The interaction between identity, history and community evolves spaces into contested or cordial ones. Nazima Parveen, in her book ‘Contested Homelands: Politics of space and identity’ describes how the perspectives around M...
Amidst the new literature that has emerged on the condition of Muslims in New India, is a recent book titled Born a Muslim. Written for all Indians who care about India and its future, the book takes a journalistic journey across c...
The question that baffles all Indians, and those who hold India in high esteem is the manner in which the state seems to have allowed some crimes to flourish and on the other hand has muzzled the voices of those who have pointed this ou...
India’s economy has been among the fastest growing economies in the world, at least till 2016 and, one of its major contributors has been the agriculture sector. Agriculture remains the largest employer, employing around 150 milli...
S Y Quraishi has been India’s top bureaucrat. A former Chief Election Commissioner, he headed the Union Health Ministry and has written an incisive and well-researched book on the Population myth and why Muslims are being targeted...
On January 30, 2020, India reported its first COVID-19 case – a medical student in Kerala who had been evacuated from Wuhan. Exactly a year later, the country has recorded more than 1.5 lakh deaths and 1.07 crore po...
The Union budget is an Annual Financial Statement where the government of the day is expected to inform the Parliament of what it would spend its money on during the next year. This must be done diligently and responsibly, as with any f...
In January of 2019, with a sudden move, that is by now characteristic of the Modi government’s policy making strategy, a 10 per cent reservation was announced. It was for everyone, who could prove they are poor. A reservation...
The year 2020 has been about containing the outbreak of COVID-19 with governments across the world dedicating the maximum proportion of their resources and time for the same. The Indian landscape was no different with the pandemic dicta...
The Citizenship issue becomes even more critical for those who live in areas that see frequent floods and earthquakes. The population that somehow survives here has many additional problems that people living in plains do not need to wo...