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Modi & ‘fake news’
The media needs no committee of babus.
A.G. Noorani
Campaign finance
This menace has grown, and bids fair to grow further still.
Trump’s NSA pick
Bolton’s appointment is a threat to world peace.
A hawkish doctrine
Modi’s NSA doesn’t believe in friendly relations.
Kashmir today
Repression is at an all-time high.
Varsity & politics
India’s universities are losing their autonomy.
Ordinance is king...
It is a blot both in and on India’s constitution.
Disqualification
In 2015, the Aam Aadmi Party swept the polls. It had to be neutralised.
Escalation
It is easy to begin an armed conflict.
Capacity to rebel
MPs acting independently are a rarity.
Politics of polls
Modi has let his Hindutva cat out of his saffron bag.
Product of a system
Few will recall Jinnah’s defence of Bhagat Singh.
Ministers above law
Protection from prosecution is still legally sanctified.
Triple talaq bill
Muslims are being deliberately marginalised.
Pak-India relations
It is foolish to make trust a precondition for talks.
Expendable rules
MPs prize partisan gain over loyalty to democratic values.
Press injunctions
The democratic process needs no nannies to regulate it.
Indian or Hindu?
In the RSS idiom, culture means a rejection of India’s secular ethos.
Films & feelings
Freedom of speech is subordinate to popular sentiment.
Peace in Kashmir
Kashmiris won’t accept a bilateral deal with India.