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Kashmir needs to face the new reality: Bilal Gani Lone

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- In this episode of The Kashmir Notebook, Gowhar Geelani speaks with former Hurriyat leader Bilal Gani Lone about Kashmir's changing political climate, his shift towards electoral... Read More


The new extractivism

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Among the 11 Bills passed without discussion in the just concluded session of Parliament, the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Amendment Act, 2026, is facin... Read More


Riding on nostalgia

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- When Himesh Reshammiya's "Cap Mania" tour was selling out across the country, I had to pause to ask a colleague who rapturously partook in the concert: did you really enjoy the c... Read More


The Cockroach Janta Party is building a political movement

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- What happens when a young movement that has just shattered the political ceiling decides that listening to people is more important than asking for their votes? The Cockroach Jan... Read More


A cautionary tale

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- The over-three-week-long protest of civil services aspirants of Jharkhand showed signs of coming to an end on August 17 when Devendra Nath Mahto, the most prominent face of the p... Read More


What's still wrong with India's tribunal system?

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- "The form of the administration must be appropriate to the form of the Constitution." When the Supreme Court invoked B.R. Ambedkar's warning at the end of its November 2025 judg... Read More


Why is Smriti Irani back?

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Smriti Irani divides opinion, but 22 years in politics have shown she is not seeking universal approval. She has aggressively batted for the BJP, both in Parliament and out on th... Read More


Repeal of farm laws did not resolve the agrarian crisis: Ashok Dhawale

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that his government had protected farmers from global urea price shocks and he exhorted farmers to go "from th... Read More


A visitor's guide to American decline

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Ilast visited America in 2022,during my father's finalSpring, andstayed fortwo and a halfmonths,squeezingina visit to Peoria, Illinois, and Boulder, Colorado,formy youngsters. Th... Read More


Ecotourism, minus the eco

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Ecotourism came to India in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 2002, the United Nations launched the International Year of Ecotourism to promote sustainable travel globally. In t... Read More