The author has been in the development sector for more than a decade and currently works with an International non-governmental organisation based in Delhi. He may be reached at: avinashcold@gmail.com.
The socio-political landscape of Nuh has been thrust into the limelight due to the controversial decision by a Hindu Maha Panchayat
What are the political and electoral motivations behind Modi’s latest proposal on Uniform Civil Code, and how it aims to polarise the society...
Has the beginning of the end arrived; once again?
Following a quick conviction for defamation, Rahul Gandhi has been expelled from the parliament
There are formal institutions and instruments created towards that purpose. We need to utilise that unless we want to see genocides across...
India is in a state of permanent revolution. The revolution is driven by an ideological zeal that is now beginning to swallow its own children
Nationalist India watches live as Muslim houses and businesses are demolished
The Congress party’s leadership conundrum is in focus after its dismal performance in state elections
A note on the BJP’s election victory and what that means for Indian democracy
As the BJP makes new promises with its election manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh polls, the deeply troubling sociopolitical and economic backdrop...
The big question for Prime Minister Modi right now is, how to retain its balancing act against China at a time when its one key possible backer may...
Braving various barricades, carrying rations and supplies, a large number of protestors have converged around Delhi
As violence is unleashed on JNU, there’s no illusion that these are decisive times for India. The steely resolve on injured student leader Aishe...
By handing over Ayodhya to the Ram Temple agitators, the BJP has fulfilled its promises regardless of what the Constitution says
BJP’s election plank hardly talked about its economic achievements or even its manifesto. It primarily relied on a vision of history through which...
Different streams of cultural protests -- like actors, artistes and intellectuals signing statements asking people to choose wisely in the Lok Sabha...
A protest next to the world’s biggest statue in India may well prove to be a metaphor for the BJP’s downfall
A section of India is uneasy with Imran Khan’s rise to power because it knows from experience the perils of a right-wing player
Indian farmers have clearly underlined the key message -- this current dispensation supports the urban rich and big businesses, refusing to...
Ruskin Bond’s autobiography is an intimate story of a writer’s loves and losses, and his undying optimism
