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‘Ladakh Violence: How Government Inaction on its Promises on Autonomy has Fuelled Frustration’: The Centre must act quickly to avoid further antagonising an already infuriated population. Also: ‘Ladakh at the Crossroads: A Strategic Frontier Seeking Its Voice’.
‘India Needs a Cultural Revolution to Get Rid of the American Dream’; ‘India Disavows “Tianjin Spirit”, Turns to EU’; ‘Who’s Afraid of Donald Trump?’: In a trade war, to retaliate, and not implore, is what a great nation does. Also, extract from: ‘The H1B Paradox: How Brain Drain Became a Symbol of National Pride’ by Ruchi Gupta.
In its ruling on Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025, the Supreme Court chose judicial restraint over robust constitutional scrutiny, refereeing procedures while refusing to question legislative intent. The Court decision entrenches a new normal: policing the boundaries of constitutional process, but staying silent on the substance of state power.
‘The Crisis of Campus Harassment’: Every time a victim is silenced, every time a complaint is dismissed, every time a harasser walks free, the very idea of education is dishonoured. Also: ‘Beyond Statistics, The Link Between Institutional Caste Discrimination and Student Suicides in India’.
India’s progress depends on fostering Hindu–Muslim harmony and healing. Does the RSS have the imagination to shed its exclusionary ideas?
‘“Absolutely Wrong to See Mughals as a Foreign Empire”: Historian Richard Eaton’: Calling the Mughals a foreign empire is like calling America a foreign empire. The author also points out that it is impossible to rid India today of their influence. Also: ‘Erasing the Mughals: NCERT’s Assault on Truth and Memory’.
‘1% Controls 60% of Total Wealth in India, Rich to Get Richer: Report’; ‘India’s Unequal Tax Structure: The Rich Pay Less, The Rest Get Less’; ‘Almost 40% Consumers Struggling to Make Ends Meet: Report’.
‘Return of the Long Working Day!’: A personal experience of an emotionally, physically and financially draining stint with corporate slavery in India’s finance capital. Also: ‘Government of Maharashtra’s Decision to “Reform” Labour Laws is Highly Regressive and a Clear Attack on Labour Rights’.
This fact is also a convincing repudiation of those who claim that international human rights instruments are ‘Western’.
‘Honeymoon Over: Trump Divorces India’; ‘Washington’s Nightmare: Modi and Xi Break the Ice’; ‘A Reset in India-China Ties?’; and: ‘A Productive Visit: On India-China Ties’.
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