Opinion

Losing Faith in the Earth Beneath: How Ram Mandir’s ‘Chanda Chori’ Allegations Shook the Devotee’s Soul

`When you lose faith in the earth beneath your feet’ was how a leading international publication described the 2001 earthquake in Gujarat, which claimed thousands of lives and continued...

You Can’t Regulate an Economy by Destroying It: The Case for India’s 90% Workforce

India's informal economy employs nearly 90% of the workforce and powers local markets. As demolition drives, business closures, and street vendor evictions increase, the challenge is balancing legal compliance with livelihood protection. Sustainable development requires rehabilitation, gradual formalisation, and policies that safeguard both economic growth and millions of livelihoods.

The Future of INDIA Depends on Unity, Humility and Struggle

To defeat authoritarianism, the INDIA bloc must look beyond mere electoral math, embrace its diverse ideological roots, and transform political cooperation into a sustained, grassroots movement for constitutional democracy.

Up in Flames: Why 4,000 Burned EVMs Rekindled a Democratic Crisis

A devastating EVM fire in Kolkata highlights a deeper crisis in Indian democracy. More than a physical accident, it reveals how rapidly institutional trust erodes when transparency is compromised.

Sleeping Under an Open Sky on No-Man’s Land: Two Children, Ten Lives, and the Machinery of Exclusion

The Panchagarh (India-Bangladesh) border crisis reveals a global shift: citizenship is no longer a guarantee of rights, but a weaponized spectacle used by states to mask economic failure through human exclusion.
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SC judgement in Mishra case, a blow to MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

The recent judgement of the Supreme Court in the K K Mishra case is a blow to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan....

Why BJP is afraid of linking Aadhaar with voter ID?

Union Minister of Law and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad does not favour linking Aadhaar with voter ID card. He said so in Bengaluru...

In Defence of Nitish Kumar

“The ABVP-RSS activists gave me literatures on Deen Dayal Upadhyay to read and think of joining their ideology. But the more I read those...

Marriage code in Punjab panchayats, to check extravagant marriages

People of Punjab had a harrowing experience during the militancy which lasted over a decade. However, one facet of that period that old timers...

When Indira mistook ‘haath’ as ‘haathi’, but Narasimha Rao’s reference of ‘Panja’ gave Congress its symbol

“Unsure of which symbol to pick, Singh (Buta) booked a call to seek Indira’s approval. The line was, probably, not clear or, perhaps, Singh’s...

Syria: From Land of glory to rubble of gory spectacles

Har sham hai shaam-e-Misr yahaṅ, har shab hai shab-e Shiraz yahaṅ Hai saarey jahaṅ ka soz yahaṅ aur saarey jahaṅ ka saaz yahaṅ (Every evening is...
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