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Should governments regulate online platforms?

Reasonable regulation is democratic, but the moral panic around big tech is muddying the waters

Ajit Mohan, Managing Director of Facebook India.

Inhibiting free speech

Scene at Chand Bagh-Karawal Nagar in north east Delhi on February 26, 2021 after days of violence.

NOTEBOOK | Postlude to a riot

Anuradha Raman Remembering the stench of fear and sweat following the violence in Delhi in 2020

Federalism and India’s human capital

Kevin James Anoop Singh Kandarp Patel A decentralised approach and strong local governments can enhance developmental outcomes

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A case for including Tulu in the Eighth Schedule

The U.S. is weakened by Soleimani’s killing

Challenges to Hindutva’s new avatar

Theatre of the absurd

Safeguarding the idea of India

Spotting an opportunity in changing fundamentals

Anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests: Living in fear of the law and the law enforcers

After the violence during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the police firing that left many dead and hundreds wounded, people are too scared to step out of their homes. Locals blame outsiders for the stone-pelting that set off the chain of events, and the police point the finger at Leftists and Muslim outfits.

Bracing for global impact after Soleimani’s assassination

There are apprehensions that the Iranian commander’s death may be avenged by a thousand cuts

When defection is a mere detour for an MLA

It is possible to avoid Karnataka-like incidents if MLAs jumping ship are completely disqualified for six years

In the ruins of unilateralism

Developments in 2019 suggest that the U.S.’s ability to shape global politics is clearly receding

Minimising the housing divide

India requires an integrated housing development strategy for the rural context

Piggybacking on open source and open data

How the learning curve for political and data journalists got flattened

Should the FM tweak direct taxes to spur the economy?

A small reduction will not impact slowdown, but will provide some relief to the salaried classes

No country for procedural justice

Due process is widely seen as a hindrance to rough and ready solutions promising substantive justice

Preparing for fires

Despite major fires, flagrant violations of building and fire safety norms continue unabated in India

The abiding power of protest

Nothing it seemed could unsettle the present leaders of India, until the youth had spoken

The need for a single energy ministry

A sole point of reference in the sector is necessary to ensure energy security, sustainability and accessibility

An anatomy of anti-CAA protests

The countrywide agitations show that Indians are now mobilising against the BJP’s Hindutva project

When hospitals become a theatre of police brutality

The Mangaluru incident has set a dangerous precedent

Standing up to on-screen abuse

Parvathy’s outspokenness was a refreshing contrast to the political correctness of her colleagues

Weighing in on the public sector privatisation debate

While there is justification in selling loss-making units, the situation is more nuanced in the case of profit-making entities

Holding a mirror to our face

The HDI rankings show that India’s demographic dividend is morphing into a nightmare

For a personal healing touch

The NITI Aayog’s healthcare plan should not end up emulating America’s supermarket system

Guarantee Internet rights

Access to Internet must be recognised as a fundamental right to free speech, basic freedoms and the right to life

Uncovering the CAA’s larger stratagem

More than helping out persecuted minorities, its effect will be to isolate one group — exclusively as the perpetrator

State results no indicator of decline in BJP’s popularity

It is still going strong in North and Central India

India needs a bottom-up growth model

The country requires an employment and income strategy to guide its industry and trade policies

For a humane and autonomous police

During strife, the focus needs to be on improving the quality of policing in the field than on ‘politician management’

How not to counter economic stagnation

The government has to garner resources and give a boost to the economy by increasing its investments

Parley | What are the amendments that the CAA needs?

India should ensure a clear, non-discriminatory and inclusive refugee policy

Disrupting the gender-blind political discourse in India

Affirmative action can empower more women

Assam’s identity fears face up to divisive politics

Protests in the State have been brought about by the BJP’s failure to gauge the popular mood

Total eclipse of the heart: a photojournalist remembers the October 1995 solar eclipse

When a spectacle in the skies left the spectators transformed

Indifferent State leadership caused BJP’s Jharkhand loss

Issues like Ram temple and Article 370 had little appeal

The return of the secular

Young protesters across India have brought Gandhi’s vision of the secular into the public discourse

Home Ministry officials say Karnataka Foreigner Detention Centre ‘not linked to NRC’

A facility to hold foreigners ahead of their deportation is to become functional in Karnataka

An Act that fails the constitutional test

The government needs to display an accommodative approach in its reaction to the protests against the Citizenship Act

Strengthening grassroots democracy

Delays in local body polls can be avoided with sterner fixing of accountability

New rules, old problems

Women are being allowed to work night shifts in factories in Karnataka even as their concerns about daytime work persist

Return to the homeland

India has been following the principle of voluntary repatriation in the case of Sri Lankan refugees

History, technology and the shackles of the present

A ‘Digital India’ will be out of reach if authoritarian governance decides the trajectory of technologies

A hard Brexit?

Breaking down the key features of the revised withdrawal agreement bill

Periyar, the hero of Vaikom

On his death anniversary, remembering a leader who gave new life to a sagging movement

A decision without forethought

The government’s decision to implement the CAA has thrown the Northeast into turmoil and shaken investor confidence

Making capital out of political rivalry

Coming five-and-a-half years after the bifurcation, Reddy’s three-capital proposal for Andhra Pradesh is a belated idea

A Hindu critique of Hindutva

We need to rescue religion from zealots and rediscover the spirit of religiosity

Mixed signals on NRC

PM Modi’s remarks on the National Register of Citizens contradict the Home Minister’s claims

Ironing out the wrinkles in trade disputes adjudication

The fall of the World Trade Organization Appellate Body is an opportunity to rectify issues with the present system

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