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Tag: Indian constitution
How Karnataka’s ‘Preventive Protocol’ Could Help in Retaining All Children in School
The state's RTE protocol on out-of-school children is the first in the country. It has incorporated the provisions of the Articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights …
Is India Really a Democracy? The Answer, My Friend, Is Blowing in the Wind: Nayantara Sahgal
The author's lament about the attacks on individual rights and freedoms in present-day India.
India’s Hostile, Anti-Poor Urban Housing Sector Laid the Foundation for the Khori Gaon Crisis
With private developers keeping their focus on the middle-class as a market, vulnerable sections continue to be pushed to the margins as an apathetic judiciary and government look on.
NEP: Why English Should Be the Medium of Instruction in Schools, Colleges
The ministry of education's recent decision to impose regional languages in technical education will do more harm than good to students belonging to underprivileged sections of society.
The Idea of a Republic is Just an Abstract One
The state of the nation is such that we have devolved from “for, of, by the people” towards “far, off, buy the people”.
The Curse of Caste
'No longer shall you wait, no more relent; until you have annihilated me completely'.
The Sabrimala Judgment Shows Us a Way to Make Religion More Inclusive
In the words of Justice Chandrachud, the constitution cannot be used as an “instrument for the perpetuation of patriarchy.”
When Will BJP Supporters Hold the Party Accountable for its Broken Promises?
The BJP's actions in Karnataka reek of corruption and disrespect for the constitution, so why aren't its loyal, supposedly nationalist supporters questioning these actions?
Censorship in the Times of Hindutva
The threat of censorship is brandished at any publication that unsettles the government and its perverse, often misplaced sense of morality.