Law The case of Umar Khalid: how public debate has got it wrong
Personal liberty, in any democracy, is not a favour the government hands out to its...
Monthly Archives: September, 2026
Law 
Politics The farce of measuring Indian democracy
There has been much debate, of varying intensity, about the degree of ‘freedom’ that exists...
History Jauhar must be judged within its context
A recurring debate surrounding Rajput history re-emerged following remarks made by actress Swara Bhaskar at...
Culture Stop searching for the West in ancient India
Among the many methods adopted to save Hindus from Hinduism – i.e., polytheistic idolatry that...
Politics The arithmetic of division: how the cure preserved the disease?
The Indian state promised to abolish caste while attaching ever greater rewards to caste identity
Society Does the Indian state stand with the weak through its caste policies?
What we need to learn from the story of Barbarik
History The aurat bazaar
It is easy to condemn jauhar eight centuries later. It is harder to confront the...
Politics Swiping left from the centre
The rewiring of RaGa
Politics How the politics of the oppressor–oppressed came into existence
In India, a Savarna can never be a victim of caste discrimination. Not when university...
Media The Hindu’s editorial on UN CERD’s report on India does not survive the evidence
On 30 August 2026, The Hindu, referred to by millions of UPSC aspirants, published an...
Politics Brahmanical patriarchy: the making of a political category
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s recent invocation of the Manusmriti in a recent program in Pune...
Media The questions ThePrint’s TISS story doesn’t ask
ThePrint’s latest report on the nine Tata Institute of Social Sciences students booked over the...
