Geeta Pandey

Courtesy: Sthal The film centres around Savita, a young woman striving for an education and a career in a patriarchal society It is often said that marriages are made in heaven. But in India, where a majority of marriages are […]

Getty Images The tsunami inundated a large number of homes in low-lying areas Boxing Day, 2004. When the earthquake struck at 06:30 (01:00 GMT), I was on a ferry, headed towards Havelock – an island in the Indian archipelago of

BBC Atul Subhash’s suicide has galvanised men’s rights activists and started a wider debate around India’s tough dowry law On the night of 9 December, a 34-year-old Indian man killed himself. Next to his body was a placard reading “justice

AAKA Space Studio India’s first ‘analog’ space mission Hab-1 was tested in the mountains of Ladakh Could this egg-shaped structure be what the future home of Indian astronauts in space looks like? The Hab-1 – short for Habitat-1 – is

BBC Mohammed Zubair is a co-founder of the fact-checking website AltNews More than two years after the Supreme Court granted bail and ordered “immediate release” of Mohammed Zubair from prison, the leading Indian fact-checker and journalist is once again back

Getty Images The Sun is the largest object in our solar system and essential to our survival Scientists in India have reported the “first significant result” from Aditya-L1, the country’s first solar observation mission in space. On 16 July, the

Getty Images Justice Chandrachud retired as India’s 50th chief justice on Sunday How will history judge my tenure? That’s a question Dhananjay Yashwant Chandrachud, who retired as India’s 50th chief justice on Sunday, asked just weeks before he finished his

Isro Last year, India became the first country in the world to land near the previously-unexplored lunar south pole India recently announced a host of ambitious space projects and approved 227bn rupees ($2.7bn; £2.1bn) for them. The plans include the

Mohar Singh Meena Roop Kanwar was burned to death on her husband’s funeral pyre It was a case that made headlines globally and led to widespread condemnation. A teenaged widow was burned on her husband’s funeral pyre under the Hindu

Getty Images The couple say they approached the court because they wanted to carry on their son’s “legacy” A couple in India have said they are “delighted” after a court ordered a hospital to hand over the frozen semen sample