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Indore Drinking Water Tragedy A Slur on the "Cleanest City" Tag and the Promise of "Viksit Bharat"

India, Jan. 12 -- Indore, celebrated as India's cleanest city, was in the news for over two weeks following a major drinking water contamination incident in the Bhagirathpura area. Sewage water report... Read More


Umar and Sharjeel Names Matter in India

India, Jan. 12 -- Kapil Mishra is today the Law Minister of the Delhi government. As a local politician, he knows northeast Delhi well. He also knows what happened there in 2000, when communal violenc... Read More


SC Order Strikes at the Heart and Soul of Fundamental Rights

India, Jan. 12 -- Article 21 of the Indian Constitution states in straightforward, explicit language, "Protection of life and personal liberty - No person shall be deprived of his life or personal lib... Read More


A Court at Odds with Its Own Principles

India, Jan. 12 -- A growing perception-amplified by social media and public commentary-is that the judiciary has been thoroughly infiltrated by Hindutva agents, much like the saffron-hued malefactors ... Read More


The Supreme Court Turns Pro-People on Aravallis

India, Jan. 5 -- The Supreme Court, on December 29, 2025, in an unexpected but welcome move, suo motu stayed its November 20 order on the definition of the Aravalli Hills and Ranges. The November ruli... Read More


How the Court and Government Play Us for Fools

India, Jan. 5 -- The Aravalli range is dying a death by a thousand cuts. But the real tragedy isn't just the mining. It's the breathtaking hypocrisy of the very institutions sworn to protect this land... Read More


Oath in the Capital!

India, Jan. 5 -- While the rest of the world sits with diaries open and gym memberships renewed, resolving to drink more water and scroll less, something far more honest happens in the capital of Indi... Read More


Horrors Turn "Normal"

India, Jan. 5 -- Official Silence Is Shocking While Xi Jinping was at Mahabalipuram admiring Indian art and listening to Modi's 'political wisdom,' the People's Liberation Army was pushing the Chinese... Read More


MGNREGA to VB-GRAM-G: Denial of Right to Work

India, Jan. 5 -- It is a global fact that MGNREGA, that is, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) of 2005, was and is acclaimed as a global model for social security and... Read More


The Twenty Years of Ontological Wounds

India, Jan. 5 -- I was born like anyone else. Yet I was never treated like anyone else. The name Pariah was given to me. And its meaning was carved into my skin. I learned to walk alone. Quietly under... Read More