Vaccine mandates A shot in the arm: Supreme Court calls for review of COVID vaccine mandates T.K. RajalakshmiThe Supreme Court calls for greater transparency and accountability in public health measures and directs all governments and organisations to review
Uniform Civil Code Uniform Civil Code: BJP's proposal raises concerns of anti-minority measuresT.K. RajalakshmiThere are genuine apprehensions that a proposal for a uniform civil code coming from the BJP will ultimately be less about uniformity and equality and
Cover Story: Language Imperialism Linguistic imperialism: BJP pronouncements on promoting Hindi spark outrageT.K. RajalakshmiThe BJP’s periodic pronouncements on making Hindi the single national language are proof of its inability to understand that India’s enormous linguist
Cover Story: Bulldozing the idea of India Demolition squad: Hindutva mobs go on a rampageDIVYA TRIVEDIANANDO BHAKTOT.K. RAJALAKSHMIANUPAMA KATAKAMVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDWith Assembly elections in three States not far away, the Hindutva machine goes into overdrive, stoking communal tension in several States by targetin
Cover Story: Bulldozing the idea of India Hindutvaisation of education: Narendra Modi-led government's game plan under NEP T.K. RajalakshmiSerious attempts to change what is taught and the outlook towards education itself have taken place under the stewardship of Prime Minister Narendra M
Cover Story: Bulldozing the idea of India Meat ban during Navaratri: BJP’s latest polarising moveT.K. RajalakshmiThe recent ban on the sale of meat during Navaratri in parts of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, which is part of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s aggressive atte
Centre-State Relations Muddying the waters: Controversy over Centre's interference in Chandigarh government employeesT.K. RajalakshmiThe Central government stirs up a controversy by changing the composition of the Bhakra Beas Management Board and issuing a notification to apply Cent
COVID-19 Update COVID: Too soon to say the worst of the pandemic is behind us T.K. RajalakshmiThe number of cases and deaths due to COVID-19 may be low at present, but it is too soon to conclude that the crisis is over. There remain at least th
Common University Entrance Test CUET challenge: Attempt to centralise education and undermine federalismT.K. RajalakshmiThe proposed Common University Entrance Test is a move towards centralising education and undermining the federal structure, something similar to repl
AGRICULTURE Supreme Court-appointed committee report on three farm laws reiterates Modi government's stanceT.K. RajalakshmiThe report of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on the three new farm laws, released by one of its members, seems to have been an exercise in reit
COVID excess deaths COVID casualties: The uncounted deadT.K. RajalakshmiA Lancet study estimates that more COVID-19 deaths occurred in India than official statistics show, but the Central government refuses to acknowledge
ANTI-CONVERSION LAW Targeting minorities: BJP government's anti-conversion Bill in HaryanaT.K. RajalakshmiThe BJP government of Manohar Lal Khattar in Haryana introduces an anti-conversion Bill amid stiff resistance from the opposition parties in the Assem
Can there be something such as an honest critic? The critic is a persona largely missing from India’s classical music and dance scene.
SlideshowOut at seaThe month-long fishing trips of migrant fishermen at Veraval port in Gujarat are the stuff of adventure, endurance, and life lessons.
