially in UP - with the noteban, looks to fail.

It's time the Grand Old Party took to the streets.

Was she forced to do the photo-shoot? Was she underage, trafficked, held captive?

Imagine #NotMyPresident-like protests in India after Modi’s win, by people who believed his involvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots.

It could not have come at a better time for Gandhi that the ruling Yadav Parivar is unraveling with super speed.

Despite the Modi government's protestations and demur, the fracas refuses to subside.

Isn’t it strange the BJP is so ultra-sensitive to political banter, but impassive to the hatred and hate-mongering by its own leaders?

There could not be a bigger snub to the former HRD minister, who sees her dreams for UP dashed forever.

The prime minister would bond better with Republican presidential hopeful rather than 'good friend' Barack.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but is this a spectacle of denials?

Not the five-day Yale degree kind.

The Walt Disney movie vilifies the animal as menacing and murderous which has to be exterminated quickly.

It pays to keep everyone happy.

The actor's patriotism is of the bargain-basement variety.

Like the HRD minister, her rebuttal of Rohith Vemula's caste status has only reinforced the RSS-BJP's political obsessions and beliefs.

It can start by not trivialising the tragedy as just a suicide discourse.