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Lessons from mediating Ayodhya

Among many learnings about the nature of public disputes is an urgent need to create a centre for moderating dialogue

Violating human rights in the Valley

CRPF personnel stand guard at a deserted street in Srinagar on August 3, 2020. Restrictions were imposed in the Kashmir Valley for two days due to the first anniversary of revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status.

J&K and Ladakh, a year on

The government views the removal of Article 370 as a key vehicle to usher in transformational development in the region

Mahatma Gandhi using a spinning wheel to make cloth.

The meaning of Gandhi’s silence

Rajeev Kadambi Gandhi’s silence on the 1945 bombings suggests how he transformed a tragedy into spiritual action

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Violating human rights in the Valley

J&K and Ladakh, a year on

The meaning of Gandhi’s silence

Lessons from mediating Ayodhya

The conservative challenge to Hindutva

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (centre) interacts with supports during an election rally in Colombo. File

A big departure from the past

Profiteering during a pandemic

Overcharging the public should be made a punishable offence under the Disaster Management Act

A change that hit federalism, inclusion

The idea that Article 370 weakened the Indian Union is erroneous and against basic understanding of democracy

A policy with many a right intention

The NEP has several innovative ideas and daring proposals, but also makes a few problematic assumptions

Parents, the first and natural tutors

How low-income parents can start getting more involved in early childhood care and education

In Assam, a trail of broken barriers

Flood waters have breached dykes and embankments time and again, wreaking havoc on the State. Rahul Karmakar reports on a vulnerable State’s struggle to mitigate the damage

The COVID-19 crisis as a metropolitan battle

The absence of comprehensive and integrated urban planning is starkly visible in the pandemic

Not the right time to open gyms

The virus spreads faster in closed, crowded spaces that have poor ventilation facilities

Reporting sans spectators

Sports writing loses colour and atmosphere when there are no fans

An education policy that is sweeping in its vision

The National Education Policy 2020 provides the ingredients and the right receipe; what we make of it depends on us

Should the government go easy on the telecom sector?

The imbroglio over adjusted gross revenues has shaken the once-booming sector’s foundations

The limits of Rahul as Gandhi

He thinks he can further his politics by merely being a moral force but he cannot be a Gandhi in today’s India

Fewer species, more disease

Ecosystem integrity will restrict the transmission of pathogens from one species to another

Shaping the digital world

India’s passivity in influencing global tech rules must end

A quest for order amid cyber insecurity

Better arrangements and intense partnerships, but with extra safeguards, are needed in a more contested domain

The South Asian-Gulf migrant crisis

The South Asian labour force forms the backbone of the Gulf economies, but has no social security protection or labour rights

Protecting artists and the arts

This is an opportunity to create a cultural economy that helps performers move away from agriculture

Meeting China’s intransigence with air power

The forward posture adopted by the IAF is key to India’s capability to bargain at the diplomatic table

RIC, a triangle that is still important

Calls for a westward shift in India’s foreign policy appear misplaced as engagement with Russia and China does matter

The majority cannot afford a balanced diet

Even millions who are above the poverty line do not have access to healthy or nutritious food in India

Modern tools, age-old wisdom: on India-Sri Lanka relations

The pandemic presents an opportunity for Sri Lanka and India to focus on the revitalisation of partnerships

Reports for posterity: on examining riots

The reports of committees examining riots are often ignored by the state but they are useful

Coronavirus | An opportunity to reshape health care

The COVID-19 pandemic may have unwittingly led to some desirable changes; the challenge is to build on this

The fall of Hong Kong

The National Security Law has turned Hong Kong into a colonial city again, with Beijing calling the shots

A revolution in policy mindset

With the pandemic derailing us, we need big initiatives to achieve sustainable development goals

A motorcycle and the art of court management

In contempt of court cases, one must tread carefully, or not at all; there are questions for the judiciary too

The spectre of crowds in the COVID city

Post-pandemic habitations must resist retreating into a closeted isolation that only the privileged can afford

Towards national security and peace in Hong Kong

It is in India’s interest to maintain stability in the Hong Kong SAR given their close economic and trade ties

The headline challenge

Rules are to be followed even while trying to be creative

Deepening India-South Korea ties

People from the two countries need to overcome cultural biases and move closer to each other

Can open book examinations offer an alternative?

Such a system requires a different pedagogy and cannot be force-fitted into the present apparatus

Are people in J&K citizens or subjects?

It’s nearly a year since they have had 4G Internet and the Supreme Court has done little to enforce its writ

Puncturing a culture of silence

India needs a pro-Constitution, pro-facts, pro-inclusivity Gandhi Project analogous to the Lincoln Project in the U.S.

Transforming higher education

This is a time to bridge the gulf between the university curriculum and actual job requirements

Set up a High Court for Puducherry

The administration must highlight the need to streamline expenses, the case volume and constitutional rights as factors

Towards robust data regulation

The non-personal data committee’s data governance framework raises many questions

Why are re-purposed medicines expensive?

The burden of a pandemic will have to be borne by governments and pharmaceutical companies alike

When schools reopen

The pandemic and the lockdown will have a lasting impact on children and we need to know how to deal with it

The COVID-19 fiscal response and India’s standing

The relief measures do not seem to be commensurate with the economic disruption caused by the lockdown

Community canteens 2.0

They can provide food security for migrant workers, create jobs and help save fiscal resources

The meaning of the azan at Hagia Sophia

It will be a milestone in the retreat of secular nationalism that we are seeing across the world

A template to manage temples

The Supreme Court order on the Padmanabhaswamy temple suggests a template for administrative probity and efficiency

Big reform on the wrong track

The planned privatisation of some services of the Indian Railways could impact maintenance, operations and welfare

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