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More fake history in the service of bigotry
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (1027+ words) On Friday, 15 May, a two-judge bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court pronounced a 700-year-old mosque in Dhar, near Indore, to be a temple of the Hindu goddess Saraswati. The verdict was substantially based on a court-ordered GPR (Ground Penetrating…...
The labour codes are playing with fire
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (339+ words) The Modi government's new labour codes legalise exploitation and are driving India towards an uprising, writes Gurdeep Singh Sappal...
Friends, allies and the farce of strategic autonomy
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (860+ words) Donald Trump would have hoped for better when he visited Beijing on 13-15 May, but the trip, instead of becoming a feather in his deal-making cap, revealed a glaring strategic asymmetry. The White House had originally imagined a summit with ambitious…...
The many silences of the Bhojshala verdict
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (1027+ words) On Friday, 15 May, a two-judge bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court pronounced a 700-year-old mosque in Dhar, near Indore, to be a temple of the Hindu goddess Saraswati. The verdict was substantially based on a court-ordered GPR (Ground Penetrating…...
Bengal's power changes, but does its political culture?
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (619+ words) West Bengal is once again confronting painful questions about political violence, intimidation and the abuse of power " this time under a new BJP government that rose to power by condemning precisely those practices during the Trinamool Congress years. For more…...
What more does Aquib Nabi need to do to merit a national call-up?
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (284+ words) J&K seamer's 104 wickets in last two Ranji seasons not enough to convince Ajit Agarkar & Co....
Congress questions Marco Rubio's "announcements' on India's foreign policy
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (273+ words) The Congress on Friday took a swipe at the Centre over what it described as repeated instances of US secretary of state Marco Rubio making announcements related to India's foreign policy before New Delhi itself. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh…...
Constitution not a privilege of the elite, belongs equally to every citizen: CJI
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (348+ words) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Thursday underlined that the Constitution belongs equally to every citizen and cannot become the preserve of a privileged urban elite capable of navigating expensive legal processes. Speaking through a recorded video message…...
Congress questions Rubio's "announcements' on India's foreign policy
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (19+ words) Jairam Ramesh questions whether Modi govt is allowing Washington to shape the narrative on sensitive diplomatic and strategic matters...
Two landmark appointments, two strikingly similar roadblocks
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (456+ words) The parallel controversies raise an uncomfortable question: are these routine regulatory disputes, assertions of minority autonomy, or signs of a deeper reluctance to accept women at the helm of elite institutions? The dispute fits a familiar pattern. St Stephen's and…...