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Continuity of Dravidianist electoral dominance

Narendra Subramanian

Opportunities nevertheless exist for political forces seeking to redistribute power and resources more equitably

A TRIPS waiver is useful but not a magic pill

Prabhash Ranjan

The fig leaf of patent protection has to drop

K. Srinath Reddy The U.S.-supported patent waiver in the COVID fight has the potential to bring in much-needed global health equity

A jubilant CPI(M) worker in front of the party headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram on May 2, 2021.

CSDS-Lokniti Survey | Kerala

Kerala Assembly Elections | How the Left Front bucked a decades-old trend in Kerala

Sandeep Shastri K.M. Sajad Ibrahim Vibha Attri R. Girish Kumar Welfare measures, the Pinarayi factor and good governance helped the LDF overcome allegations of corruption

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The absurdity of the anti-defection law

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Addressing vaccine reluctance and policy hesitancy

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The structural fragility of Union Territories

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Human rights are everyone’s business

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Dealing with the bigger neighbour, China

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Voice vote as constitutional subterfuge

The blank pages in India’s online learning experience

The attempts at initiating a rapid transition to synchronised digital learning following the pandemic have many lessons

A verdict that has ended a long silence

The Priya Ramani case is a key moment in the legal process that has often failed to bring justice to women complainants

Effecting a social rise, starting a political experiment

In the Devendrakula Velalar issue, it is unique for a community to highlight the need for social advancement in order to be delisted

The pressing need to adjudicate, not mediate

When fear is the new normal for the average Indian, the court’s only role is to act as the guardian of the right to dissent

Hitting the right notes with the health budget

The Union Budget has laid a strong foundation to increase the resilience of the health sector in the post-COVID-19 era

The poor state of the Indian state

The pandemic has revealed its chronic inability and systemic weakness to take care of the poorest citizens

Looking ahead after the Ladakh walk back

After making a political choice in the disengagement, the government has to now deal with the strategic consequences

Farm laws and ‘taxation’ of farmers

To show Indian agriculture as being net taxed to argue for the farm laws has poor conceptual validity

A disengagement deal better than expected

But cautious diplomatic and military planning and hawk-like vigil by India will be needed in its implementation

Fuzzy law, unclear jurisprudence, trampled rights

The legal regime that enables the government to block websites needs urgent reform

Amid fault lines, a revival of the farmers’ identity

Signs of a polarised western U.P. and its agrarian communities unifying are visible in the ongoing farmers’ movement

The agonising cost of ham-handed development

India’s leaders must recommit themselves to the ideas and activism of environmentalists involved with Uttarakhand

Order at the border: On disengagement at the LAC

The disengagement at the LAC is vital for the broader relationship with China

In Biden’s policy pursuit, the world order challenge

Uncertainties around the Iran nuclear agreement could lead to tectonic changes in the new global and regional order

The portrait of a peacemaker and scholar

The Islam which can co-exist with other religions is the one propagated by the likes of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Disinformation is a cybersecurity threat

Society needs to be protected from infodemics, to prevent the possibility of a breakdown, interruptions and violence

India must return to traditional diplomacy

The new combative strategy to ‘push back’ requires sober analysis, with the issue being how and against what and whom

Fine-tuning the State-of-the-app technology

Keener scrutiny of the technology platforms of India’s States can lead to improved public services and user confidence

The long and the short of India’s Naypyitaw dilemma

The February coup has undone the comfortable space New Delhi’s Myanmar policy occupied for close to a decade

Infrastructure push now, fiscal consolidation later

The Union Budget has provided reasonable stimulus to growth, but concerns remain about fiscal deficit

An India-EU trade pact may still remain elusive

COVID-19, Brexit and international tensions have unsettled the European Union and exacerbated its internal discords

Beating down critical journalism, creative freedom

The curious deference of the judiciary is part of the precariousness of the rights to freedom in India today

Missing the Gandhian imprint

Neither the government nor the urban middle classes have felt a sense of unease over the farmers’ despair

A year on, mind the gaps in the pandemic response

India needs to revisit its disease control strategy to ensure a more robust and humane response in similar crises

Weighing in on the Biden presidency

While it could be a curate’s egg for New Delhi, for the world, a return to Obama-era policies may prove inadequate

No to vaccine nationalism, yes to global cooperation

India’s approach only reinforces the need for coordinated international efforts to bring COVID-19 under control

It’s goodbye to fiscal orthodoxy

Budget 2021 is a departure from a key tenet of the Washington Consensus — macroeconomic stability

Carrying over fiscal conservatism: on Union Budget 2021

A lenient tax regime that favours private capital and restrained debt-financed spending are quite evident

The Mahatma and the empowerment of the other

Gandhiji’s idea is feasible only in a political community where people have the art of listening

The farm laws need political resolution

It is the supreme authority of Parliament which has the power to solve the issue despite the negotiations outside

A Budget blueprint for difficult times

Alarming inequality, failing health care and border tensions loom large and the economic situation needs full attention

A political player who is rising, but is still no Lenin

Notwithstanding the euphoria, Alexei Navalny is unlikely to be the catalyst that will lead to ‘regime change’ in Russia

Global antitrust and the challenge of Big Tech

The issue is about checking their monopoly power while encouraging their positive externalities and consumer surplus

Revise the text of the Budget speech

The Finance Minister must move to an expansionary fiscal stance that prioritises job creation, public service provision

Keep the wheels of economic recovery turning

The fiscal stimulus needs to continue in FY 2021-22 to speed up India’s economic healing

Roots to government-private thought partnerships

If capacity within government is lacking, it is necessary to leverage external expertise for better policy design and action

Pursuing national interests, at the UN high table

India’s quest of its goals at the UNSC must have a clear agenda and also reflect its material and geopolitical limitations

The script of another ‘parade’ on Republic Day

The protesting farmers have revitalised the democratic polity and the Republic now stands morally recharged

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

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

The agriculture sector’s performance has not been commensurate with the increasing subsidised credit it receives

A new framework around caste and the census

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

Getting it wrong on India’s level of agricultural support

The methodology behind the OECD’s numbers, that suggests negative support, has pitfalls and limitations

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