Opinion

When Students Challenged the CJI: Is India Entering a New Era of Judicial Scrutiny?

There was a time when even senior journalists and national newspapers avoided critical commentary on Supreme Court judgments, especially those of the Chief Justice of India, fearing that “contempt...

Gen Z Is Back in Politics: Madhya Pradesh Govt Agrees to Student Union Polls

The proposed return of student union polls in Madhya Pradesh marks a new chapter in campus politics, nearly two decades after Professor H S Sabharwal died following an alleged assault during a campus election dispute.

Narottam Mishra’s Fall: How BJP’s Once Rising Star Became Politically Isolated

Once among the BJP's most powerful leaders in Madhya Pradesh, Narottam Mishra now faces political isolation after being denied the Datia bypoll ticket. The defeat, allegations of sabotage and shifting power equations have raised fresh questions about his future in the party

How Farmers’ Protest Tested ‘Double Engine Sarkar’ Argument in Madhya Pradesh

A dispute over moong procurement snowballed into one of the biggest farmers' agitations in recent years, forcing the Mohan Yadav government to retreat and exposing uncomfortable questions about the BJP's promise of seamless Centre-state governance

Dear Gen Z: To Build a Better India, Protest Against Hate

Beyond the NEET protest, Gen Z challenged India's politics of hate by keeping the focus on accountability and constitutional values. The movement also exposed difficult questions about equal citizenship and Muslim participation in democratic protests
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‘The ruling class has always manipulated law and jurisprudence to criminalise the subaltern people’

‘Author’ Lalu Prasad Yadav — currently languishing in the Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi — considers himself in the league of Nelson Mandela,...

Martyrdom drowned in cacophony of vote seekers in Patna

Patna airport got two ‘guests’ landing in the gap of a couple of hours today. The first to land was the body of the CRPF...

Kamal Nath as MP Chief Minister is a disappointment, at least so far

Kamal Nath, 72, as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has been a disappointment. At least so far. He has been active in Parliament since...

Electoral reforms by politicians is a classic example of a fox guarding the henhouse

On February 28, 2018, Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers from 19 states had met in the New Delhi BJP headquarters to discuss the...

More scams of the Chouhan regime

PDS scam Kamal Nath, Congress Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, constituted his cabinet on December 25. Ten days later, new Food Minister Pradyuman Singh Tomar...

Modi’s popularity registers sharp decline in 2018

The popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi registered a sharp decline towards the close of 2018 --- merely four and a half years after...
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