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This week the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) published a report on the concerted attacks against Karnataka’s Christian community and their places of worship. Also this week, Karnataka has announced a law that further curbs religious freedom for minorities. I contributed to the PUCL...

The appointment of former Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pande as head of a three-member committee to appraise new standards for defining economically weaker sections (EWS) has put to rest the chatter that followed his exit earlier in 2021. At that time it was widely believed...

Katharina Pistor The Christmas shopping season is upon us. Whether one is a believer or not it is almost impossible to resist the lure to shop and give gifts at this time of the year. But the biggest gift givers are inanimate creatures without any...

Bill Emmott Those who are disappointed by the inconclusive outcomes of the COP26 climate-change meeting, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent virtual summit, or efforts to achieve COVID-19 vaccine equity need to wake up about the world we live in. Under...

The much publicised Democracy Summit organised by the USA in which leaders of over 100 countries, including India, participated last week appears to have turned out to be an inane exercise so far as democracy is concerned. It seems the aim was to bring together...

The attack on four Christians by members of a right wing group in Karnataka December 12 took place a day before the Karnataka Assembly begins the winter session when an anti-conversion Bill is likely to be tabled. The supposed ‘crime’ of the four was to...

The USA, under President Joe Biden, has taken on China head on, announcing diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games beginning in less than two months from now. The symbolism of the boycott is so powerful that China has immediately threatened to take ‘counter-measures’...

The killing of 14 Indians by the Army in Nagaland has resurrected the demand for the repeal of AFSPA, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Two northeast chief ministers have said they want the law to go from their states. Later this month the Nagaland...

RS Sharma has a lot on his plate. As CEO of the National Health Authority (NHA) he is responsible for spearheading the country’s efforts to provide Covid-19 vaccines to the public. The emergence of the Omicron variant has only added to the challenge. India is...

Brahma Chellaney As the world’s largest, strongest, and longest-surviving dictatorship, contemporary China lacks the rule of law. Yet it is increasingly using its rubber-stamp parliament to enact domestic legislation asserting territorial claims and rights in international law. In fact, China has become quite adept at...