The replacement of MGNREGA marks a structural shift in India’s welfare state. Behind the rebranding lies a dilution of the right to employment, deeper centralisation, and a new faultline in ...

From demonetisation to lockdowns and the 2025 voter roll SIR, rushed Modi government policies have imposed lethal costs on the poor. Read the full analysis.

BJP retains Goa’s district councils but loses ground as Congress and allies gain. With 2027 Assembly polls ahead, cracks ...

From childhood memory to state policy, December 25 now reflects the uneasy collision between lived pluralism and an aggressive attempt to marginalise Christianity under the language of governance.

A migrant worker is lynched in Kerala despite its progressive image. Repeated mob violence raises urgent questions on class, labor rights, and governance. Read more.

Drawing on Mandrake, Tennyson, Baudrillard and Jonathan Haidt, this essay examines how social media produces parallel selves, erodes attention, and reshapes childhood, ageing and public life—raising ...

Sameer Hamdani maps Srinagar’s evolution from ancient Pandrethan to a modern capital, using architecture and memory to resist reductive political tropes.

India’s new labour codes weaken job security, unions, and social protection, pushing millions of workers outside the protection of law.

India’s new labour codes weaken worker protections while privileging capital and centralising control over labour.

Hasina transition reveals how authoritarian trauma, economic exploitation and institutional decay have fuelled a volatile ...

The Centre’s sweeping consolidation of labour laws raises thresholds, dilutes safeguards, and sidelines unions despite claims of modernisation and social security expansion.

As Christmas approaches, attacks on Christians intensify across India, revealing how conversion laws, state complicity, and majoritarian fear have turned faith into a pretext for routine violence and ...