BJP government
Opposition unity and the challenges ahead in India
Fresh general elections in India are due early next year and the opposition parties seem to have taken a good first step
Is BJP's policy of exclusion and segregation backfiring?
PM Modi's decision to inaugurate the new parliament building himself has garnered scrutiny.
Textbook revisions in India / History rewritten is not really history
While it is important to update textbooks with recent events, a deliberate attempt to rewrite history is highly irresponsible.
India’s caste census and the chimera of data-driven policymaking
Caste census, once again, is the talk of the town—at least in the Indian state of Bihar.
BJP lawmaker arrested in India rape case as outrage mounts over assaults
Indian police have made another arrest after the alleged rape of a teenager by a ruling party politician sparked protests across the country, federal investigators say.
The Tale of Two Oath Takings
A work permit system for those who want to work in India is the need of the hour. India, in consultation with Bangladesh, needs to work out a system which allows the workers to work and remit their money through legal channels and ensure that they are not being exploited.
BETWEEN THE LINES / The receding of the Congress tide
The pattern of voting and the places where the BJP has won show that the party has uprooted a well-entrenched Congress. What it means in real terms is not the success of the BJP's ideology but people's exasperation over corruption in the Congress.
FROM A BYSTANDER / BJP thrashed in Bihar
The Grand Alliance called Mahagatbandhan of three parties led by Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav humiliated the BJP-led NDA in the Bihar...
DON'T GIVE HATE A CHANCE
India's religious pluralism is looking less secure every day. It's a turning point for India, a country that has taken pride in being a secular democracy where citizens...
Opposition unity and the challenges ahead in India
Fresh general elections in India are due early next year and the opposition parties seem to have taken a good first step
Is BJP's policy of exclusion and segregation backfiring?
PM Modi's decision to inaugurate the new parliament building himself has garnered scrutiny.
History rewritten is not really history
While it is important to update textbooks with recent events, a deliberate attempt to rewrite history is highly irresponsible.
India’s caste census and the chimera of data-driven policymaking
Caste census, once again, is the talk of the town—at least in the Indian state of Bihar.
BJP lawmaker arrested in India rape case as outrage mounts over assaults
Indian police have made another arrest after the alleged rape of a teenager by a ruling party politician sparked protests across the country, federal investigators say.
The Tale of Two Oath Takings
A work permit system for those who want to work in India is the need of the hour. India, in consultation with Bangladesh, needs to work out a system which allows the workers to work and remit their money through legal channels and ensure that they are not being exploited.
The receding of the Congress tide
The pattern of voting and the places where the BJP has won show that the party has uprooted a well-entrenched Congress. What it means in real terms is not the success of the BJP's ideology but people's exasperation over corruption in the Congress.
BJP thrashed in Bihar
The Grand Alliance called Mahagatbandhan of three parties led by Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav humiliated the BJP-led NDA in the Bihar...
DON'T GIVE HATE A CHANCE
India's religious pluralism is looking less secure every day. It's a turning point for India, a country that has taken pride in being a secular democracy where citizens...
Delhi 'beef raid' on Kerala government canteen causes outrage
The canteen of a Delhi guesthouse belonging to the southern Indian state of Kerala was visited by police after a right-wing Hindu group complained it had beef on its menu.