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Single party dominance, democracy imperilled

Those who believe in progressive politics must ensure that winning polls through any means can never be an objective

The absurdity of the anti-defection law

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

THOOTHUKUDI, TAMIL NADU, 24/02/2021: Corporation Commissioner Sharanya Ari takes administered the COVID -19 vaccine at Thoothukudi Government medical college hospital on Wednesday. PHOTO : RAJESH N

Addressing vaccine reluctance and policy hesitancy

T. Jacob John M.S. Seshadri Apart from vaccinating the elderly soon, delaying the second dose of the vaccine will open up slots and save lives

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Turkey: the country of contrasts

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Respecting our multicultural heritage

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Politicking takes precedence over floods

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The great game pantomime

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Russia's U-turn on arms sale

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The meaning of Turkey's referendum

Power, privilege, corruption, hypocrisy

There is nothing to be proud of India's ranking in the Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index 2009. The country ranked low also in the Bribe Payers Index among emerging economic giants.

Only our fears can encircle us

Instead of being alarmed at China's growing inroads in the region, India needs to take a harder look at its own role and find new ways to win neighbours and increase influence in the region's growth story.

Information as a right

Five years after the enactment of the Right to Information Act, awareness of the law, its provisions and potential appears to be very low.

The future of Nepal's two armies

If the question of the Nepal Army and the People's Liberation Army remains unsettled, there will be little chance of the country writing its Constitution or institutionalising democracy.

Kashmir needs a political package

Any further delay in addressing the situation politically will lead to increasing schisms within the Kashmiri body politic.

The winding paths of a temple town

The political history of the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid conflict is of recent vintage. However, the legal cases go back to 1885.

India's Kashmir challenge

The Intifada unfolding in the Valley has diverse moorings. The political reality is that Pakistan has escalated its rhetoric on Kashmir.

Untouchability: a sin and a crime

Untouchability was not so much a sin as a calculated crime. But it is easier for everyone, even some victims, to treat it as a sin, for acceptance of moral culpability costs nothing.

When caution becomes an imperative

The Hindutva parivar has adopted a strikingly moderate tone ahead of the court verdict on the Ayodhya title suit.

Kashmir's new Islamist movement

Leaders of the protests see street violence as a crucible in which a new generation of jihadists is being forged.

South Asia beckons China

A peaceful South Asia can be built only if India works with China. The alternative will be war and mayhem and history provides many examples.

A victim of fundamentalism

The dismissal from service of a lecturer, already assaulted by a fundamentalist group on the charge that he offended religious sentiments, by the management of a government-aided college in Kerala, raises many questions.

Distribute, procure, store and sow

The goal of food for all can be achieved only through sustained efforts in producing, saving and sharing foodgrains.

The Early Kalidasa Syndrome

Our policymakers would rather let food grains rot than feed the poor. What explains the near-comatose lack of response to a long-brewing crisis of increasing hunger?

For more humanity in medicine

The art of clinical medicine demands the inclusion of humanities and social sciences in medical selection and education.

Two epoch-making verdicts

The supreme judiciary in Bangladesh has made it clear that martial law has no place in a civilised country that has a Constitution.

Changing face of Russia-Pakistan ties

India will have to learn to live with the new Russian-Pakistani bonhomie, just as Russia has taken India's entanglement with the U.S. in its stride.

Hope and stasis for malnutrition in India

We need to make sure nutrition is not easily neglected. And that means putting pressure on leaders throughout society to focus on nutrition.

Growing complexity of Afghan riddle

The myriad hopes held out at the conference in London, the Loya Jirga, and the Foreign Ministers' conference in Kabul are withering away.

A modest proposal on AFSPA

Change the blanket ban on trials without official sanction to one where the government has the power to bar prosecution in individual cases provided it satisfies the courts that its reasons for doing so are valid.

How real is the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq?

Under cover of darkness, hundreds of armoured vehicles rumbled across the Iraqi border into Kuwait, marking the much-touted withdrawal of American

The slippery slope of corruption

An influential friend of mine once said that bribing someone with a briefcase full of cash is something that happens only in old movies: it was a

Dilemmas of equality in education

Kerala has done well in the field of higher education and holds much promise. But further policy initiatives are needed to sustain the momentum and prepare for future challenges.

Empowerment by verbal chicanery

Competing for praise and popularity is as common between Ministries as are turf wars. When officers from different Ministries get the rare opportunity

Nalanda: a soft power project

The passage of the Nalanda University Bill by Parliament is a firm indication that India is moving in the direction of unleashing its soft power on

Kashmir: youth bulge, peace deficit

In the summer of 1995, the United States' super-secret Defence Intelligence Agency concluded a study on the growth of water hyacinths in Lake

An Unequal Opportunity Commission

The GoM's decision that an EOC should exist only for the minorities is bad for Muslims, bad for a secular polity and bad for all other deprived and discriminated groups.

Food security — by definition

Maharashtra ended famine forever by passing an Act that deleted the word ‘famine' from all laws of the State.

Mother Teresa: a remembrance

This day marks the birth centenary of a simple nun who, through her work among the poorest of the poor, became the conscience-keeper of her century.

This is no way to write a law

The nuclear liability bill drafting process has been marred by lack of consultation and transparency from the start. In a democracy, legislation by stealth will always create a backlash.

Understanding the Pakistani floods

The floods have further exposed the regional, political and ethnic divisions in Pakistan.

Russia: forests up in flames

While Russian officials have blamed the unprecedented wildfires on the hottest and driest summer in 1000 years, experts say the national disaster was man-made.

Moral hazard of indemnifying suppliers

Exempting suppliers of nuclear plants is likely to make them pay less attention to safety and encourage them to take greater risks.

Is there an Indo-LAC trade gap?

There is no "trade gap" between India and Latin America. What exists is just a "trade lag".

Reviving true kashmiriyat

In this era of post-nationalism, it is possible to preserve the distinct Kashmiri cultural identity in an autonomous political framework that is not at odds with the idea of it being part of a larger Indian Union.

A Peepli Live Independence Day

India's “fantastic” growth story and the concerns and struggles of the ordinary people increasingly seem like parallel tracks.

Reflections on Respect

Trust, belief, credibility and trustworthiness are under threat. We must value them the more for their being in trouble.

The danger in India's Nepal policy

New Delhi might have been a reluctant midwife these past few years but it always managed to come out on the right side of the changes Nepal was undergoing. Not anymore.

Politics of flood management

The floods in Pakistan, undoubtedly unprecedented, have exposed the chinks in the so-called ‘steel frame' of the state.

A strategy gone awfully wrong

The HuJI's story illustrates just why the U.S. needs to compel Pakistan to crack down on jihadists operating from its soil.

Oliver Twist seeks food security

The NREGS is restricted. The PDS is targeted. Only exploitation is universal.

Crafting a richer India-Myanmar partnership

India and Myanmar relate to each other as immediate neighbours, linked by geography, history and age-old ties of religion, culture and interaction at people's level.

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