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Weaponising Anti-Conversion Law

NEW DELHI, March 17 -- The headline, "Government Seeks Death Penalty for Converting Girls," dominated the March 9, 2025, edition of Free Press, with other newspapers in Madhya Pradesh echoing the same... Read More


Weaponising Tax Law to Suppress Freedom of the Press

NEW DELHI, March 17 -- Though the Supreme Court of India and several High Courts have repeatedly held that freedom of expression under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution is a fundamental right and c... Read More


Collapse Comes Too Soon

NEW DELHI, March 17 -- Collapse of Civilisations Niall Ferguson, the noted historian of civilisations, says America is making the same mistake that earlier civilisations made just before their collaps... Read More


Trump vs. Zelenskyy A Clash of Leadership

NEW DELHI, March 17 -- On the ninth day of the Russia-Ukraine war, I wrote a column in this magazine criticising the Government of India's neutrality, which only benefited the aggressor. I argued that... Read More


Fragmented Future of Global Alliances

NEW DELHI, March 17 -- The Trump-Zelenskyy meeting has raised ripples across the world. International diplomacy is going out the window, and we are moving towards a much more fragmented world than one... Read More


A Real Women's Day Gift!

NEW DELHI, March 10 -- Many papers headlined PM Modi's latest announcement of handing over his social media accounts to women on Women's Day, March 8. Sounds like a grand gesture, doesn't it? A mode... Read More


Igniting the Language War!

NEW DELHI, March 10 -- It is imperative to understand why non-Hindi-speaking states, particularly Tamil Nadu, resist any attempt to impose the Hindi language on them. Tamil is not only the oldest Indi... Read More


Traditional Art Forms Face Extinction

NEW DELHI, March 10 -- While interacting with Ramshi Pattuvam, a popular folklore academy award winner and folk singer from Kerala, recently on the sidelines of a programme at Margao, Goa, I was aghas... Read More


Dark Clouds Over Arunachal

NEW DELHI, March 10 -- Arunachal Pradesh means the "Land of the Dawn-Lit Mountains" because, being in the easternmost part of India, it is the first part of the county to be kissed by the rays of the ... Read More


Smartphones in Schools: Finding the Balance

NEW DELHI, March 10 -- In a recent ruling on February 28, the Delhi High Court issued guidelines for regulating smartphone use in schools, shifting from blanket bans to structured regulation in respon... Read More