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Banning books by governments does not surprise much since this has been going on across the world since long. But when publishers suddenly decide not to print books by high-profile writers even after their tomes are completed, it raises disturbing questions about the publishers &...

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in its latest report released recently has castigated India for its poor record in curbing hate speech, persecuting underprivileged groups, racial discrimination and trampling freedom of speech and expression through repression by law enforcement agencies....

Climate justice should become one of the most important points when discussing climate change. The harsh reality of human-induced climate disasters is that nations which have the lowest carbon footprint and have had the least contribution to the crisis are oftentimes ones that bear the...

A foreign outlet interviewed me this week and at the end of it, after we had wrapped up, the interviewer said he was surprised. He said he did not know that this was the position India was in, and I find this is quite a...

Uttar Pradesh’s latest babu reshuffle, while seemingly routine, is difficult to view in isolation. The Yogi Adityanath government has moved 18 young IAS officers of the 2024 batch from Assistant Magistrate to Joint Magistrate postings across the state, giving them their first substantial field responsibilities....

Two crucial developments – one in Maharashtra and the other in Gujarat – in quick succession show two opposing sides of laws in the country. One raises concern about inter-faith marriages and the other a glimmer of hope for an individual’s fundamental right to choose...

The BJP and the Congress seem to believe that they are going to reap rich political dividends through their conflicting positions on the singing of the national song Vande Mataram. Ground reality shows the vast majority of population are concerned about growing inequalities, unemployment, shabby...

What was considered India’s demographic dividend is beginning to appear less like an opportunity and more like a warning signal. A disconcerting recent report from the NITI Aayog has revealed that a whopping 8.7 crore Indian youths aged 15 to 29 are not engaged in...

By Aakar Patel Headline from this week: “Pune Police withdraws conversion law provisions from 2 cases after officials find Act not in force yet.” Our ever-vigilant law enforcers have not only sorted out and solved the problems of previous laws but also those of future...

By Dilip Cherian The controversy surrounding Odisha’s next DGP is not really about Sanjeeb Panda or others in the race. It’s about whether rules meant to protect police leadership from political discretion can be bent when they are inconvenient. The elevation of Panda and YK...