A file sits on a clerk’s desk. It is complete, stamped, in order ~ and it will not move. The applicant, a farmer or a small contractor or a widow chasing a pension, learns the unwritten tariff: a little cash to the right hand, and the file walks.
Data from the recently published National Family Health Survey 6 (NFHS 6) shows that India is moving away from being a young country.
The word ‘emergency’ evokes an intense sense of unease, often associated with the suspension of established norms and procedures in pursuit of a perceived larger objective. Different forms of emergencies command our attention in different ways.
The investigation into the fire that claimed 15 young lives in Lucknow will eventually determine where the blaze began.
Few politicians have exhibited Benjamin Netanyahu’s talent for political survival.
As MPs complete their oath taking, an overlooked landmark in Indian democracy needs highlighting. For the first time since Independence, Other Backward Classes (OBCs) have achieved equal representation with upper castes, each with 26 per cent of the parliamentary seats.
As the world watches the highly anticipated face-off between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Thursday night (early tomorrow in India), this presidential debate promises to be one of the most consequential in decades.
One of the revolutionary steps taken in new India had been the promulgation in 1993 of the Constitution (Seventythird Amendment) Act, 1992 installing Panchayati Raj as the third tier of democratic governance (independent Local SelfGovernment) in rural India.
When green revolution seeds with a narrow genetic base were spread rapidly over a vast part of the agricultural land of India and several other developing countries, they displaced a vast diversity of local crops and crop-varieties.
The tragic deaths of Tejveer Singh and Meena in Haryana are a stark reminder of the brutal realities of honour killings in India.
