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No Food is Holy Stop Policing the Plate

India, Feb. 2 -- I often receive suggestions from my readers about the subjects I should take up in my weekly column in this journal. Some are gently persuasive, some angry, some merely curious. Occas... Read More


BJP's Political Games in Kerala

India, Feb. 2 -- Conquering the southern states, including Kerala, is essential for the BJP-RSS combine to realise its long-term goal of transforming India into a Hindu Rashtra. Among the southern sta... Read More


Parliament Deaf to Christian Cries for Help? Minority Community Issues Rarely Get a Hearing

India, Feb. 2 -- Santa Claus was figuratively lynched in India during Christmas 2025. As many as 150 incidents of vandalism of statues, Christmas trees and shop decorations, attacks and intimidation o... Read More


Supreme Court Stay on UGC Regulation A Severe Blow to Affirmative Action for the Voiceless

India, Feb. 2 -- The Supreme Court's unilateral and hasty stay order on the 2016 University Grants Commission Regulation is a severe blow to attempts to control widespread discrimination against sched... Read More


India in the Light of ILO World of Work Trends 2026

India, Feb. 2 -- The ILO's Global Employment and Social Trends 2026 report, published on January 14, 2026, highlights some contradictions. It states that, amid top-level, low, and stable global unempl... Read More


Can the Yazidi Girl Speak?

India, Feb. 2 -- They called me "Sabia." Call me 'Jaria.' Daesh saw me. As "Spoils of War." I met them on German streets. I met them on European streets. I met them inside the UN corridors. I m... Read More


The Eroding "Steel Framework"

India, Feb. 2 -- In a country like India, it is not unusual to encounter red tape that makes it hard for people and businesses to get things done, turning simple processes into lengthy, frustrating or... Read More


In the Debris of a Plane Crash!

India, Feb. 2 -- Someone powerful is suddenly no more. Someone who occupied space in the national consciousness. Someone who had arrived. To see a person taken away at the height of influence is dist... Read More


Seventy-Eighth Martyrdom Day of Father of the Nation

India, Feb. 2 -- As we mourn on this martyrdom day, we also realise that MK Gandhi's values are being undermined blatantly. The propaganda by communal forces is intensifying by the day as social divis... Read More


Martyrs' Day and the Politics of Forgetting

India, Feb. 2 -- January 30 marks the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Martyrs' Day stands apart in India's public calendar. It carries the quintessence of grief, warning, and responsibility. To most ... Read More