Exercises like the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls presage a state of affairs where documents and IDs can never prove sound identification and where citizenship of the ordinary resident is eternally questioned. ▶04-Sep-2025
Indian philanthropists are publicly advocating deregulation and decriminalisation of certain laws, which could aid special interests, and weaken protections for consumers and workers. The expanding…
A rapid expansion in medical colleges has been justified by India’s poor doctor-to-population ratio. The shortage of doctors, though, might be an invented figure.
A practical alternative to the US dollar system is possible through currency hubs of politically neutral, stable, and diverse currencies. Unlike single substitutes, these hubs will offer real…
Improving children’s education should be everyone’s priority. But it requires more than fragmented fixes. Real progress needs a comprehensive strategy with curriculum reform, teacher empowerment, and…
India has been recording rapid growth and is currently the world’s fifth largest economy, but focusing solely on the growth rate or the GDP is misleading. India lags behind 108 countries of the world…
A new assessment of non-alignment as a product of a specific historical juncture, where Nehru was simultaneously trying to avert war and prop up hopes from internationalism.
Elite American universities have historically shaped the country’s ideological consensus, but they no longer control discourse or the interpretation of events. The framework they established has…
Punjab’s urban transformation policy must address critical gaps in the current land pooling policy which overlooks the rights of landless and Dalits. Equitable development requires recognising the…
