December 6, 2024 marks 32 years of the tearing down of the Babri Masjid by a Hindutva mob cheered on by top BJP leaders, becoming that one defining moment of communal fascism in the country. . .
T wo recent judgments of the Supreme Court against the so-called bulldozer justice meted out by BJP governments, present a glimmer of hope in these times in which religious minorities and political opponents have been. . .
On 1st August 2024, a 7-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court delivered a 6:1 majority judgment upholding the legality of sub-classification of Scheduled castes for the purposes of reservation. This 565-page judgment contains 6. . .
In the Lok Sabha elections, the people of Maharashtra gave a decisive verdict against the defection-engineered Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government, by handing the INDIA bloc 31 seats (including one independent) out of the 48 MP. . .
In December of 2023, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), during the winter session of the Parliament, pushed through three crucial laws – Bharatiya Sakshya Sanhita, 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. . .
Speaking at an seminar titled “Caste and the law” many years ago, Balagopal began his talk by saying, in India, caste is the law! This inescapable reality of caste that dictates where one lives, what. . .
Co-founder of Infosys Narayana Murthy recently stated that in order to increase work productivity in the nation and increase India's competitiveness, young Indians should put in up to 70 hours a week of labor. Naturally. . .
Since coming to power, the BJP has kept two promises. Firstly, it has handsomely paid back to the corporates that paved its way to power. Whether it is neo-liberal policy prescriptions under various garbs including. . .
Alcohol prohibition is a subject of intense debate and public concern in the country. Some states like Haryana and Andhra Pradesh introduced prohibition only to lift the ban even as Gujarat has had prohibition in. . .
