The Weekend Fix: How US engagement with Taliban has emboldened Jaish and nine other Sunday reads

10 must-read pieces this weekend.

Scroll Staff

· 2 hours ago

The Daily Fix: BJP’s myopic politics over Citizenship Bill has only served to polarise North East

It has done nothing to further the legislation’s stated aim of sheltering migrants fleeing religious persecution in the neighbours countries.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Feb 15, 2019 · 09:40 am

The Daily Fix: Sedition charges against AMU students is a reminder that the draconian law must go

The colonial-era law is widely misused to serve partisan political ends.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Feb 14, 2019 · 09:30 am

The Daily Fix: India needs more transparency from official data, not NITI Aayog’s meddling

Rajiv Kumar seems to be saying, ‘these are our official figures, and if Modi doesn’t like them, we have other ones.’

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Feb 13, 2019 · 09:30 am

The Daily Fix: Instead of scolding Twitter, India needs a real conversation about the internet

Anurag Thakur and the parliamentary panel appear to be pandering to a right-wing base, rather than actually holding Twitter accountable.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Feb 12, 2019 · 09:30 am

The Daily Fix: Why the FIR ordered against Arnab Goswami is a blow to free media

The impulse to investigate how journalists obtained police documents is troubling, even if the journalists are from problematic organisations like Republic TV.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Feb 11, 2019 · 09:30 am

The Weekend Fix: Meet Mumbai’s real Gully Boys, plus nine other interesting reads

10 must-read pieces this Sunday.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Feb 10, 2019 · 09:33 am

The Daily Fix: NSA for cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh looks like competitive Hindutva by Congress

The draconian National Security Act, which allows preventive detention, violates basic tenets of natural justice.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Feb 07, 2019 · 09:30 am

The Daily Fix: As it stands up to the BJP, Opposition cannot be seen to be shielding the corrupt

It would do well to remember that, in 2014, the BJP came to power promising to break the hold of a tainted political elite.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Feb 06, 2019 · 09:30 am

The Daily Fix: Why is so much of Modi government’s economic activity happening ‘off budget’?

The CAG has criticised the government for this and a Scroll investigation suggests much more scrutiny is needed.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Feb 05, 2019 · 09:30 am

The Daily Fix: Supreme Court must act on Pune police’s consistent violations in Bhima-Koregaon case

Last week, academic Anand Teltumbde was arrested despite a standing protection from the Supreme Court.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Feb 04, 2019 · 10:08 am

The Weekend Fix: The problem with Narendra Modi’s new income scheme for farmers plus nine more reads

Ten must-read pieces this Sunday.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 03, 2019 · 09:56 am