Free but not free: Petition asking for striking down CrPC provision that...
The Supreme Court is hearing a plea that argues Section 437A of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) is unconstitutional. SC has sought GOI’s response. This is a morethan-welcome petition. Section 437A...
View Article? ? ? ? ? ?: Mahua Moitra’s cash-for-queries issue raises a whole lot of...
Babli and Bablu talking about the cash-for-queries controversy. Babli: I don’t see what all the fuss is about. She’s an MP, right? And as an MP it’s her job to raise queries and ask questions....
View ArticleA war to end war in South Asia
Since 1947, South Asia has been plagued by war. There have been multiple wars between India and Pakistan. There has been the anti-Soviet American jihad and the American war on terror in Afghanistan....
View ArticleReserving poverty
Expanding quotas will not help Bihar end poverty. But GOI can help through finance commission Bihar on Tuesday presented granular economic data based on the state’s caste survey. There were no...
View ArticleNitish Kumar on a slippery slope
Nitish Kumar’s recent statement in the legislative assembly theorizing how Bihar’s women literacy has helped population control in the state created tremendous fury among citizens not only in the state...
View ArticleHouse rules: Moitra’s conduct doesn’t pass muster. Nor does Bidhuri’s
As the Lok Sabha ethics committee is set to submit its report on the unauthorised-login and gifts-for-query case against TMC MP Mahua Moitra to the Speaker, media reports suggest it recommends her...
View ArticleUS, tell Tel Aviv: American pressure is required for Israel to rethink the...
It speaks to which way world sentiment is tilting that an overwhelming 145 countries, India and western European countries included, voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution condemning...
View ArticleLimits to revdi? Telangana poll will be a test of KCR-style welfare politics
Do political benefits from welfare schemes, or ‘revdis’ as Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls them, diminish over time? Can state governments harvest votes from free power and free bus rides forever,...
View ArticleTilting Kamal Haasan, teasing Vijay. Aarambikkalama?
Naan ready dhan varava? Vijay has been asking this for long, but the actor is unlikely to come into electoral politics till 2026. That, however, is better than Kamal Haasan asking ‘aarambikkalama?’...
View ArticleBiden Xi Jinping meeting: Reflects that China is under pressure
The much-awaited meeting between US President Biden and CCP President Xi Jinping took place on the 15th November 2023 on the sidelines of the APEC Summit, which was almost eclipsed by the former. While...
View Article‘Bharat Jodo in T’gana, MP, Raj set the tone for Cong to do well…Nitish’s...
Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan and Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, party’s election war room specialist, comments on the dissonance among INDIA allies, berates BJP’s “polarising politics”...
View ArticleGuvs don’t fit
The Supreme Court has yet again laid down the limits of a governor’s powers in a writ petition filed by Punjab against the state’s governor. It’s important because it sets the precedent for similar...
View ArticlePakistan’s knee-jerk expulsion of refugees is a pressure tactic that won’t work
There was much exultation in Pakistan over the Taliban victory in Afghanistan in August 2021. It was the culmination of Pakistan’s two-decade long covert support to the Taliban despite being part of...
View Article2023 will decide if Congress will be challenger number 1
In a week’s time, India will know who has triumphed in the winter assembly polls of 2023. In three of the five states going to the polls — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh — Congress...
View ArticleCan India’s mental healthcare system address Islamophobia?
Everyday violence takes a toll on the well-being of Muslims in India. Here’s how to build a mental health ecosystem that recognises Islamophobia and intergenerational trauma. In his lecture ‘The Mental...
View ArticleMessage in a bottle: Nitish will waste government money & time on a survey on...
It’s survey season in Bihar. Nitish Kumar, fresh from helming the caste survey, has ordered another house-to-house survey on what people “feel” about prohibition. Kumar insists he isn’t reconsidering...
View ArticleNetazen’s charter: The politician’s UID markers. Sharper during elections
If you don’t know that netas are a unique species sent to earth by whichever god/s you believe in, or don’t, you must have a. lived under a rock; b. most certainly never lived through an...
View ArticleCode uncode
State poll campaigning showed how tough EC’s job will be when it oversees 2024 national elections Voting for five state assemblies is over. Naturally, weeks since polls were announced on October 9 saw...
View ArticleMissing The Party: Economy’s booming. Not all consumers are having a good time
India’s economy is on a hot streak. Every other quarter, it overshoots expectations, triggering envy and admiration across the world. The only group missing out on the party is a large chunk of Indian...
View ArticleKing Bibi and his nine lives: The Israeli PM is no ordinary politician. For...
After a few days of truce that allowed the release of some Israelis kidnapped by Hamas, Israel’s military operation in Gaza resumed yesterday. This isn’t a surprise since Israel had officially declared...
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