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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Will Dineshwar Sharma have a free hand in Kashmir?

An observation of former Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief Dineshwar Sharma spotlights the contrary pulls in the Modi government on Kashmir problem. In an interview...

Niti Aayog: a monument to Modi’s ignorance

One of the major decisions taken by Narendra Modi soon after becoming the Head of Government in May 2014 was to replace Yojana Aayog...

Congress helps Shivraj appoint new Lokayukta, secretly!

During his first term as Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly (2010-2013), Ajay Singh (Rahul Bhaiya) had made a name for himself...

The BHU incident is the worst thing to happen to Narendra Modi

The BHU is the worst thing that could have happened to Narendra Modi in the three years of his disastrous regime. The students’ agitations...

A retired IAS and IPS face criminal charges, 33 years later, for helping Union Carbide chief

Bhopal Gas Tragedy: The English idiom ‘asking for trouble’ does not convey the real extent of nuttiness of the person as Hindi saying ‘aa...

Babulal Gaur: The most colourful leader in BJP

When 86-year old Babulal Gaur was told by a top Madhya Pradesh BJP functionary that party’s national president Amit Shah wanted those above 75...
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