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
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…
In summer, street vendors and gig workers in Hyderabad face searing heat during the day and restless nights in poorly cooled homes. Understanding how these vulnerable groups juggle relief from the…
Constitutional morality demands accountability through fair trials, reminding lawmakers that fairness—not expedience—ensures the integrity of democracy. The 130th Amendment Bill, however, risks…
India’s new labour codes that consolidated 29 central labour laws in 2019-2020 reveal a pro-employer ideology. These codes reverse hard-won protections and return conditions to colonial-era standards.
A study reveals that distributing rice and wheat through India’s PDS costs twice as much as millets environmentally. The PDS inadvertently promotes water-intensive crops in stressed regions,…
'AI Con' scrutinises the inflated promises of AI and highlights the social risks. Though timely and provocative, some arguments need refinement, and the limited recognition of genuine…
The Puri Jagannath temple’s organic sanctity has been eroded by commercialisation, turning tradition into spectacle and control. Devotion has been reduced to regulated ritual, and the Rath Yatra now…
The World Bank has used non-comparable data, made numerous and inexplicable changes to its methodology, and has departed from past accepted practices, thereby casting doubt on the quality of its…
Indian law creates a legal vacuum around traditional designs by failing to recognise collective creation, generational knowledge, and community-based craftsmanship. This makes cultural appropriation…
Hindutva politics and the entrenched ethnic tensions in Assam have intensified the “othering” of Bengali Muslims in the state. But these "others" live in extreme poverty compared to other…
