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On Iran, it is decision time for Biden

Unless the new administration reaches an agreement with Tehran soon, bilateral ties could be mired in hostility

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In agri-credit, small farmers are still outside the fence

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A new framework around caste and the census

Divya Vaid There needs to be closer engagement between all stakeholders of the Census and the Socio-Economic and Caste Census

Defending liberty against political prosecution

G. Mohan Gopal Courts need to recognise selective prosecution as a threshold constitutional defence against the abuse of state power

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On Iran, it is decision time for Biden

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In agri-credit, small farmers are still outside the fence

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A new framework around caste and the census

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Getting it wrong on India’s level of agricultural support

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Defending liberty against political prosecution

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Removing the creases in housework valuation

True empowerment of the electricity consumer

Without strong accountability provisions, the consumer protection rules will not guarantee better power supply quality

A plaintive lament on liberty that rings hollow

As examples show, the judiciary’s callous attitude at every level towards human liberty is destructive of the rule of law

Being tethered to bars during a pandemic

In India, COVID-19 must lead to an immediate review of the vulnerability of those in jail and the issue of decongestion

The unravelling of liberal globalism

Donald Trump has been defeated, but not Trumpism and the anti-globalist politics it has unleashed

Financial boom at a time of economic stagnation

The paradox becomes clearer by recognising the circuit of financial flows beyond the real economy

A fast fading promise, of growth with trust

The present government must shed its many distractions that now grossly impinge on the values and rights of Indians

Farm laws, their constitutional validity, and hope

In the event of further judicial intervention, there are grounds and an opportunity for the government to revisit the laws

Mediating the farmers’ protests is difficult terrain

If the top court does find itself mandated by a higher public duty to intervene, then it must observe some essentials

Reclaiming SAARC from the ashes of 2020

Despite the despondency, the rationale for its existence is intact, and India can use it as a stage for its global ambitions

The debilitating side-effect of a flawed vaccine trial

A failure to investigate the conduct of the recent Covaxin phase-3 trial can affect the course of other studies under way

Reframing India’s foreign policy priorities

Apart from an ideational restructuring, prudent plans, achievable objectives and a line of continuity are a must

Planning an exit out of the easy money regime

The RBI’s main challenge would be in managing the tension between restraining inflation and supporting recovery

Central Vista, executive’s caprice, and rule of law

Constitutional tradition requires the state’s decisions to be just, fair and reasonable and adhere to procedure

Beyond the Central Vista verdict, key questions

Public commitment in civic projects and procurement of professional services are areas that need definite improvement

Reading Hannah Arendt in Joe Biden’s America

With a grasp of her writings on totalitarianism and the human condition in crises, Biden could have a vision for change

A hegemony upended by a Frankenstein

The loss of the Republican party in the Georgia run-offs has exposed the limits of Trumpism

Boosting India with maritime domain awareness

Beyond monitoring Chinese activity in the Indian Ocean, India’s initiatives could help generate intraregional synergy

The challenge of distributing opportunities better

The line between ‘reserved’ and ‘general’ is blurring, impacting reservation as an idea and as practice

The dark step of writing hate into law

The new marriage laws put state power and the law behind majoritarian communal biases, boosting regressive mores

A nod to recognising the value of housework

This is an agenda all political parties, and not just the Makkal Needhi Maiam, could incorporate in their manifestos

An anti-disclosure amendment that hits public health

The dilution of patent working disclosure rules hampers the effectiveness of India’s compulsory licensing regime

Time to resurrect a popular front

Allies and political alliances need to be rearranged and the country requires a new political instrument for governability

An ill-conceived, overbroad and vague ordinance

The U.P. religious conversion ordinance is unconstitutional, vilifies inter-faith marriages and violates key rights

A leopard count with a missing benchmark number

Assessing numbers of cats in select sites and monitoring areas they occupy over swathes will ensure a better overview

Unmasked, reflections on the pandemic and life

People need to draw the right lessons from the experiences of the last several months, as individuals and a collective

Before a new dawn, glimpses of a trauma-filled year

It has been ‘annus horribilis’ so far, but science and technology and human ingenuity could make 2021, ‘annus mirabilis’

Separating the wheat from the agri-policy chaff

In the farm laws debate, the focus should be on the exchequer-farm subsidies issue and the spending on farm subsidies

Resilient supply chains as a pandemic lesson

An economy such as India can ill-afford the shocks of disruption or be held hostage by an over-reliance on imports

The global angle to the farmer protests

It is not just domestic firms that are potential beneficiaries of the new farm laws; foreign agribusinesses are a danger too

Dealing with India’s two-front challenge

A politically-guided doctrine and comprehensive military capability are needed to deal with the China-Pakistan threat

Towards an effective vaccination distribution policy

The government must examine the principle underlying the triage scheme and whether private players should be allowed space

Notes from a year of unease

Following a year of debilitating problems, restoring India’s image in 2021 will not be easy

Article 356 and an activist judiciary

The A.P. High Court’s recent order is worrisome — it opens up the possibility of judicial use or misuse of the Article

MGR’s mojo, time tested and enduring

In the run-up to the Tamil Nadu elections, his name and legacy still cast their spell on voters and political claimants

The farmers’ protest, truths and half-truths

With the agitation continuing, finding a meeting ground for farmers and the government could be difficult

An anti-science lawsuit

Instead of pursuing their case against Sci-Hub, publishers should work with the government to make research accessible

No sole spokesperson for Muslims

Asaduddin Owaisi has emerged as a prominent Muslim political leader but he is no Jinnah

‘Free, fair and safe’ as the election motto

Polls in a pandemic need to be rescued from the virus so as to save not just one series of balloting, but democracy itself

The tightrope between production, industrial peace

The Wistron incident is an example of how exploitative labour practices could accompany businesses moving to India

COVID-19 and limits of political accountability

With some leaders getting off lightly, the deeper challenges to democratic control of politicians need to be understood

Put the farm laws on hold, uphold farmers’ rights

The small and marginal farm sector, especially, faces a threat and the government needs to ensure wide consultations

Tamil Nadu politics after the matriarch, patriarch

The State’s political future depends crucially on how parties engage changing social forces, with the DMK better placed

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