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It has been several weeks since the students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in the national capital started…
By Haresh Jagtiani, Suprabh Jain |
It is easy to cynically dismiss the monumental thousand-page unanimous judgment of the Supreme Court on the Ram Mandir…
By Arun Maira |
India wants to grow its economy to US$ 5 trillion. People want jobs and their incomes to grow. India needs its…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Many years ago, a plainclothes police officer known as an “encounter specialist”, that uniquely Indian term that has…
By Aseem Shrivastava |
A year when the country celebrates the Mahatma’s 150th birth anniversary offers us a timely opportunity to consider his…
By Arun Maira |
Objections to Greenpeace’s strategies by Extinction Rebellion (XR), the environmental movement whose supporters…
By Ganesh N Devy |
It was the remarkable foresight of the makers of the Indian Constitution that they thought of creating a dedicated…
By Aseem Shrivastava , Aryaman Jain |
The rise of Hindutva in a country that was thought to be largely secular has flummoxed many. Whatever the outcome of…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
There is much debate on the Indian National Congress campaign promise of NYAY – justice in English but in Hindi an…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Congress party announced that if elected to form the next government, it would implement a Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
In the midst of a heated campaign for the upcoming national elections, the death of a local school teacher in police…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The Prime Minister has spoken about the attacks on Kashmiris, and he has done so not a day too soon. This is good but…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The noted actor, director and producer Amol Palekar is a gentle speaker but can make a powerful point. He was one of…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Parliament of India passed a constitutional amendment which modifies articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution. This…