Yet, the BJP has failed to convert religious Hindus into political Hindus in Tamil Nadu. This is because the socio-religious ...

The reservation system in India was originally conceived as a temporary measure to uplift historically disadvantaged communities. It was meant to provide equal opportunities in education, employment, ...

An appropriate tribute to him is a smarter, sensitive, more principled, and ultimately more effective approach, where ...

It is time to rethink reservations. What is needed is nothing less than a paradigm shift where we focus on economic rather than caste criteria as measures of backwardness ...

The Supreme Court’s interim return to the 2012 UGC rules reveals a deeper discomfort with caste-based remedies. The pause ...

Key takeaways from Economic Survey and Budget 2026, Ramsar sites, India-EU FTA, Australia Open 2026, and more — Here are some ...

India’s electoral system was born not from consensus but from coercion and compromise, a reality revisited by author and ...

The choice before Bharat is stark: either we reclaim our narrative, or we allow others — foreign as well as domestic — to write it against us. The society may not be as vigilant as it was this time ...

China and India are often compared as if they are two rising nation states. That is misleading. China is first and foremost a state that swallowed a civilisatio ...

India’s education reforms are increasingly being tested in court, revealing policy gaps, legal hurdles, and the growing role of the judiciary in shaping academic change.

The Court’s intervention in the UGC’s equity regulations reveals how caste redress is diluted by administrative control, political signalling, and judicial caution.

The issue of changing one’s faith to benefit from the reservation system has once again come under the scrutiny of the ...