Politics
“In a world, where privacy is a growing concern, the electoral bond system ensures the right to privacy for the donors.” Chief Justice
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Political Correctness
The drive to create a more inclusive and respectful society has led to changes in the way we refer to individuals and groups.
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Ending Statelessness: An endeavour towards a more equitable world
This is the story of a woman named Leal, who has lived in Lebanon for more than 30 years but without any legal
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Reimagining Hindustan
What if way back in 1600, John Watts and George White decided to become pianists rather than start the East India Company? What
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Unsung Heroes Post Independence
“The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us but those who win battles we know nothing about.” Amidst
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The Grim Reaper’s Dilemma
The Grim Reaper is in a state of puzzlement, as policymakers discuss if Capital Punishment is a sine qua non for the near
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Ecological Politics
Ecological political economy is not easy to understand as there are a hundred flowers blossoming under its banner, so to speak. What overlaps
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Manual Scavenging – Marginalise or Economise
Cocooned comfortably amidst the tech-driven life of ours, one can just shudder at the unimaginably abominable task of cleaning human excrement from dry
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Maachis – The Fire That Ignites The Youth
Democracy means that the government is of the people, by the people and for the people. India is a democratic country. Our government
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Liberal Politics
Just as the Left has failed to integrate prefigurative politics with strategic politics to bring about democratic and egalitarian society as pointed out
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The Occupy Movement and the Leftist Politics
Once upon a time in the West—that is, from the 17th to the late 18th century—there was Radical Enlightenment—the current of thought and
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Encircling the encircled
Our Prime Minister is an honourable man. He does what he says; only at times, people don’t understand. He keeps his promise. He
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How Can Rural Labour Survive?
There is no right to work in India. The ruling governments have been least bothered about full employment policies and practices in independent
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Suppressing the Tide
Whether it be Article 19(1) of the Indian constitution or the 1st Amendment of the constitution of the United States or any other
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Democracy: Anywhere, Everywhere, Nowhere?
Democracy in India is seen by most from the point of independence from the rule of Britishers to when the people became rulers
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Western Hero, Eastern Villian
World History always has two sides, the perpetrator and the victim. However, history has experienced a man who has been the victim as
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Neocolonialism: China or the USA?
It wasn’t many years back that the world was largely dominated by a few European players. The British, the French and the Dutch,
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The Democratic Dream
Mirror, mirror on the wall… Which is the most perfect democracy of them all? Democracy or government by, of and for the people,
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Democracy: A Utility Analysis
Democracy. A word that holds so much power to do good, but often used by people to meet their own needs. A word
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The Curious Case Of Indian Populism
A politician in India rises from either a generation of politicians or from an urge to revolt against and revolutionise the mainstream idea.