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From safeguard to weapon: The slow and steady evolution of FCRA

From safeguard to weapon: The slow and steady evolution of FCRA

The journey of India’s Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), from a law meant to shield domestic politics from foreign influence to one...

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Aakar Patel

Who really owns common lands? Mamallan Reservoir and the politics of ‘poramboke’

Who really owns common lands? Mamallan Reservoir and the politics of ‘poramboke’

On January 24, during the annual bird race organised by the Madras Naturalists’ Society, we set out to count birds in the Great Salt Lake stretching...

26.03.2026 10

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T hari bharathi

A law without a people: How the 2026 Trans Bill excludes those it must protect

On Friday, March 13, the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Dr Virendra Kumar introduced the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights)...

22.03.2026 20

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Rihaa badhwar

Sexual assault survivors are waiving anonymity, but the system still holds them back

“I am Dr Asha Achy Joseph; a woman who has survived sexual assault at the workplace.” These were the opening lines of a powerful column by...

15.03.2026 10

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Indulekha Aravind

Andhra CM Naidu says ‘have more babies’ — women will pay the price

The government of Andhra Pradesh recently announced plans to implement the Draft Population Management Policy named Poshana - Shiksha - Suraksha from...

13.03.2026 10

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Swathysree s s

Opinion: If mismanaged, India’s LPG crisis can have far reaching consequences

A quarter of the gas, gone in 10 days The Strait of Hormuz is a strip of water barely 40 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, lying between Iran...

13.03.2026 10

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Dr narasimha reddy donthi

Imagining the reconversion of the bigot

What if those who came to assassinate MM Kalburgi or Gauri Lankesh had lived in the homes of these intellectuals for a week? What if they had spent...

01.03.2026 10

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Naveen Soorinje

Kerala elections: What the plea for ‘change’ entails

“Step aside, please, for the sake of change”: this is the call of the liberal intelligentsia in Kerala to the ruling CPI(M) on the eve of the...

27.02.2026 10

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Lipin ram

Opinion: The discomfiting maths behind Kerala’s viral ‘love story’ reels

A man and a woman stand close, garlands around their necks, looking deeply into each other’s eyes. He is 29, and she is 19, the text on the...

26.02.2026 40

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Lakshmi Priya

How convicted ‘godmen’ are repackaged as cultural reformers

Every year on February 14, while much of the world marks Valentine’s Day as a celebration of love and companionship, a parallel campaign quietly but...

22.02.2026 30

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Sriyanka Sahoo

Pregnant and refused care at a diagnostic centre over marital status

“An unmarried woman’s hymen must be guarded at all costs”: this phrase represents unanimity between family and community, who often gatekeep a...

16.02.2026 20

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Anju Rao G

Institutional reality vs abstract fear: A research-based analysis of criticisms of UGC Equity Bill

12.02.2026 10

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Murali Ramathoti

National security or identity politics? The Rohingya question in India

10.02.2026 10

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Sq Masood

Why Germany’s Opportunity Card may be a migration trap for Indians

06.02.2026 10

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Aju John

Union Budget 2026: Macroeconomic stability, fragile livelihoods

02.02.2026 10

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Ubaid Mushtaq

Why a caste census is crucial for Adi Dravidas in Tamil Nadu

29.01.2026 10

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D Ravikumar

The anaemia paradox: Why south Indian girls are anaemic despite wealthy GDP

24.01.2026 20

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John Roberts

The unsung heroes of justice: Why activists keep doing the system’s job

14.01.2026 10

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Sharada A L

Why Congress is mobilising to defend MNREGA

09.01.2026 10

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Vijay Thottathil

Grok, ‘bikini’ prompts, and the casual dehumanisation of women

05.01.2026 20

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Lakshmi Priya

The mobbing of Nidhhi and Samantha: When molestation is passed off as opinion

30.12.2025 10

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Sharada A L

Understanding Karunanidhi’s role in Tamil Nadu’s economic transformation

24.12.2025 10

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Suresh Sambandam

Gender empowerment: Examining Tamil Nadu’s women-centred development model

12.12.2025 20

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Dr Yazhini Pm

Digital spoons and kitchen pots: Instagram reels as cultural archives

11.12.2025 10

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Anjitha Gopi

Poorly informed criticism undermines Kerala’s drive against ‘extreme poverty’

16.11.2025 10

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R Ramakumar

In Andhra, dismantling village volunteers makes governance invisible in Adivasi areas

14.11.2025 10

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Chakradhar Buddha

Cost of health: How Karnataka's PPP hospitals can shut out the poor from free treatment

14.11.2025 10

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Swathi S Balachandra

Children’s Day 2025: Why India must fund climate education like our future depends on it

14.11.2025 10

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Priyanka Thirumurthy

The poverty debate in Kerala: Why eradication is never the end of the story

11.11.2025 20

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Cr Yadu

India’s gene-edited rice: Science needs sunlight, not spotlight

11.11.2025 20

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Sridhar Radhakrishnan

'A benevolent dictator': How a former student remembers Mary Roy

06.11.2025 20

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Indulekha Aravind

Nationwide SIR is a planned disenfranchisement of the poor and minorities

06.11.2025 20

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Shivasundar

While they were sleeping: How Bengaluru's leaders missed the urban boom

02.11.2025 20

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Ammu Joseph

Mile Sur Mera Tumhara failed in its second innings. What changed in two decades?

28.10.2025 20

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Anand Vardhan

Co-opting African music, erasing Black lives: How anti-Black racism persists in India

He died eight days after an attack outside his university gates. On August 13, 22-year-old Leeroy Kundai Ziweya, a Zimbabwean BSc student at Guru...

25.10.2025 20

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Jonah Batambuze

Economics Nobel honours innovation that drives growth but does it work for India?

23.10.2025 9

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Boddu Srujana

Opinion: Karnataka’s menstrual leave law needs more flexibility for broader impact

20.10.2025 30

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Swetavalli Raghavan

India’s reservation paradox: When concessions clash with merit

19.10.2025 10

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Ganesh Ashok Pandit

Opinion: The SIR in Bihar was a futile bureaucratic exercise

17.10.2025 10

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Kathyayini Chamaraj

Opinion: The menstrual leave policy in Karnataka leaves many women behind

15.10.2025 10

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Akhila Vasan

Tribal lands under threat: How non-tribal settlers are changing Andhra Pradesh’s hills

14.10.2025 10

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Palla Trinadha Rao

Opinion: India can host the Taliban but not its misogyny

13.10.2025 10

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Anjana Sankar

Karnataka caste survey: BJP’s propaganda, HC order and conspiracies within the govt

07.10.2025 10

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Shivasundar

Karur tragedy: When hero worship and administrative negligence turned deadly

06.10.2025 10

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Raees Muhammad

English is essential for economic mobility, Hindi can never replace it

04.10.2025 10

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Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd

Opinion: When fans become political cadre – lessons from the TVK stampede

30.09.2025 10

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Bharathy Singaravel

Mohanlal, Bigg Boss, and the viral Instagram story attacking queer visibility

23.09.2025 10

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Lakshmi Priya

Why Lakshmi Manchu’s complaint on sexist intv should surprise no one in Telugu cinema

22.09.2025 10

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Lakshmi Priya

When the right-wing can’t stomach an opinion, even a literary icon like Leelavathy is fair game

20.09.2025 10

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Mundoli Narayanan

Thinking with machines: AI, ethics, and the future of humanities

20.09.2025 10

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Simi K Salim