This story appeared as The Big Blind Spot in Outlook’s December 11 issue, Dravida, which captures these tensions that shape ...

Legally empowered, yet socially disempowered — this phrase captures the gap between constitutional promise and lived reality for many women elected as village panchayat presidents in TN. Elected women ...

Born into a family of farmers in Ayakudi, a lush village in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul district, Gowtham Kannan chose to move to Chennai and study engineering at Anna University. A cushy job with a high ...

What is taking place in Varanasi is not a simple cultural festival. It is a political attempt to rewrite belonging using ...

Chennai: Marking a milestone in elephant conservation in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M K Stalin inaugurated India’s second dedicated Mahout Village, consisting of 47 staff quarters constructed at a ...

Tamil Nadu’s no-contact law offers swift, accessible protection for women, exposing policing gaps and redefining ...

TIRUNELVELI, India – Just after dusk on a warm mid-January evening, attorney DA Prabakar greeted several visitors on the dimly lit street in front of his home here in southern India. The air was ...