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The unassailable keywords for the judiciary

India’s judges must remind themselves constantly of the need to uphold an independent, strong and respected judiciary

Youth can be a clear advantage for India

Meenakshi Datta Ghosh

Losing a nation, in seven acts

Satish Deshpande A Turkish journalist’s recent book on her country’s descent into ‘dictatorship’ has a troubling message for India

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Gearing up to fight the next big viral outbreak

Vinod Thomas Indian States should regularly test their preparedness to not just diagnose and treat diseases, but also to prevent them

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Heed this 67-year-old tryst

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Navigating a Trumpian world

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The price of fiscal folly

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The nowhere people next door

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Catching a sport by its horns

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Autumn and its discontents

Terms of disengagement

Prime Minister Theresa May injects some realism, but not enough, into her vision of Brexit Britain

Voting in a season of discontent

The dates for the election to the Manipur Legislative Assembly have been announced. Polling will be in two phases, on March 4 and March 8. Results

The pragmatist’s pivot to India

While Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s death comes as a blow to Iran’s reformists, the template of Tehran-New Delhi ties established during his presidency is likely to endure geopolitical shifts

Julian Assange: Scapegoat or villain?

To blame Donald Trump’s victory on Julian Assange or, for that matter, on Russia, not only amounts to a refusal by the Democrats to take responsibility for Hillary’s defeat but is also an insult to the U.S. electorate

Obama’s act of departure

Barack Obama’s farewell speech was an ode to democracy, a playing out of a ritual faith in the Constitution and in the people of the U.S. When a leader and the people renew their faith, democracy comes alive

Transfer of loyalty

With Jayalalithaa passing away, the AIADMK’s internal political dynamic left the party with no other choice than her close personal aide V.K. Sasikala, who is only a moment’s call away from becoming chief minister

Elections are not a referendum

The reduction of Assembly elections to a referendum diminishes the political competence of voters to decide what sort of a government they wish to be ruled by

Taking ‘Cold Start’ out of the freezer?

General Bipin Rawat’s reference to Cold Start raises vital questions about what he means by the phrase and whether he was authorised to speak on the matter by the government

The world at a crossroads

The outlook for 2017 is anything but optimistic, with a sluggish global economy, widening terror footprint, and geopolitical realignments as the U.S., Russia and China jostle for spheres of influence

Revisiting a passage from India

The challenge before India lies in the way it taps its widespread diaspora’s financial and intellectual capital. For this it needs to adopt a wise, pro-active, secular, non-jingoistic tone

When banks are awash with cash

In an environment characterised by slowing growth, poor investor sentiment and NPA-strapped banks, the government has its task cut out. When private investment is skittish, public investment must step in

Reading between the lines

The Supreme Court verdict on electoral malpractice ensures that future legal challenges to election victories based on identity politics will walk the fine line of text, context and subtext

Wheels within wheels in Uttar Pradesh

The BJP seems ahead in the run-up to the Assembly elections but it has to contend with a newly popular Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati’s ambitious Dalit-Muslim plank

Two takes on democracy

This week, a divided Supreme Court placed before us two visions of the public sphere, pitting the ideal of the universal citizen against citizen-electors situated within their social contexts

All’s not well in the Army

A military force with sharp internal divisions and discontent in the ranks has far-reaching national security implications. It’s time the defence establishment got its act together

Playing the angles, with Russia

If Donald Trump succeeds in what Barack Obama failed to do, which is resetting ties with an aggressive Russia, it could trigger a cascade of geostrategic realignments across the world

2016: The Supreme Court’s report card

Collectively, the court’s choices this year have shown us that any independence it enjoys hasn’t guided it towards concerted courage in decision-making

Goodbye, Barack

The election of its first black President was the beginning of the change America needed, and which the world applauded. It is also the change America has reversed and which the world is regretting.

