Uniform Civil Code Uniform Civil Code: BJP's proposal raises concerns of anti-minority measuresThere are genuine apprehensions that a proposal for a uniform civil code coming from the BJP will ultimately be less about uniformity and equality and
Vaccine mandates A shot in the arm: Supreme Court calls for review of COVID vaccine mandatesT.K. RajalakshmiThe Supreme Court calls for greater transparency and accountability in public health measures and directs all governments and organisations to review
Cover Story: Language Imperialism Linguistic imperialism: BJP pronouncements on promoting Hindi spark outrageThe BJP’s periodic pronouncements on making Hindi the single national language are proof of its inability to understand that India’s enormous ling
Cover Story: Bulldozing the idea of India Demolition squad: Hindutva mobs go on a rampageWith 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 Meat ban during Navaratri: BJP’s latest polarising moveThe 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 at
Cover Story: Bulldozing the idea of India Hindutvaisation of education: Narendra Modi-led government's game plan under NEPSerious attempts to change what is taught and the outlook towards education itself have taken place under the stewardship of Prime Minister Narendra M
Centre-State Relations Muddying the waters: Controversy over Centre's interference in Chandigarh government employeesThe 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 usThe 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 federalismThe 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 stanceThe 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
Freebie phobia: The BJP’s concerted attack on redistributive transfers Although the BJP is against ‘freebies’ in principle, in practice it has been forced to use a version of concessions and transfers to counter the o
SlideshowLiving on the edgeThey are river people, whose lives ebb and flow with the waters of the Brahmaputra in a timeless rhythm. But now, hydroelectric projects and homogenis
