Saving the Constitution has become a major poll issue
With so many calls for changing the Constitution made by people associated with the ruling regime at the Union level, … Continue reading Saving the Constitution has become a major poll issue
With so many calls for changing the Constitution made by people associated with the ruling regime at the Union level, … Continue reading Saving the Constitution has become a major poll issue
“We kill people on the basis of metadata.”— Unrepenting admission of Michael Hayden, former head of USA’s NSA and CIA quoted … Continue reading India’s First Metadata case: Supreme Court’s Constitution Bench to decide illegitimacy of Aadhaar Act amid Great Data Robbery
They have mapped, step by step, India’s descent (although some see it as an ascent) into first majoritarianism and then … Continue reading The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world
Indian social media is a brutal place, a window on the everyday hatred and violence that has come to colonize … Continue reading India Is on the Brink
Even for someone who worked extensively on Adivasi history, his thesis ‘Contesting Claims and Contingencies of Rule: Singhbhum 1800 – … Continue reading Umar Khalid, the Historian: His Continued Imprisonment Is a Loss to the Academic World
It was still dark outside when Umar Khalid sat down to make the farewell video. He had stayed up all night … Continue reading Umar Khalid Challenged Modi’s Anti-Muslim Agenda. India Accused Him of Terrorism and Locked Him Up.
All political and social forces must stand in unison and demand a draft before offering opinions based on the BJP’s … Continue reading Uniform Civil Code Question Indians Must ask: Where is the Draft?
What is required is political support for the demand of women in different communities, including Muslim women for an end … Continue reading Uniform Civil Code or Uniform Communal Campaign?
What does the Constitution say? Article 200 of the Constitution lays down that when a Bill, passed by a State … Continue reading The role of the Governor in legislature
A concept note on ‘India: Mother of Democracy’ entirely erases the actual spirit and principles of the Indian constitution. Instead, it … Continue reading On Constitution Day, the Narendra Modi Government Is Exacting the RSS’s Revenge on Ambedkar
From judge to Prime Minister, India’s politicians, judiciary and society must understand, Manu-Smriti’s notions of women and the Constitution’s gender … Continue reading What Should Guide Us, Indian Constitution or Manu Smriti?
The Supreme Court once interpreted the role of the Governors as a ‘functional euphemism’, acting promptly and only on the … Continue reading Governors as Chancellors of universities: Behind the legislative pushback
There is a huge gap between the democratic ideals which the Indian State proclaims and the lived encounters of adivasis … Continue reading Why is there a surge of violence against Tribals in India?
Hybrid democracy We in India have equality in the sense implied in a democracy. We have periodic free and fair … Continue reading How much of a democracy are we?
While India’s rulers downplay the brutal murder of a Dalit teenager by an upper-caste gang and acquit Hindu nationalists guilty … Continue reading India’s Hindu Right Are Willing to Bury Democracy
The Prime Minister’s Hindu-nationalist government has cast two hundred million Muslims as internal enemies. On August 11th, two weeks after … Continue reading Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India
Does destroying age-old buildings and monuments reverse history? The Supreme Court bench on Saturday made a series of interesting observations … Continue reading Ayodhya case: A Solomonic judgment that doesn’t quite provide closure
India has seen two very powerful general strikes in the past two years, revealing a sharp class polarisation in the … Continue reading Electoral disaster for Indian Left: What is to be done?
Abstract : B. R Ambedkar’s role and contribution to the making of the Indian Constitution is certainly of the most … Continue reading Dr. B.R.Ambedkar: As a chief architect of the Indian Constitution
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: The Father Of Indian Constitution “The third thing we must do is not be content with mere … Continue reading Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, The Father of Indian Constitution