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India's labour market mirrors the ILO's warning in its latest report. Unemployment may look stable, but the work is informal, insecure and poor. Demography creates jobs, not dignity. Youth, women and

By staying the UGC's Equity Regulations, the Supreme Court has frozen one of the few institutional checks on caste discrimination in higher education. In the name of social harmony, ground realities w

After Christmas 2025 saw Christians "lynched" across India, Parliament's silence on escalating attacks against Christians is deafening. The violence is in plain view, yet scrutiny is procedural and ev

Kerala's social harmony and democratic culture are ill-served by the BJP's entry tactics: communal polarisation, social media fearmongering, symbolic awards, and cynical alliances. Wherever this model

On Republic Day, a district magistrate banned meat in the tribal district of Koraput, mistaking personal belief for constitutional authority. Nowadays, even food has become nationalistic. Freedom has

The Quit India campaign was ruthlessly crushed by the British Government, swiftly responding with mass detentions. Over 100,000 arrests were made, mass fines were levied, and demonstrators were subjec

The courtroom chuckled.

From 1926 to 2026, the Salesians of Kolkata celebrate a century of dignity and service—forming educators, empowering school dropouts, and nurturing leaders across Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, Nepal, and Ban

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Everyone is running scared! The trade unions are quiescent; the mainstream media are hedging their bets when not grovelling; the students have lost their voice; the middle-class collaborators are acti

From Rahul Gandhi's warning against a "culture of silence" to crises in foreign policy, elections and institutions, India is drifting into fearful compliance. Great nations are not built in silence; t

As Budget 2026 nears, minorities—especially Christians—remain invisible. Real spending on welfare has shrunk, scholarships slashed, NGOs crippled by FCRA cancellations, while thousands of crores flow

Delhi's taps and skies are failing together. With over half of the groundwater unfit, uranium and faecal contamination detected, and only partial testing done, the capital is gambling with lives. The

Republic Day should honour the Constitution, not parade power. From Emergency to today's alleged electoral autocracy, critics see secularism, rule of law and judicial independence eroding. Ambedkar ha

Supreme Court quoting the Manusmriti, a text that sanctifies caste and patriarchy, to decide modern cases, opens a dangerous door. A humane outcome cannot justify a regressive source. Constitutional r

From Somnath to Ayodhya, history is being recast as grievance and revenge as politics. Myths replace evidence, Nehru and Gandhi are caricatured, and ancient plunder is weaponised to divide the present

When leaders invoke "revenge" and ancient wounds, politics turns supposed grievances into fuel. From Somnath to Delhi, history is repurposed to polarise, distract from governance, and normalise hate,

As Blackstone and KKR buy Kerala's hospitals, care risks becoming a balance-sheet decision. The state's current people-first model faces an American-style, insurance-driven system where MBAs replace d

Christians are persecuted in every one of the eight countries in South Asia, but even prominent religious groups, Hindus and Muslims, and smaller groups of Sikhs and Buddhists, also find themselves ta

"The Patronage of 'Daily-ness': Holiness in the Ordinary"

Pride runs deeper than we often admit. It colours the way we see ourselves, shapes the circles we move in, and decides who gets to stand inside those circles with us. Not all pride works the same way.

India's problem is no longer judicial overreach but executive overdrive. Through agencies, procedure and timing, politics now shapes legality itself. Courts arrive late, elections are influenced early

India is being hollowed out twice over: votes bought with stolen welfare money, and voters erased by design. As politics becomes spectacle and bribery becomes policy, democracy slips from "vote chori"

Oh my follower, You named yourself mine. To gain convenience Personal, professional, political Without ever touching

Our chains are more sophisticated. They are decorated with religion. Polished with patriotism. Justified with fear of 'the other.' We are told someone is always trying to convert us. Someone is always

Kapil Mishra's "snakelets" slur and the Supreme Court's bail denial expose a deeper malaise: in today's India, metaphors of crushing replace compassion, and a serious young scholar like Umar Khalid ca

Indore's sewage-contaminated water tragedy, killing residents and sickening thousands, exposes criminal negligence behind the "cleanest city" façade. Ignored warnings, stalled pipelines, and political

A New Year greeting became a nightmare for a woman when someone used AI to turn her photos into sexualised images without her consent. The Grok episode exposes India's fragile digital safety, outdated

Indian Christians seek not privilege but constitutional protection: equal rights, dignity, and security. Through unity, legal empowerment, and vigilance, they call on the state and the majority to sho

You cannot automate the Incarnation. Priya understood this without naming it. She had come back, year after year, hoping to meet someone standing at the crib. And year after year, she had. Let's stop

The US abduction of Venezuela's President marks a return to Monroe Doctrine imperialism: regime change by force, oil before law, and contempt for sovereignty. Trump's adventurism, abetted by global si

From hedge funds to human rights, Soros' ghost haunts Indian politics—summoned as a phantom of foreign meddling, casting shadows on missionaries, minorities and the opposition.

In the dawn's gentle hush, where hope begins to bloom, Rose a voice from the soil, dispelling the gloom. Jyotiba, the beacon, with a heart fierce and kind, Sowed seeds of knowledge for all humankin

The power of the vote is not a gift given by leaders. It is a right won through struggle, sacrifice and blood. When you allow it to be taken away quietly, politely and unopposed, don't be surprised wh