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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...

There are tell-tale signs that the BJP has been shaken to its core following the upsurge of protests by the country’s youths against the malfunctioning of its government. The BJP’s Central and most State gov’ts’ failure to address their problems in education, jobs, secure futures,...

It is a happy augury for Indian democracy that the country's young talents aspiring to join the legal profession have thought it fit to call a spade a spade. They have put under scrutiny the remarks and actions of even the Chief Justice of India...

In any democracy, the most disturbing threat to freedom is not always censorship. Sometimes it is the language used to discredit those who disagree with power. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose the solemn occasion of the 80th Independence Day celebration to warn the country about...

By Dilip Cherian India’s bureaucracy may be running short of one thing more important than babus: succession. The Centre’s decision to extend the tenures of Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan and Home Secretary Govind Mohan by another year may be defensible on grounds of continuity. But...

A colossal tragedy on a sea has given fillip to ultra-right politics in Italy, Germany and the UK. The three countries are now witnessing a frenetic battle among far-right parties to score over one another and stake their claims for being the “true” radical force...