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Kashmir solution
No settlement is possible without the consent of all three parties.
A.G. Noorani
Academia and state
Teachers should not be bound by the same rules that govern civil servants.
Poll monitor
Some knaves and fools did become CECs.
Banning books
A new form of censorship has emerged, targeting the foreign author.
Autonomy curbed
India acts as though there are no limits to federal powers.
Press and secrets
The press will breach ‘official secrecy’ once it smells official deception.
Coercive diplomacy
In 2001, as now, internal pressures torpedoed the dialogue process.
Codes of conduct
Federalism was deformed by PMs to control CMs in the opposition.
Killing Saarc
India’s violation of the charter risks rendering Saarc non est.
Police disclosures
Press conferences by police can threaten a defendant’s right to a fair trial.
Press and power
Modi has hit upon a devious route to curb media freedom.
Modi & Kashmir
It is cruel to serve slogans to the
people as a substitute for conciliation.
Politics & lynching
The truth that lies beneath the figures is far more disturbing.
Article 35-A
The attempt to repeal it poses an existential threat to J&K.
Killing neutrality
Sinister moves are being made to subvert India’s civil service.
Personal diplomacy
Politicians have a strange distrust of professionals.
Inspired by animus
The ruling upholding the US travel ban is deeply controversial.
American sanctions
The 70-page act is essentially a guidebook for the ‘Global Bully’.
Judicial activism
The court is not a substitute for a democratic political process.
Fallout in Kashmir
The PDP-BJP coalition was always an untenable alliance.