Sunday, 21 December 2025
Sunday, 21 December 2025
BJP governments are incapable of a Beijing-style clean-up. The government would have to apply restrictions on construction and vehicles that would alienate the builder and transport lobbies
MUKUL KESAVAN
The decade-long assault on higher education in India is meant to foreclose any alternative vision in which equality and liberation constitute the ends of modern India
ASIM ALI
The biggest flaw in the Women’s Reservation Bill lies in its timeline, which ties implementation to two steps: the first census after the law takes effect and a subsequent delimitation exercise
FAUZIA KHAN, GARIMA PANIGRAHI
Non-alignment in the past, despite its other utilities, did not help us in resolving issues with our neighbours. We need a regional strategy to deal with our region — a metanarrative will not work
T.C.A. RAGHAVAN
There is a kind of universality in Austen’s stories despite their apparently limited scope. It is possible that women from all classes would identify with the economic insecurity of the heroines
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The incident took place on 20 December during a programme at South Point Public School in the Bhagabanpur area
