Indian and American trysts with protectionism serve as bookends for long-running critiques of globalisation, from the perspective of both poverty and plenty, respectively.
The recent conflagration between India and Pakistan urges us to reflect once again on the logic of nuclear deterrence and its false assurances of safety. Taking off from the movie “Dr. Strangelove”,…
Donald Trump has exploited America’s deep divisions to upend its national identity. Fascism often slips in quietly—it thrives on emotional fervour rather than rational debate, eroding moral order…
The new waqf law is worrying because it grants unchecked administrative power without any clear standards for fair action. It applies unevenly across religions and provides a potentially biased…
The Uttarakhand law may violate privacy and religious freedoms by imposing controls on marriage, live-ins, and divorce – measures that can disproportionately burden women and inter-faith couples.…
Muslim representation in politics cannot simplistically be reduced to quantifying their legislative presence. We need to pay heed to the internal diversity in the community and what members perceive…
The Waqf (Amendment) Act of 2025 has been challenged on constitutional grounds. In the first of a series of articles examining important issues raised by the amendment, a discussion here on the…
The “MahaKumbh” is crafted to secure the consent, not only of the traditional pilgrims who went following the truly sanatana seasonal rhythm, but also that of the well-heeled “holy-dippers”, who flew…
Pilgrimages are now more than mere religious acts: they are vast moving spectacles where scale becomes proof of sanctity. The call to become part of a moment eternal yet fleeting draws in devotees to…
Trump seeks to disrupt the old order with policies that he promises will reverse the fall in labour's share of the American pie. But these inchoate actions also threaten the size of the pie. The…
