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Snooping scandal impinges on democratic norms

26 Jul 2021

More than a week after the Pegasus surveillance scandal broke, the shockwaves it set in motion are still lashing India’s political establishment. A 17-member global media collective, led by...

Archaic laws can damage the fabric of democracy

19 Jul 2021

The Indian Penal Code, introduced by the British in 1860, is said to be the oldest of its kind still in force anywhere in the world. This bit of information...

Modi’s cabinet is now bigger but will it be better?

12 Jul 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week dropped 12 members of his Council of Ministers, including seven of Cabinet rank, promoted seven Ministers of State to Cabinet rank and added 36...

Congress needs to put its house in order

05 Jul 2021

Two years after Rahul Gandhi, scion of the Nehru family, resigned as Congress President, owning up moral responsibility for the party’s dismal performance in the Lok Sabha elections, in which...

Quest for way forward in Jammu and Kashmir

28 Jun 2021

In a rare display of a conciliatory mood, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred last week with political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir. Two years ago, in a precipitate...

India’s statute is silent on freedom of the press

21 Jun 2021

A new set of rules framed by the Narendra Modi regime to regulate digital media has invited widespread criticism. While most online companies have shown readiness to comply with the...

Can regional parties combine against BJP

14 Jun 2021

When Pinarayi Vijayan took the oath of office as Kerala’s Chief Minister after winning a second successive term in the recent five-state Assembly elections, Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal’s Chief Minister,...

RSS steps in to shore up Modi’s declining popularity

07 Jun 2021

Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and his top aides travelled to Delhi from their headquarters in Nagpur last week to take stock of the political situation...

Wide support for islanders’ struggle to save tradition

31 May 2021

Rudely shaken by what looks like an insidious Hindutva experiment, the people of Lakshadweep, India’s paradise islands in the Arabian Sea, are rising to defend their culture and way of...

Livelihood issues neglected in Covid relief measures

24 May 2021

The second Covid wave, deadlier than the first, is showing signs of abatement. But it is too early to relax. The death rate remains high. Experts say a third wave...

BRP Bhaskar

Indian journalist with over 50 years of newspaper, news agency and television experience.

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