EVMs cannot be hacked but they can be compromised. The key to digital election trust is a complete audit trail. Every EVM needs a tamper-proof log that shows every power blip, button press, and…
Conspicuous consumption of meat in India is often a counter to the idea of 'purity' associated with vegetarianism. An alternative is possible: one that advocates for both animals and…
Citizens denied the benefits of growth are compensated with direct transfers in the new welfarism that has yielded electoral returns. This 'techno-patrimonialism' is not based on the poor…
A history of pro-Israel reporting, a natural bias towards a nation that shares much of the western civilisational values, and the presence of a powerful lobby that looks for real and imaginary signs…
Accusations of Hinduphobia that are made in the US have become an easy way to silence criticism of Hindu nationalism. Challenging this agenda requires both active condemnation of the Hindu right as…
Sikh activism is on the rise in the diaspora but it would be wrong to read it as all 'Khalistani'. India’s outreach policies need to acknowledge Sikh pluralism and respect the democratic…
Students when at the cusp of adulthood need to engage with a diversity of ideas. But longstanding structural constraints on university autonomy now have a new edge with state intervention that has a…
The legal quagmire in the US on access to abortion is generated by political design, crafted to ensure that the restitution of reproductive rights is a long-drawn-out process.
The incorporation of the North East into the Indian Union replicated the colonial order of administrating tribe and territory. The history of the region since has been of shots fired, initially…
On 7 October, Hamas committed a war crime when in its attack on Israel, hundreds of civilians were killed, but since 1948 the scale of the crimes against the Palestinians repeatedly committed by…
