This Republic Day, when we glorify our brave citizens who have upheld our republic’s moral values, we must also realise there are many more battles to...

I can say that in 10 ten years that I held the portfolios of Science & Technology, Human Resource Development, IT and Telecom and Law &...

Given our fractured polity and institutional atrophy, this isn’t a moment to celebrate the Constitution. Instead, we should ponder about the future of our democracy and...

In some contexts, the court under CJI Chandrachud’s leadership fell short of expectations. There is no point in creating physical spaces and amenities without upholding the...

At the heart of the judicial system is the ability of a judge to render an opinion without fear or favour. But what is of utmost...

There is no reason to believe expenditure will be less with synchronised polls, as there could be frequent polls even after it is introduced. Instead, it...

Many cases of rape are never reported because of the consequent societal implications. What is required is social reform at the level of the family unit...

The new criminal codes have expanded police powers. Rather than getting rid of the colonial legacy, they have perpetuated it. The quicker these laws are shelved,...

Modi was lauded as the leader who would catapult India into the 21st century as a global superpower. This belief helped the party in 2019; by...

In no state where the ruling party is in power or in a coalition, or even at the Centre, has any politician been investigated under the...

Even if it entails a little delay in the results, a fair poll procedure should be preferred to an opaque process in which the voter isn’t...

The course curriculum will no longer cater to the needs of the Indian economy but will be oriented towards the requirements of the developed world. Money...

The last citadel of freedom, the judiciary, is under attack. While the ruling class has captured all other institutions, the lone one that can protect our...

‘A billion Indians will sustain democracy,’ India’s top lawyer in a freewheeling interview Kapil Sibal, 74, has distinguished himself as lawyer, a minister and foremost –...

The power to amend does not include the power to destroy the Constitution’s basic features. Thirteen judges of the SC held this in the Kesavananda Bharati...

India has changed. It is no longer the inclusive country we were born in. The dialogues of today are worrisome. If we do not stand up...

I wonder why the very values of our republic that we celebrate are also the ones we choose to wantonly decimate. Politicians pretend to embrace the...

Nearly a month after Congress president Sonia Gandhi met the top party leadership and the group of 23 leaders who wrote to her, seeking sweeping reforms within the...

Farmers have low incomes, high debts, and go through great insecurity. The State must continue to support agriculture The protesting farmers want to be heard. For...

The year 2020 has ended and Covid-19 is getting the better of us. We have yet to see whether we can reduce the impact of its...

History has taught us that global trends often drive national narratives. The rise of the nation-state, fall of monarchies, blossoming of democratic values, end of colonialism...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the sentinel of our banking system having occasionally faltered as the supreme banking regulator, is often seen to be working...