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The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 is a law to ‘prohibit conversion of any place of worship and to provide for the maintenance of...
Much has been written and will be written about what Manmohan Singh was. Here are a few lines on what he was not. Manmohan Singh was not a...
What should we look forward to in 2025? I mean ‘look forward to’ in the sense of anticipate rather than welcome. It will be a defining year in...
In 2021, I wrote a book called Price of the Modi Years. In one of its chapters, I compared India’s rankings on various global indices that I had...
The stunning victory of Donald Trump has sharpened focus on America’s relationship with its only peer competitor, China. Eight years ago, Trump had...
"What are your thoughts about atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh?” Before I could react, Uncleji took a swipe at me: “Secular Indians like you...
The month-long movement for justice in West Bengal, led by students, women and civil society, has been a battle cry for change. The protestors have...
What is today India’s dominant political force, the Bharatiya Janata Party, has had a history of putting a pause on its ideology for political...
Notwithstanding the rose-tinted optics of his visit to Brunei, Narendra Modi’s third term as prime minister is more ‘through a lens darkly’ for...
India is going through another great Renaissance, as ordained by a gentleman whose own educational qualifications are shrouded in doubt and about...
A series of allegations by the Congress party against Madhabi Puri Buch, chairperson of the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI), sent shock...
Minority governments have two major concerns: Clearing votes of no-confidence and passing legislation. The first, remaining in office for five...
In his 15 August address, the prime minister said his government would work towards changing India’s personal laws. He said, “After 75 years of a...
The NATO definition of the word ‘propaganda’ is: ‘information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or...
Reportedly mentored in her formative years by her maternal grandfather P.V. Gopalan, a progressive Indian civil servant in the Nehruvian era, the...
Supporters of the prime minister have been vocal about their disappointment with the budget — especially aspects which relate to the middle class,...
Do Indians have freedom of religion? Meaning, do they have the right to invite others into their faith and the right to easily leave their faith?...