‘Basic Structure’: Defence against Parliamentary Hegemony
The ‘basic structure’ ensures that some constitutional features remain unamendable by Parliament, a defence against parliamentary hegemony and Constitution rewriting.
The World Bank and the BRICS Bank Have New Leaders and Different Outlooks
The BRICS Bank is a young institution compared to the World Bank, but it has considerable financial resources and will need to be innovative in providing assistance that does not lead to endemic debt. Whether it will be able to break with the IMF’s orthodoxy is yet to be seen.
The British King Is Still in His Counting House
The monarchy secretly hoards its wealth, while costing the country vast sums, and is an affront to democracy.
Militarism and the Coming Wars
This essay is based on the preface to a Turkish translation of ‘Socialism or Barbarism: From the “American Century” to the Crossroads’ by István Mészáros. It was written prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Flawed Approach: New Delhi’s China Policy Is Timorous
When it comes to China, the world’s attention may be focused on its threatening military manoeuvres against Taiwan and the visits by various European leaders to Beijing, but for India, it is about deciphering the message China is trying to send with its recent actions.
Why are Governments Hostile to Peaceful Efforts by Citizens to Protect the Environment?
Government should not harm or harass citizens who are doing their fundamental duty under constitutional Article 51A(g), namely “… protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife, and to have compassion for living creatures”.
Empty Tables: How It Feels to Be Hungry
Hunger has continued to be an all-American reality decade after decade, in good economies and bad, even though food should be a basic right. It’s a problem that, in possibly the world’s richest country, no one has been able to solve. Why is that?
The Bottled Water Industry Is Masking the World’s Failure to Supply Reliable Drinking Water to All
In 2016, the annual financing required to achieve a safe drinking water supply throughout the world was estimated to cost $114 billion, which amounts to less than half of today’s roughly $270 billion global annual bottled water sales.
The Chronicle of a Takeover Foretold: Why the Amul-Nandini Controversy Is Important
Anybody who is interested in the welfare of farmers of the Karnataka Milk Federation and preserving and growing the brand Nandini should be alert.
Muslims Can Live, But They Shouldn’t Look Muslim or Congregate
The message behind the Noida protest by local residents is clear: Muslims are welcome to live in isolation in colonies numerically dominated by Hindus, provided they do not ‘look’ Muslim and do not publicly form a collective.