- The sub-continent is witnessing the return of non-violent movements to protect constitutional values, writes Christophe Jaffrelot in the Indian Express.
- Ajit Prakash Shah, writing in the Hindu, urges the judiciary not to falter in Constitutional crisis triggered by the Citizenship Amendment Act as it did during the Emergency.
- In Mint, Sudeep Chakravarti predicts that disquiet over the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens will spill over into the next year.
- This Economic Times editorial criticises the government’s “silly crackdown” on foreign protesters against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
- Also in the Hindu, Vikas Dhoot explains whether the current economic slowdown is the result of a cyclical phenomenon or of structural deficiencies.
- Madhav Khosla, writing in the Guardian, warns that India’s founding values are under threat from sinister forms of oppression.
- In the New Yorker, Neima Jahromi traces hidden histories in the periodic table.
- In the Atlantic, Leticia Duarte profiles the intellectual founder of Brazil’s Far Right, who inspired the country’s current president, among others.
- Majid Maqbool explains how the press in Kashmir has been forced into silence in this article in the Telegraph.
- Also in the Telegraph, Mukul Kesavan delves into science fiction to write about India’s political landscape.
Reading
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After 90 years, Agra gharana has moved out of its home in Mumbai
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Delhi election results rejection of AAP’s politics of ‘deceit, deception’: Congress
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In our dreams: What if India could host the greatest literature festival of all times?
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‘Leave our mangoes alone!’: A tragicomic reality show at the India-Bangladesh border
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What AAP’s defeat says about corruption as an issue in Indian politics
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Soft-porn cinema and the making of Indian desire: Darshana Sreedhar Mini on her book ‘Rated A’
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‘Hindi Hindu Histories’: Fascinating accounts of four 20th-century outliers who imagined new futures
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Global February nonfiction: Six recently published titles that probe urgent questions of our world
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How the Congress cost AAP a majority in Delhi
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Exercise helps burn more calories – but not as much as you’d think