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A patently unconstitutional piece of legislation

The Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 has a sinister political logic — the first de jure attempt towards a Hindu Rashtra

Wholly subordinated to the majoritarian nation

Varghese K. George

A growing blot on the criminal justice system

Faizan Mustafa While there is reason to be concerned about delays in rape trials, a Hyderabad-like solution is out of the question

Constitutional justice is non-negotiable

Kalpana Kannabiran B. Sudarshan Reddy The ends of justice are not served by wanton killing and retributive blood lust; India must follow constitutional morality

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At the UNSC, a three-point agenda

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Making sense of Karnataka’s politics

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A test of law and justice

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India's foreign policy needs rework in the next five years

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A case of confused thinking: on draft National Education Policy

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A welcome debate on electoral reforms

A demographic window of opportunity: on population and policy

In India, investing in the laggard States will ensure their role as being the greatest contributors of the future

Rising incidents of hate crimes point to the growing power of the lumpen

The national bar against hate crime has been lowered, but resolute corrective action is possible

Reinforcing caste hierarchies: on Maratha quota

The Maratha quota is a case in point of what a progressive Indian polity should not be doing

The search for a Chakrayya: on hunt for a new Congress President

Led by a new dynamic leader, the Congress party must redeem the nation’s trust which it has not lost, only let go awhile

Falling far short of the goal

The rhetoric in the Budget of accelerated, inclusive and sustainable development receives only limited financial backing

Expanding India’s share in global space economy

ISRO should embrace a civilian identity and, aided by legislation, form partnerships with the industry and entrepreneurs

Budget 2019 needs to give the economy a much needed stimulus

The economy needs a stimulus and the Budget has to push for growth while ensuring fiscal responsibility

Reclaiming the space of non-violence

Civil society must reinvent Gandhi as a political philosopher in the struggle against violence that has crushed solidarities

A blatant quest to consolidate power

‘One Nation One Poll’ limits to a single moment the opportunities to judge, evaluate and vote — the essence of freedom

A thumbs down to unilateralism

The U.S. is acting in defiance of agreed rules to target India’s WTO-consistent policies

Even central banks need ‘capital’ infusion

The RBI must function independently and not be a slave to outdated ideas

A democratic requirement

India’s brooding parliamentary Opposition needs to study its historical legal to chart the road ahead

Negotiating the forks in the road of diplomacy

India needs a substantive and defined account of its own objectives to steer its strategic course in these stormy times

The future of parliamentary democracy

When any individual eclipses his party in a parliamentary election, it is uncharted terrain for the system

India must recognise the right to a minimally decent life

Just as individuals are punished for legal violations, the government of the day must also be punished for the violation of these basic rights.

Reimagining the NITI Aayog

The institution can play an important role in refreshing India’s fiscal federalism

Smart diplomacy in five moves

India needs to see through many balancing acts to deal with regional tensions

Protectors of real news

In this moment when democracy is threatened by majoritarianism, readers can play a more pluralistic role

What a $5 trillion economy would look like

The economy must be evaluated in terms of how much it contributes to the ease of our living

An idea whose time may not have come

But the debate on simultaneous elections is useful — it could throw up other reforms to cleanse the electoral process

A blinkered understanding of migration

The draft emigration Bill is more about managing the export of human resources than being a humanitarian framework

The Gujarat model, nationally

The 2019 outcome is proof that the Gujarat model is scalable at a national level, as long as it has a charismatic champion

Reversing the scale of priorities

The Chennai-Salem highway case will test the judiciary’s assessment of environmental and economic interests

Shaky building blocks

The draft National Education Policy reinforces outdated ideas about the goals of a foundational literacy programme

Liberals need to think again

On the problem with justifications of the face veil with arguments about ‘free will’

Democracy can die in daylight too

How influential sections of the news media turned cheerleaders in the 2019 election.

A summary of fears and possibilities

Why the Narendra Modi government should be cautious about a majoritarian agenda

Squandering the gender dividend

It is a national tragedy that women unable to find work are dropping out of the labour force

The playwright against the Right

Girish Karnad’s commitment to democratic values meant that he often took a vocal stand on issues

Back to Kashmir with an open heart

Any delay in holding Assembly elections in the State will only deepen the sense of alienation

The script writer of culture

Through his plays and their performances, Girish Karnad’s work interrogated our deepest beliefs about the idea of India

Foreign policy challenges five years later

In an unpredictable global environment and with resource constraints, India needs to shape a domestic consensus

A clear arc from India to Nigeria

The leadership in both countries must take the initiative to energise bilateral ties

Inhumane, and utterly undemocratic

Mohammad Sanaullah’s case must serve as an urgent call for rethinking the National Register of Citizens

The great Indian celebration

The country’s politics has changed, and new analytical tools are required to understand it

Language, the opening move

The ‘Hindi’ controversy foretells the larger political narrative for the coming years

Hindi or English, comparing apples and oranges

The project to remove English from India remains misplaced and dangerous to development and integration

The immediate neighbourhood

SAARC still has the potential to become a platform for South Asian interests and shared growth

A rocky road for strategic partners

With decisions that adversely affect India, the Trump administration fails to distinguish friend from foe

Depths of field, defined and blurred

When the history of our time is written, how will the year 2019 come to be assessed?

The idea of Congress-free India

The party has been the biggest hurdle for those devoted to remaking India into a ‘Hindu rashtra’ or into a socialist utopia

Bills of rights for the vulnerable

Why the second Modi government should send lapsed legislation back to the drafting stage

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The display board showing the votes polled during the Citizenship Amendment Bill voting that took place after a seven-hour-long debate in the Lok Sabha, in New Delhi on December 9, 2019. Twitter/@LokSabhaSectt

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