Category: Politics

When government advertising shifts from citizen-centric dissemination to political brand-building and personal image promotion, it undermines public interest.

The pattern of high-profile acquittals following long and difficult investigations raises serious questions about institutional capacity, investigative methods and prosecutorial effectiveness.

Forgiveness only works as a gift if you’ve accepted that the giver had the right to withhold it. That’s not softness, that is patriarchy in softness’s clothing.

The judiciary’s willingness to normalize mandatory state rituals reflects an internal alignment with state-led cultural homogenization.

Can a constitutionally limited period for holding ministerial office without being a legislator be effectively restarted through reappointment?

“The future of democracy will not be decided only in Parliament or at the ballot box. It will increasingly be decided in the invisible architecture of algorithms, data and artificial intelligence. The challenge is not to resist technology, but to ensure that technology never governs democracy more than democracy governs technology.”

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Conversion Law is creating a chilling effect on religious freedom, leading to alleged victimisation and constitutional concerns.

Persons with disabilities meet every criterion that logic dictates: a large community, centuries of exclusion, and no representation at all in the legislature

The convergence of executive demolitions and subsequent judicial acquittals highlights profound constitutional violations, demanding immediate and robust institutional correction.

The pursuit of short-term electoral hegemony through communal fear-mongering and fiscal populism has exacted a heavy toll on the republic.

When citizens, especially those with the least institutional power, insist on these rights, they perform an essential democratic function.

48 prominent academics and eminent citizens demand that the University be allowed to continue functioning in its present state so that the education of thousands of students is not compromised.