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The Biden touch to sober, yet substantive ties

Suhasini Haidar

The India-U.S. relationship may not change from the course that Trump chose, but China and rights could be issues

Single party dominance, democracy imperilled

The absurdity of the anti-defection law

M.R. Madhavan It has reduced legislators to being accountable primarily to the party and failed to preserve the stability of governments

The structural fragility of Union Territories

P.D.T. Achary Union Territories having legislatures with ultimate control vested in the central administrator are not workable

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Bhima-Koregaon and the fault in our laws

A broken tax chain

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The meaning of secularism

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The deepening disconnect

Target incomes, not prices

Caution against shaming

Rethinking the referendum

Two years on, Britain remains as divided as it was earlier over the issue of leaving the EU

Transplanting best practices

Public hospitals must be brought into the loop for deceased donor programmes

Chronicle of a victory foretold

Turkish republicanism is posing an incoherent challenge to Erdoğan’s mix of nationalism and Sunni internationalism.

An unequal platter

It is time the government finds a sustainable solution to the malnutrition crisis

At the crossroads: on mob violence

Two images frame our choice today, police standing by indifferently or rescuing the victim and thereby the mob

The tools for counting

It’s time to debate the modalities of the next Census, given the earlier confusion over caste data.

A new vulnerability

The objective of cow vigilante groups is clearly to target particular communities

Wages of vigilantism

Episodes of mass communal violence have given way to smaller-scale attacks against individuals

How the world explains football

The game’s potential was seen at Tehran’s Azadi stadium this week as the local council finally let women into the stands

The abrupt end of an unlikely alliance

The PDP and the BJP were always going to part ways. It’s clear Kashmir is headed for troubled times

India’s pivot to Eurasia

When you have complicated ties with neighbours, it makes sense to strengthen ties with your neighbours’ neighbours

Heart of the matter

We must publicise the full information on organ allocations to secure public trust in the donation process

There are no detours in history

Pranab Mukherjee’s survey of history was at variance with his invocation of Nehruvian values

A spate of lynchings

As violence and mistrust take over, citizens are no longer encouraged to connect with others and nurture solidarity

The changing nature of violence

The police must develop ‘smart tactics’ to deal with popular unrest and threats of the new era

An improbable friendship

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have stunned the world. They may yet surprise us by pulling off a détente

Russian games in Syria

As the civil war winds down, the once overlapping interests of Moscow and Tehran are disentangling

The story of two ceasefires

It is important to invest in negotiations, political concessions and soft power within Jammu and Kashmir

Why no one is worried about MPC’s rate hike

The RBI’s inflation-targeting framework has reduced its flexibility to respond dynamically to other market-driven factors

An unexceptional economic performance

It is now clear that the Indian economy is moving along a lower growth path

The Thoothukudi fables

They demonstrate that civil society must be an embedded part of the new knowledge society

No longer seeing eye to eye?

With India recalibrating its relations with other powers, the India-U.S. equation is not quite balancing out

A failure of governance

Why we need to go through the timeline of the uncalled-for drama at ICICI Bank

To be an environmental world power

Cross-border environmentalism is crucial for South Asia, but India is not inclined to take the lead

Heed the echoes of June 4

The story of Monica Felton, Rajaji, Mandela — and history’s call to today’s democratic forces to rally together

Chasing a rainbow alliance

By-poll results show that Narendra Modi can be challenged. Yet Opposition unity is more easily proposed than achieved

What will the caretakers take care of?

The question before Pakistan is whether the caretaker Prime Minister can maintain his writ over the judiciary and the military

The federalist principles

Deep questions of equity are raging in India and the U.S. — hyper-nationalism is blurring the debate

Data in a post-truth age

Trust in official statistics is vital for democracy — the new policy must avoid centralisation

Looking for a new clarity

Protecting constitutional values requires an independent judiciary. For this, three issues need attention

U.S.-North Korea: a deal that can be done

The Korean imbroglio reflects America’s fear of any meaningful adjustment to the global balance of power

Tipping point in West Asia

So far, Iran’s response to U.S. provocation has been rhetorical but President Rouhani has little room for manoeuvre

The transatlantic variants

India must be careful in picking up best practices from elsewhere in drafting a data protection law

Do we need the office of the Governor?

To understand why we don’t, it is important to understand its origins in the colonial regime

The fading appeal of soft power

Recent strategic decisions indicate a post-normative turn in India’s foreign policy

The classroom as the instructor’s castle

The autonomy of the teacher has been cramped, and it reflects in the state of higher education

Making sense of the Wuhan reset

The ‘informal summit’ must be seen in the context of Beijing preparing for a pole position in the global sweepstakes

Balancing conflicting claims

The 15th Finance Commission has to take a call on the degree of equalisation that’s feasible

Architecture of the mandate

The lesson from Karnataka: the parties opposed to the BJP must work together from the word go

A ‘pilgrimage’ to Nepal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit was high on symbolism but India must do more to deliver on the bilateral agenda

Pieces of a scattered mandate

There is a change in the electoral cartography of Karnataka, also highlighting the potential for alliances

Towards a ceasefire in J&K?

Much groundwork and political consensus are needed to pull off the Ramzan ceasefire proposal

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