By Inderjit Badhwar There are moments in a democracy when a protest ceases to be about the issue that first brought people onto the streets. It becomes a referendum on governance itself. The nationwide youth mobilisation that swept Delhi and several other cities began with anger over education, examinations and employment. It culminated in the…
By Kenneth Tiven The best political polling in America is not always conducted by professional survey firms. Sometimes it unfolds in the ordinary places where citizens gather without cameras, consultants or party strategists. My favourite barbershop has always been one such place. When I returned recently for my regular haircut and beard trim, I noticed…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg In public administration, words are never merely descriptive. The language used by the State shapes public perception, reflects institutional values and often reveals how government views the people it serves. A seemingly routine administrative phrase can carry profound constitutional implications. That insight lies at the heart of the Supreme Court’s…
By Sujit Bhar The recent disclosure that customer data from India’s State-owned Bank of Baroda has allegedly surfaced on the dark web should have dominated national headlines. Instead, it passed almost unnoticed amid the country’s perpetual political noise. Yet, for millions of Indians who have entrusted public sector banks with their life savings, identity documents…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha The last few months have witnessed an extraordinary churn in Indian politics, marked by dramatic realignments of political loyalties that have once again brought the Constitution’s anti-defection framework under intense judicial scrutiny. In Maharashtra, six of the nine Lok Sabha MPs belonging to the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) crossed over…
What does it take to handle a gun? What does it take to kill four people? And what does it mean to be an insurgent, a separatist and one who suggests plebiscite to the people in his state? One is not talking about Kashmir this time, but Manipur whose own decided to raise a banner…
By Dr JP Singh History is rarely remembered as it was lived. More often, it is reconstructed through the anxieties, ambitions and political compulsions of the present. Every generation inherits a version of the past shaped by those who hold power, where religion, caste, race and region become convenient instruments for mobilizing loyalty and sustaining…
There are moments in a nation’s history that refuse to dissolve into routine memory. They become democratic milestones—reference points against which future generations measure the health of the Republic. The 49-day youth movement that began at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in June 2026 and rapidly spread across the country was one such moment. It was more…
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the immediate removal of allegedly defamatory Instagram posts, reels, stories and related content uploaded by a Singapore-based content creator accusing Indian basketball player Kushal Singh of sexual harassment, sexual misconduct and predatory behaviour towards minors. The bench of Justice Sachin Datta passed the interim order in a…
The Allahabad High Court on Monday upheld the conviction and life sentence of a man for strangulating his live-in partner, her mother and her two minor children to death in Hardoi in 2009, holding that the prosecution had proved his guilt beyond reasonable doubt through a complete chain of circumstantial evidence. A Division Bench of…