Tel Aviv on tenterhooks

The UN resolution condemning settlement activity in the occupied territories is not what Israel fears. What troubles it is that the resolution opens the door to a full criminal investigation into Israeli excesses

Afghanistan, India, and Trump

Given his limited choices in stabilising Afghanistan, which include supporting a national election, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will find India to be a reliable and trusted partner in this process

Time to repeal the FCRA

The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, is nothing more than a tool to keep ‘errant’ civil society organisations on a tight leash. An autonomous, self-regulatory agency for NGOs is the need of the hour

A grim outlook for Europe

The world faces the prospect of increased terrorist activity in multiple regions, especially in Europe. Intensified surveillance of suspected groups or individuals can help only a little

An equal music, a beautiful society

No aspect of life in India from the exalted heavens of the classical arts to the most mundane pits of bodily waste can escape the totalitarian structure of caste.

The art of the non-deal

It is doubtful if Mr. Trump’s ‘America First’ isolationism will serve U.S. political or economic interests in the East Asian region.

A year of living dangerously

Along with a disturbing rise in attacks on Army camps across Jammu and Kashmir, the Line of Control and the International Boundary in the State are also alarmingly tense today.

The Jayalalithaa mystique

She understood where to be flexible and where to be rigid. While scrupulously avoiding tampering with the politics of caste, she imparted a new meaning to welfare economics.

The world according to Trump

The pronouncements and appointments of the U.S. President-elect suggest the balance of outcomes may be positive for New Delhi, but it is early days yet.

The unmaking of Parliament

Representative democracy is the only form of democracy that enables a relationship between the citizen and the state, provided our representatives do what they are supposed to be doing in Parliament.

Mapping the American mind

Given America’s centrality in many areas of knowledge, its own crisis in the Trump era will have an impact on other national systems of education

Death in Aleppo

For too long, we have been a passive society, deaf to Rwanda, Somalia, Syria. Our foreign policy is a piece of empty piety. Maybe Aleppo can be a first step to a more humane India

Rights for the rightful owners

On the tenth anniversary of the historic passage of the Forest Rights Act, tribal resistance to defend their rights is growing even as government after government tries to dilute its provisions

Why ‘cashless’ may be the new normal

The demonetisation drive is not so much about curbing black money. Consider the likely outcomes of a cashless society, and read back from them the intent behind such a move

The essence of education

The Delhi High Court arrives at a harmonious reading of the copyright doctrine which will further the cause of education and equitable access. It could serve as a global model

Time to blow the whistle

Parliament is considering an amendment to the Prevention of Corruption Act which would only end up helping the corrupt. Its passage would administer a big blow to our already weak anti-corruption mechanism

A doctrine of unpredictability

In a rapidly changing world, the Modi government’s foreign policy will require much more imagination than the shock-and-awe tactics of the past two and a half years

Making of a mammoth tragedy

The decision to demonetise will cause grievous injury to the honest Indian who earns wages in cash. The dishonest black money hoarder will get away with a mere rap on the knuckles

Guardians of federalism

The AIADMK and the DMK have a shared legacy of social reform, commitment to State autonomy and fiscal federalism. In this phase of centralisation, they need to forge a political culture to cooperate on key issues

Defiance in compliance

Jayalalithaa did not break the traditional moulds, she slipped in and out of them. She believed that in order to show results, she needed to change herself even as she struggled to change the circumstances around her

Reimagining the liberal project

If progressive politics and liberal ideas have to survive, there is a need to mainstream our dissent and use an accessible language to convey that

Notes for a cashless economy

The November 8 announcement was aimed at eliminating black money and corruption, apart from dealing with the counterfeit currency industry. It has also given a god-sent opportunity for the digital economy

Making of a legislative court

The Supreme Court order on the national anthem relies exclusively on Fundamental Duties. This is not a coincidence as it closely follows the spirit of the Emergency-era 42nd amendment

Contours of a challenge

The manner of enforcement of demonetisation has visited many consequences upon the people. If it chooses to review them, the judiciary would scarcely be overreaching its authority

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