Politics

Sanhita Pandey - October 8, 2026

ON 5 OCTOBER 2026, the Supreme Court declined to suspend the Chief Election Commissioner on the strength of a newspaper report. The same day,...

A Shaw - October 6, 2026

An Omani co-pilot attacked an Indian captain at 30,000 feet. Wounded, the captain still opened the door. Israel and India praised him, and so...

Aadikalin - October 2, 2026

On Monday, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy of the Congress offered a theology of his own. Speaking at an event in New Delhi, he...

A Shaw - October 1, 2026

The institution — Ford, Rockefeller and the architecture of development

A Shaw - September 29, 2026

How Rowlatt's word outlived the empire, and love of the land became “jingoism”

Kiran S Pillai - September 29, 2026

India has millions of acres of land that exist inside the boundaries of cities, towns and villages but contribute remarkably little to the economy...

A Shaw - September 22, 2026

The state — intelligence, political money and strategic dependence, 1947–1991

A Shaw - September 17, 2026

In August 2026, a letter began circulating with the kind of detail no distant propagandist could invent. It named roughly half a dozen Kashmiri...

Nikhil Sinha - September 14, 2026

There has been much debate, of varying intensity, about the degree of ‘freedom’ that exists in India. The question has resurfaced in recent times...

Kaushlesh Rai - September 12, 2026

The Indian state promised to abolish caste while attaching ever greater rewards to caste identity