December 6, 2024 marks 32 years of the tearing down of the Babri Masjid by a Hindutva mob cheered on by top BJP leaders, becoming that one defining moment of communal fascism in the country. . .
A recent FICCI-Quess report highlights a glaring dichotomy within the Indian economy: while private sector profits have skyrocketed, employee wages have stagnated or even declined. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). . .
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economics, commonly known as the nobel prize in economics went to Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson (AJR henceforth). Nobel prizes lend a certain credibility and normalisation to the ideas of the. . .
Mohammad Mustafa Panwari, a resident of Bihar’s Jagdishpur was shocked to see his electricity bill of Rs. 34,57,334 – courtesy to the new smart meter he had disconnected several months back, but it continued to. . .
Results of the Haryana election have surprised all political observers and defied almost all field reports and opinion and exit polls. For the third consecutive time, the BJP has succeeded in winning Haryana, this time. . .
In a historic judgment on 21st October, 2024, the Sessions Court has convicted 101 persons in a 10-year old caste atrocity case in Marakumbi village, in Koppal district of Karnataka. The Court has ordered life. . .
The Justice for RG Kar protest sparked after the horrific rape and murder of an on duty female trainee doctor in RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata on August 9th, soon turned into a. . .
An extremely significant recent judgement of the Supreme Court has exposed, and discarded, the state’s encoding of caste into the law governing India’s prisons. This case is another confirmation that caste is an inescapable Indian. . .
The Supreme Court is presently hearing a challenge to the exception of marital rape in the definition of what constitutes ‘rape’. India is one of the few countries that does not criminalise marital rape. The. . .
On a close examination of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, the irrefutable conclusion we must draw is that this proposed legislation is blatantly prejudiced and constitutes a frontal attack on the Muslim community, and the. . .
