Someone rightly said, memory is the thing you forget with. The violent world in which we live is best forgotten.

The death of UPSC students in the basement of the coaching centre is not only tragic and ghastly but actually the manifestation of a gigantic crisis of urban India. The unforgiving landscape of death which the citizens of this land navigate every day in cities like Delhi and Mumbai is unheard of in the civilised world.

That pharma companies have also been actively involved in electoral bonds have further eroded the credibility of not only the industry or the ruling class, but also of healthcare professionals who stand to benefit directly through this unholy alliance of politics and industry.

Building up narratives that contribute to the killing of children, women and the elderly is murder with malice.

Life in Poetry is an anthology of 48 poems written by Telugu poet-activist Varavara Rao, written over a period of 50 years.

On the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence, we, as responsible citizens, should have been flagging the issues of hunger, dwindling health parameters, poverty and lack of quality education which make many of our fellow citizens less free.

'For a common Indian like me, you are the embodiment of courage and strength. You give me hope because your pursuance of justice, despite the odds, has been exemplary.'

'Do you remember that old disabled man whom you rescued from the road and sent to us for treatment? Or those street children who came to feast at your daughter’s wedding?'

Changing the names of streets, towns and districts is the easiest way of asserting power. It does not bring prosperity.

An AIIMS doctor's open letter to the owner of a major business house.

As the curve of COVID-19 deaths continues to rise at escape velocity, we continue to deep dig deeper into our grief.

Romila Thapar's Voices of Dissent bring out how the idea of dissent has always been embedded in Indian society.

Why he was invited to a Jewish educational institution remains a mystery.

Why he was invited to a Jewish educational institution remains a mystery.

What hope can we offer to the kin of the migrants who were crushed under the wheels of a train or the 12-year-old girl who died on her way home to Chhattisgarh?

I write this letter to you with a lot of pain in my heart. My name is Shah Alam Khan. I am an Indian, a Muslim, a doctor and a sarkari naukar, but not necessarily in that order.

Walls divide, walls hide. Here are some home truths that Ahmedabad's new wall is going to hide.

The Shaheen Bagh protest has rattled the Sangh parivar not merely by its persistence but by the number of women at its heart.

On the chars, the river islands of the Brahmaputra in Assam, a snapshot of what life in 'new India' looks like.

The IMA should realise that in a democratic setup, intellectual generosity comes not through jingoism but through persistent criticism, appraisal and reevaluation of government policies on health.