Publication

Byline

Location

A road map for progress

India, Aug. 17 -- Like every such address from the ramparts of the Red Fort over the past eight decades, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech to mark the 80th Independence Day combined a short-term a... और पढ़ें


Census as a registry of citizenship

India, Aug. 16 -- Will the census become a registry of citizens? This is now the biggest question vis-a-vis the 2027 census exercise after the government has added sections to the schedule which seek ... और पढ़ें


A road map for progress

India, Aug. 16 -- Like every such address from the ramparts of the Red Fort over the past eight decades, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech to mark the 80th Independence Day combined a short-term a... और पढ़ें


A longer-term vision for India

India, Aug. 15 -- Today, India enters the 80th year of its independence. When freedom came in 1947 - with the material and social scars of colonial plunder and partition - not many in the world gave I... और पढ़ें


A letter versus spirit dilemma

India, Aug. 14 -- The Lok Sabha passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, on Wednesday. The legislation essentially overturns a 2024 Supreme Court judgment that ... और पढ़ें


Ameliorate, don't stoke, migration fears

India, Aug. 14 -- Should the government be in the business of adjudicating which citizen learns what language? In any mature democracy and for any rational person, the answer should be no. This is why... और पढ़ें


Ameliorate, don't stoke, migration fears

India, Aug. 13 -- Should the government be in the business of adjudicating which citizen learns what language? In any mature democracy and for any rational person, the answer should be no. This is why... और पढ़ें


A letter vs spirit dilemma

India, Aug. 13 -- The Lok Sabha passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, on Wednesday. The legislation essentially overturns a 2024 Supreme Court judgment that ... और पढ़ें


Telling apart graft and grit in decision-making

India, Aug. 12 -- In a country where a senior bureaucrat's estimate of notional loss helped take down a government, determining what constitutes loss and how investigators assign responsibility in suc... और पढ़ें


The statistical dog that does not bark

India, Aug. 12 -- The government released labour market data for the quarter ending April-June 2026 on Monday. This is the first pan-India quarterly edition of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS),... और पढ़ें