Climate-proofed and inclusive
Projects to help people adapt to climate change should not inadvertently worsen living conditions of the poor. How will future climate change affect the poor and how does one address…
Written-off in the hinterland
The Editorial mainly focuses on impact of education on rural life Our education system has failed to integrate the rural into the larger political community, the nation. The impact of education…
Being smart about Smart Cities Mission
The Centre would like us to believe that the Smart Cities Mission will transform urban life in the agglomerations that enter the elite club. With the latest inclusions, there are 90 cities in…
IS enters Philippines
Manila will have to use military force and offer talks to stop IS advances in the Philippines The city of Marawi in the south of the Philippines has been engulfed by a deadly,…
Article 19 in The Constitution Of India 1949
All citizens shall have the right to freedom of speech and expression; to assemble peaceably and without arms; to form associations or unions; to move freely throughout the territory of…
Inclusion in the Backward Classes list
A widely welcomed move to grant constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) has also brought with it a whiff of controversy over whether it amounts to…
Where are the commons?
The tension between ownership to tangible and intangible property and the enjoyment of the commons by all is not a new phenomenon. Fences could not have been there when land…
Why Supreme Court favours nationalism over democracy
India’s constitutional democracy has always struggled to tame the country’s religious and caste divisions, especially during elections. The Supreme Court of India has now issued an important ruling that makes…
Repair, reform and rebound
A proper analysis of India’s economic outlook in 2017 will have to look beyond the shadow of demonetisation, which looms large on the economy in the near term. The pick-up…
SC’s reading of the Representation of People Act
The issue is the interpretation of Section 123(3) of the Representation of People’s Act (RPA). Appeals to religion, caste etc have always been prohibited. But the core issue has been…