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The PM and the Phantom

India, June 15 -- It is hilarious to see that the ghost of Nehru, which Mr Modi and his band of merry men from the BJP-RSS have been trying to exorcise, has yet to leave the PM's office even after mor... Read More


Hard Times! (Ahead?)

India, June 8 -- The 1851 novel by one of the best English novelists of all time, Charles Dickens, levelling a poignant critique of industrialisation and utilitarianism in England, attempted to presen... Read More


Public-Funded Hospitals Fostering VIP Culture

India, June 8 -- The Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) is a mono-super speciality hospital for liver and biliary diseases established by the Government of the National Capital Territory o... Read More


A Christian-Free Adivasi India? What the Red Fort Rally Means for Adivasi Christians

India, June 8 -- It would seem that the import of the Adivasi rally at the Red Fort in India, addressed by Union Home Minister and de facto Number 2 in the country after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ... Read More


India at Risk of Losing Its Demographic Dividend Advantage

India, June 8 -- On May 4, the results of the elections to four States and one Union Territory were declared after a month-long, hectic, and often vituperative campaign. During the election period, ed... Read More


Sacred Cows, Harsh Economics Faith Collides With Farmers' Livelihoods

India, June 8 -- On Bakrid this year, I wanted to wish my Facebook friends in a slightly different way. I asked ChatGPT to create a Bakrid greeting poster. Within a minute, it produced an elegant desi... Read More


Cow-Beef Politics: Coming Full Circle

India, June 8 -- The BJP's coming to power in West Bengal, after what many critics describe as the machinations of the Election Commission and a process overlooked by the judiciary, has created a majo... Read More


The Cow, the Farmer, and the Law

India, June 8 -- West Bengal's new government insists it is merely enforcing an old law. Legally, that is true. Politically, economically, and socially, it is far more complicated. The controversy ov... Read More


Constitution @ 76 Pious Words, Bitter Truths

India, June 1 -- "We, the people of India, have solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic..." Of late, these lines have been reverberating in my hea... Read More


Cockroach Janata Party: Boon, Bane or Pressure Valve?

India, June 1 -- The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) movement - born from outrage over Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant's controversial remarks likening sections of unemployed youth to "cockroache... Read More