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Nepal Disaster: One of Many Eastern Himalayan Ecological Crises

Nepal’s devastating floods reopen the question of who bears responsibility for climate-change induced crises and who pays.

▶24-Sep-2026

Vaidyanath Nishant, Kshitij Kumar

The Burden of Proof: SIR and India’s Marginalized Citizens

In Jharkhand, bureaucratic exclusion is often sustained by a pervasive attitude of indifference towards Adivasis. These biases make the SIR a particular…

▶14-Sep-2026

Jay Prakash Sharma

Silence Is Not Order

The university is where the Constitution first teaches its future custodians the difference between an argument and an offence. Public order that depends on…

▶08-Sep-2026

Faizan Mustafa, Ayan Aditya Giri

Neutrality Is Not Neutral

Neutrality functions as hidden alignment with state power, positioning itself as an impartial judge while condemning resistance on “moral grounds”. India’s Gen…

▶27-Aug-2026

K.P. Suresha

Registered, But Not Reached: Why India's Welfare Schemes for Informal Workers Fall Short

India offers informal workers 20 overlapping schemes through the e-Shram portal, but its flagship pension scheme has reached just 51 lakh of the 31 crore who…

▶29-Jul-2026

Arpita Chakravorty

The Ground Beneath Kashmir Has Always Trembled

Kashmir sits on one of the world’s most seismically active zones, and ancient chronicles, Persian manuscripts, colonial records, and modern geology all confirm…

▶13-Jul-2026

Syed Aamir Sharief Qadri

How Claims of Sacrilege are Transforming Punjabi Society

Claims and counterclaims of sacrilege are now a regular feature between political parties and social groups in Punjab. Rooted in longstanding grievances…

▶14-Jul-2026

Prabhjot Kaur Jossan

India’s Accessibility Promise and its Implementation Gap

India has enacted disability rights laws and invested in accessibility infrastructure, yet weak implementation, limited accountability and inadequate…

▶07-Jul-2026

Divya Kashyap

Caste Census: Useful Affirmative Step, But No Magic Wand

A caste census would make caste’s pervasive influence harder to ignore, spurring caste groups to assert constitutional equality against those above them. But…

▶28-Jun-2026

Arvind Sardana

India-UAE Deal on Petroleum Reserves: Endangering Strategic Autonomy

The May 2026 India-UAE agreements represent a structural erosion of India’s autonomy. By storing strategic petroleum reserves in Fujairah and deepening defence…

▶21-Jun-2026

Amit Kumar

India’s Economic Problems aren’t About Currency or Gold: It’s About AI

India needs to build AI diffusion infrastructure, mobilise savings, and sustain demand. Harnessing gold savings for public investment, pairing supply-side AI…

▶09-Jun-2026

Srinivas Raghavendra

Kerala’s Women Workers: Gains, Gaps, and Growing Informalisation

Kerala has made significant progress in women’s regular wage employment with women earning more than before and securing better job terms than men. Yet,…

▶01-Jun-2026

Divya Pradeep

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