What can the rest of South Asia expect from Modi’s second term in power?

Excessive bullying by India might push its neighbours towards China.

Sarwar Jahan Chowdhury

· Jun 06, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Animal rights: It’s time Indian leftists embraced the well-being of non-human creatures too

The progressive struggles have been about equality – across lines of caste, gender, sexuality, religion, place of origin – but confined to humans alone.

Alok Gupta

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Rajesh Kasturirangan

· Jun 04, 2019 · 12:30 pm

The Indian voter has been spooked by the lack of an alternative. Can that be fixed?

Here’s how India can break out of the prison cell created by right-wing discourse.

Arul Mani

· Jun 03, 2019 · 06:30 am

Narendra Modi’s next challenge is to contain his extremist supporters

To restore faith in the rule of law in India, the new government should ensure that the culture of mob violence has no political patronage.

Meenakshi Ganguly

· May 30, 2019 · 08:00 am

Two women, two policemen: The Ishrat Jahan and Pragya Thakur cases are a study in contrast

By asking us to accept the fates of Jahan and Thakur, Hemant Karkare and DG Vanzara as normal, the BJP is appealing to the worst prejudices of Indians.

Kavita Krishnan

· May 28, 2019 · 08:00 am

Harsh Mander’s open letter on 2019 results: A savage summer, a merciless drought

I looked to these elections as a bellwether of the soul of India’s majority Hindu people. I am anguished by the results.

Harsh Mander

· May 27, 2019 · 06:30 am

Does the BJP’s massive victory prove that liberalism is dead in India?

Liberals fear that India will never be the same again. But have we really become more communal, casteist, bigoted and chauvinistic in the last five years?

Sanjay Srivastava

· May 24, 2019 · 08:00 am

What the Crime Records Bureau’s data says about conditions in India’s prisons (and what it doesn’t)

Prison Statistics India 2016, published in April after a long, unexplained delay, omits details about caste and religious identities of the prison population.

Nishant Gokhale

· May 21, 2019 · 08:00 am

Any new government must pull India’s economy out of stagnation, but dodgy GDP numbers won’t help

All economic indicators suggest very slow growth.

Devangshu Datta

· May 20, 2019 · 08:00 am

Missing Vidyasagar again: The 19th-century reformer deserves better than brickbats and hollow praise

We must take the time to learn more about the influential – if complicated – figure.

Brian A Hatcher

· May 18, 2019 · 08:00 am

What if Modi loses?

A Modi defeat won't be the economic catastrophe that many people fear. But, whoever wins, India has a mountain to climb.

Udayan Mukherjee

· May 17, 2019 · 08:00 am

‘NYAY or not, we are not taxing the economy enough,’ says economist Abhijit Banerjee

To fund any minimum income guarantee scheme, many current schemes may have to be reviewed, shut down, says one of the economists consulted for formulating NYAY.

Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend

· May 16, 2019 · 09:30 pm