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Miya as Method Abuse as a Tool of Governance

India, Feb. 9 -- It was the Hindustan Times' chief photographer, the late Arun Jetlie, who taught me how to drive in the mid-eighties. He would come home, take me in the car, and drive to the Raj Bhav... Read More


Hate Speech Goes Through the Roof

India, Feb. 9 -- Hate speech against minorities has been one of the most significant strategies used by the BJP to polarise the majority community and secure electoral victories over the past eleven y... Read More


Normalising the Language of Cruelty

India, Feb. 9 -- Let us be real, slurs are nothing uncommon. They have existed since time immemorial, but to justify, propagate and normalise them shamelessly is nothing short of Hitlerian levels of v... Read More


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