- The Supreme Court judgment on the Shaheen Bagh protests shows that a Permission Raj reigns over public spaces, writes TM Krishna in the Indian Express.
- The Hathras rape charts a new phase in the caste atrocity narrative, Mary E John and Satish Deshpande write in the Hindu.
- The compensation provisions of the goods and services tax regime were a precondition for its implementation, write KJ Joseph and N Ramalingam in Mint. There can be no justification for placing limits to compensation.
- In Lounge, Anindita Ghose revisits Tara Koushal’s book, Why Men Rape, in the light of the Hathras tragedy.
- In the Telegraph, GN Devy speculates on the future of democracy.
- Continual lockdowns are not the answer to bringing Covid-19 under control, writes Devi Sridhar in the Guardian.
- In the Atlantic, Michael Schuman says that Taiwan will be the next front in the US-China standoff.
- In Hathras, a woman repeatedly reported rape, so why are the police denying it, asks this report in the BBC.
- Among those lining up to fight in Nagorno-Karabakh are Armenian youth with a strong Kolkata connection, reports Neha Banka in the Indian Express.
- Amnesty’s exit erodes Indian democracy, writes Karan Thapar in the Hindustan Times.
Reading
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‘Sangeet Manapmaan’ review: This period musical could have been an album
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‘Black Warrant’ review: Grim show about Tihar jailers rarely lets up
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How laws against ‘magical healing’ are being used to target church workers in Assam
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How the H-1B visa changed American food culture forever
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Why the BJP is here for the long haul – and the Opposition is still flailing
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EC orders investigation into AAP’s complaints against BJP leader Parvesh Verma
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India’s passport ranking drops to 85 among 199 countries
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Forty years of ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being’: The philosophies of Milan Kundera’s iconic novel
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Pakistan: Religious, insurgent groups gain power amid 70% rise in terrorist violence
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Hello 2025: Six recently-published Indian nonfiction books to welcome a new year with