New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- At a time when the vocabulary of freedom has become both politically ubiquitous and intellectually impoverished, the political scientist Neera Chandhoke's Languages of Freedom ar... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Dear reader, Today's note may sound like a statement of the obvious. But we, as a country, are in one of those phases when the obvious needs saying out loud: on freedom, governa... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Whenever people gather on a road with placards, someone asks, almost reflexively, whether they had permission. The question sounds reasonable, even responsible. But it assumes th... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- "There are no instructions to hold back and no instructions not to use all the weapons available to the domestic security forces": Laurent Nunez, Interior Minister of France, Oct... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- On October 10, 2026, Delhi witnessed an extraordinary display of state power against protesters demanding resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over elec... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Recent weeks have seen a world already overwhelmed by multiple crises being overcome by fears of a new danger posed by the unexpected evolution of agentic AI. The uncertainty is ... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- India is strengthening its ties with the Gulf countries even as the region is becoming more unpredictable. The visit of Indian ministers to the September 25 India-Gulf Cooperatio... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- The long-standing tradition of political interference and intimidation in West Bengal's higher education system persists, as the newly elected BJP government recently introduced ... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- The Mexican auteur Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's latest "concept", Digger,starring Tom Cruise, has slumped dead on arrival, with venom leaking from critics' pens and a paltry ope... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- When the government introduced the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Terms of Office) Bill, 2023 Bill in the Ra... Read More