politics
The political economy of selective enforcement: When law becomes a price tag
In Patna, a tiny Sudha milk booth has anchored the corner of my street for more than ten years, a permanent fixture supplying the capital with Comfed’s fresh milk. Then, overnight, it was dismantled and… Source link
The implications of international law and legal consequences of US intervention in Venezuela
The international law considers intervention by considering less the labels and more behavior: what was undertaken, where, how often with the degree of coercion and what purported legal authority. The legal analysis thus varies on… Source link
Dangerous AQI levels, devious environmentalists, and self-serving politicians
As every year, the alarmingly high air quality index (AQI) continues to torment people in Delhi-NCR. The stubbornness of air pollution in winters is the consequence of two causes: wrong, misleading diagnosis; and incompetence and… Source link
21st century, 25 years: The return of Asia
There is little doubt that the MAGA crowd in America that goes into raptures every time their patron saint, Donald Trump, makes an outrageous claim, would be aware of the name Angus Maddison. He is… Source link
Job guarantee: Lost in BJP-Cong alphabet soup
MGNREGA – India’s employment guarantee scheme – is no more. GOI scrapped it last week and replaced it with another tongue-twister acronym: VB-G RAM G. MGNREGA had many problems and the new scheme has left… Source link
PM Modi’s reform mantra reaches the factory floor
For eleven years, a silent but relentless restructuring of India’s economic foundations has been underway, one bold move at a time. On November 21, 2025, that revolution finally walked through the factory gate. With the… Source link
What SIR doesn’t get about votes
Voting is a constitutional entitlement. But SC interprets it as a right subject to ordinary law New voter rolls are being made in a dozen other states after Election Commission’s SIR exercise in Bihar where… Source link
Why those beyond Bihar are riveted by Bihar elections
As frequent as elections are in India, some are bigger and juicier. In that the themes resonate across the country, the contest is tight, and a measure of the national mood is on tap India… Source link
Corporate Republic of Bihar
When Narendra Modi rose to the national stage in 2014, Prashant Kishor also drifted out from the smoke of anonymity. Bihar, was long known for its odd industry- the production of civil servants. Its special… Source link
Menace of frivolous and vexatious petitions
Former Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Chandrachud, while giving a speech after his retirement, had said that while the Ayodhya dispute petition was being heard, he used to pray to God to show them a… Source link