The Daily Fix: As sewer cleaners die, why does India find it so difficult to stop manual scavenging?

Everything you need to know for the day (and a little more).

Shoaib Daniyal

· 2 minutes ago

The Daily Fix: Before bullet trains, India requires safe trains that run on time

Everything you need to know for the day (and a little more).

Shoaib Daniyal

· Aug 21, 2017 · 09:40 am

The Weekend Fix: Why encephalitis (not cows) is UP’s greatest challenge and nine other Sunday reads

Everything you need to know for the day (and a little more).

Shoaib Daniyal

· Aug 20, 2017 · 09:40 am

Censoring the Tripura CM: How Prasar Bharati became a propaganda tool for the Modi government

Doordarshan and All India Radio always suffered from too much interference by the Union government. But matters have escalated even further under Modi.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Aug 18, 2017 · 08:00 am

Outlawing apostasy? Jharkhand’s anti-conversion bill is a body blow to freedom of religion in India

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s attempts at policing religious belief will push the country into a dark age.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Aug 16, 2017 · 12:30 pm

How the Trinamool’s identity politics ended up (inadvertently) creating space for Hindutva

Mamata Banerjee’s emphasis on subaltern identity made caste and religion a legitimate part of West Bengal's political discourse.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Aug 11, 2017 · 09:00 am

Why Hindu immigrants from Bangladesh are a key component of the BJP’s West Bengal expansion strategy

The saffron party’s plank has been strengthened by communal tension in the state’s border districts. Will the 2018 panchayat elections herald a BJP rise here?

Shoaib Daniyal

· Aug 10, 2017 · 09:00 am

How support for the BJP has grown after last year's communal riot in West Bengal's Dhulagarh

But the party’s presence on the ground remains thin.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Aug 09, 2017 · 09:05 am

How the Rajya Sabha went from being a House of States to a House of Political High Commands

And what we can do to fix it.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Aug 08, 2017 · 08:07 am

Explainer: Government’s bill to amend OBC panel just got stopped by the Rajya Sabha – now what?

Embarrassingly, the fiasco in the Upper House was driven by BJP MPs skipping proceedings.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Aug 02, 2017 · 05:30 pm

The Daily Fix: The SBI rate cut shows that the damage caused by demonetisation continues

Everything you need to know for the day (and a little more).

Nitin Sethi

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Shoaib Daniyal

· Aug 01, 2017 · 09:40 am

The Daily Fix: Taslima Nasreen is a victim of India (yet again) failing to honour freedom of speech

Everything you need to know for the day (and a little more).

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jul 31, 2017 · 09:35 am