Issues and Challenges of Uniform Civil Code and Live-In Relationships

04 Sep 2024

Imagine a knock on the door at midnight, not because you are charged with sedition or tax evasion but because you are in a live-in relationship and haven’t registered it. This could happen to you in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Under Section 378 of the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code, those who are in a...

THE POLITICS OF A COMEBACK

04 Sep 2024

Why is there so much focus on the coming state elections, and how will they impact the politics of the Centre. Each state election is important in itself, but there is also a larger impact that this will have on the Central government. There is a psychological impact that is...

Internal Security Challenges

04 Sep 2024

The NDA government has arrived at the scene once again. India has an influential power internationally, which it probably has never wielded since Independence. Our economy is on an upswing. That it can no longer bulldoze India and, beyond a point, and India would not hesitate from a bloody retaliation...

Is the World’s Best-Performing Economy Losing Its Shine?

03 Sep 2024

India, often lauded as the world’s fastest-growing major economy, has recently witnessed a slowdown in its GDP growth. In March 2024, CNN termed India as the world’s fastest-growing major economy. However, India’s GDP growth for the quarter ending June 2024 came in at 6.7%, slightly below expectations and 1.5 percentage...

Mob Rule in Bangladesh threatens its Existence

03 Sep 2024

The latest news from Bangladesh is that the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus will review the MoUs Sheikh Hasina signed as Prime Minister with India, and will cancel the ones that it feels are not in Bangladesh’s interest. While this is a move to pander to the anti-India jihadis...

Can AI prevent the next RG Kar tragedy?

03 Sep 2024

The barbaric act of brutally raping and killing a doctor in RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata the other day has remained a shock to the nation and even the whole world. This heart wrenching event raises an old and uncomfortable question: Hum apni suraksha ke liye kis par bharosa...

VHP’s 60 years: Achievements and challenges

30 Aug 2024

After the political independence of the country, the increasing injustices on Hindu society in the name of secularism and appeasement of Christians and Muslims led to the presentation of the Niyogi Commission Report in 1957. Despite the revelation of the truth about religious conversions of Hindus through deceit, greed, and...

Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh: Revival of Islamists or Talibanization of the Nation?

30 Aug 2024

In a move that has sparked widespread concern, Bangladesh’s caretaker government on Wednesday lifted the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami, a controversial Islamist party. This decision marks a significant rollback of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s policies, who had taken a firm stance against the party’s role in stoking violence and several...

Uniformisation of religious philosophy and personal laws

29 Aug 2024

This article delves into the concept of pluralism which has been the essence of Indian society since time immemorial and how it is being uniformised, for political reasons more than social reformation. First, let’s talk of how the religious profiling of Hindus is being uniformised towards one deity that is...

Blended finance: The solution for climate resilence in India

29 Aug 2024

India is at a turning point in its history, with a bold goal of moving to a low-carbon, sustainable energy future. The country’s population is expected to increase by a quarter of a billion people by 2070 arises the importance of combatting climate change. India’s proposed massive energy switch will...