Dr Aqsa Shaikh

Kolkata is reeling from the shocking rape and murder of a resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College, exposing the urgent need for systemic reforms and legislation to protect doctors from violence.

There is no rational explanation for providing medical education in Hindi, and a solution has been created where no problem existed in the first place, writes Aqsa Shaikh.

A civilization’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest citizens, and Delhi has failed its transgender population all this while. The time for change is now, writes Aqsa Shaikh.

As we celebrate the Amrit Mahotsav of India’s freedom, we must strive to undo the historical discrimination against the transgender community and ensure its full mainstreaming in society with rights and dignity, writes Aqsa Shaikh