Freedom of religion translated into huge crowds taking a collective dip in the Ganga at Haridwar during the Mahakumbh. Political irrespon...Read More
A lack of ideological cohesion and a surfeit of overweening ambition has consistently undermined Opposition unity. Banerjee’s appeal woul...Read More
While China says that the wet market in Wuhan, where the virus is believed to have originated, did not deal in illegal wildlife, reports ...Read More
‘Dattaji’ Hosabale's job is an important one; in effect, he is CEO to sarsanghchalak Mohan Rao Bhagwat’s chairman. Against the backdrop o...Read More
The very idea that abstractions such as relative freedom can be measured, ie, assigned a numerical value, is problematic. Add to that the...Read More
Indian sensibilities are more attuned to caste than race, or so one might expect. But attitudes to people of African and north-east India...Read More
In Delhi, the AAP has crafted a very convincing narrative, of making lives easier through equitable access to services, a form of politic...Read More
The dignity and liberty of women formed the substance of a number of important rulings in the last fortnight. The Himachal Pradesh High C...Read More
The Congress leadership’s style of functioning, which precludes decision-making based on robust feedback and intensive discussion (with a...Read More
The trouble is that anyone, be it state or non-state actors or political parties and their partisans, can be accused of the same thing. G...Read More
A pop artiste with 10 crore Twitter followers and a school-going climate change activist have weighed in on India’s farm laws, while Punj...Read More
As India Inc. cheered and the markets soared (to the best post-Budget gains in 20 years), the middle class swung between relief at being ...Read More
The farmers’ protest gained global support because it was touted as peaceful; that USP no longer obtains, thanks to stark visuals of nake...Read More
Prior to 2019, Congress leaders in Assam, notably three-term chief minister Tarun Gogoi, had opposed any truck with Ajmal. They argued th...Read More
From Day 1, the protesters have resisted a “clause-by-clause” discussion to plug loopholes in the new laws. The appointment of an expert ...Read More
Recent instances of nanny-ish policies include those on surrogacy, assisted reproductive technology, religious conversion ('love jihad') ...Read More
The year 2020 was a watershed in many respects, but politics and politicians remained much the same. At a time when a constructive discou...Read More
The NDA government has displayed no intention of rolling back either the CAA or the agricultural reforms, but by civility of action and s...Read More
These occasional confrontations have three effects - first, the BJP is cautioned not to take the RSS for granted. Second, it ensures that...Read More
A couple of decades ago, the 'grand old party' would have kept the ruling party on its toes, with grassroots mobilisation on issues such ...Read More