“Vote Theft” Bombshell Puts EC in the Dock
By Sanjay Raman Sinha The “vote theft” controversy has come as a godsend for a beleaguered Congress, struggling to corner the BJP. With Rahul Gandhi marshalling the party’s energies to…
Fixing Urban India’s Pollution Problem
By Vickram Kilpady The Supreme Court has recently ruled that built-up structures, other than polluting industries, should meet environmental norms for wherever they are located. The Court was hearing an…
From Democracy to Dictatorship: Trump’s Second Act Unfolds
By Kenneth Tiven In 2016, Donald Trump was a novice politician, a demagogue, unprepared to lead the change even before the pandemic shut down the globe for nearly two years.…
From Colonial Chains to Constitutional Freedom
By Binny Yadav In the opening scenes of the 1953 classic, the camera follows Shambhu, played by Balraj Sahni—once a proud farmer—now hunched over the wooden shafts of a hand-pulled…
Justice on Hold: India’s 74-Year-Old Court Case and the Crisis of Judicial Pendency
By Dilip Bobb Last week, the Union Law Ministry provided the latest pendency statistics in all courts in India—and they were shocking. Over five crore cases are pending at various…
Rahul’s Bombshell: Stirring the Streets, Shaking the System
By Kumkum Chadha “I remember when I was fighting the farm laws, Arun Jaitleyji was sent to me to threaten me. He told me ‘if you carry on opposing the…
When The Right To Vote Becomes The Right To Doubt
By Inderjit Badhwar In any democracy, the right to vote is sacred. It is the single act that makes each citizen an equal stakeholder in the nation’s destiny. It is…
India’s Cobbled Plastic Road
By Sujit Bhar The scene in Geneva this week is historic: delegates from 180 nations have gathered to negotiate the first-ever Global Plastics Treaty. The goal is clear—to tackle plastic…