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Pragya Singh
Why a Canadian City Remembers Gauri Lankesh and India Does Not
05 Sep 2021
Supremacists roam with impunity after killing rationalists and dissenters in India.
S.N. Sahu
Secularism and Democracy Requires the Power of Truth, Not Any Religion, to Survive
02 Sep 2021
Exposing the hollowness of the claim by Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janta Party leader Nitin Patel that secularism in India wouldn’t survive without its Hindu majority.
Shailesh Gandhi
Transparent Selection of Information Commissioners Need of the Hour
28 Aug 2021
With several information commissioners lacking understanding of the RTI Act or interest in transparency, the selection criteria of information commissioners (ICs) should be made transparent and…
Mohammad Sajjad
Indian Muslim Un-Intelligentsia on Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan
24 Aug 2021
It is hypocrisy if India’s Muslim intelligentsia does not put its weight behind pluralism, justice, secularism and democracy in Afghanistan. After all, they want nothing less in India.
Partha S. Ghosh
Indian Democracy and the Pegasus Blues
16 Aug 2021
The Pegasus controversy is one of many deeper malaises afflicting India, which begin with the tendency to accept encroachments into democratic rights as normal.
Upendra Baxi
Democracy, Distance, Difference, and Disrespect
15 Aug 2021
Democracy is the only form of governance that cultivates the arts and crafts of governance at a respectful distance and always aims at the achievement of what the philosopher John Rawls called “…
PTI
Twitter ‘Beholden’ to Govt, Interfering in India's Political Process, says Rahul Gandhi
13 Aug 2021
“It is a biased platform. It's something that listens to what the government of the day says,” the Congress leader said in a video post.
Abdul Rahman
Afghan Women Face an Uncertain Future as Taliban Grows Stronger
10 Aug 2021
The cause of the Afghan women was a major reason cited by the US during its invasion of Afghanistan. Today as the US leaves and the Taliban is resurgent, what is the state of women?
Suhit K Sen
Not Just Sedition, Supreme Court Should Take Up Misuse of UAPA and NSA Too
21 Jul 2021
Taking out sedition law will help only if the court’s focus on citizens’ right to dissent and liberty
Pragya Singh
Pegasus Revelations Undermine Soft Power of India
21 Jul 2021
A country that defines itself as the biggest democracy cannot afford to ignore the stalking of its citizens.