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The chilling effect of criminal contempt

It is regrettable that judges believe that silencing criticism will harbour respect for the judiciary

A motorcycle and the art of court management

Staying away from political thickets

Sanjay Hegde Even under a sovereign Constitution, parliamentary and legislative supremacy in their areas of working must be respected

The BJP’s hegemonic narrative

Zoya Hasan Focus is not on the BJP’s dubious methods of destabilising elected governments, but on the disarray in the Congress

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A motorcycle and the art of court management

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The chilling effect of criminal contempt

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Staying away from political thickets

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Towards national security and peace in Hong Kong

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The BJP’s hegemonic narrative

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Set up a High Court for Puducherry

Statues as deeply contested heritage

Preserving or removing a person’s statue must rely on shared judgment of his contribution to collective life

The main planks in a counter-China policy

Trying to make sense of Beijing’s actions is critical, and India must use the ‘subtler tools’ of power available to it

More than a crisis, a chance to rebuild health care

Innovations in managing the COVID-19 pandemic can help India revolutionise care delivery and related outcomes

Piloting a protocol of accommodation

The Congress must revisit its past, to a time when its leadership wrote the blue book on the art of political reconciliation

Make the right call on ‘Malabar’ going Quad

India’s plan for naval coalition building alone will not credibly deter China’s military power in the Indian Ocean

Iran ties need quiet diplomacy

India must continue to remain politically engaged with Tehran despite its partnership plan with China

Predictions, pandemics and public health

Those who did not consider an anticipated pandemic as a reason to have a good public health care system were insouciant

The lost voice of the Indian university

The university administration has been replaced by the Education Minister and his bureaucratic apparatus

It’s time to flatten the pandemic stereotyping

Groups labelled COVID-19 superspreaders represent some of the most vulnerable categories in Indian society

China’s post-COVID aggression is reshaping Asia

Its moves are spurring support for coordination between other Indo-Pacific partners, with their desire for U.S. leadership

The standoff and China’s India policy dilemma

As New Delhi seeks to reset ties with Beijing, it must take note of the ongoing Chinese debate on India

Viral outrage only spikes the data

Adverse public reaction to bad coronavirus figures could only end up creating incentives to suppress crucial numbers

Enabling people to govern themselves

With the pandemic showing up flaws in governance institutions, this is a better way for humanity to face new challenges

The sum and substance of the EU’s China dilemma

Though the Asian giant is critical to European economic health, the political narrative is a sign of a shift in the wind

Hardly smart about urban health care

Despite the renewed policy focus on cities, the pandemic has exposed the weaknesses in handling a public emergency

Do we need a fiscal council?

An institutional behemoth with such a wide job chart will likely add more to the noise than to the signal

The problem of being over-reliant on one revenue stream

U.S. universities with already limited fiscal space will now find themselves even further squeezed by the ICE regulations

Owning up to criminalisation in politics

The February 2020 order pushes the envelope further on restricting criminal candidates from contesting elections

The social contract needs to be rewritten

The pandemic crisis can be overcome only when a state is sensitive, has decentralised steps and ensures empowerment

Police terror and the theatre of law

The Jayaraj-Benicks case shows that without proper rule of law, citizens are condemned to live in local tyrannies

The pandemic is about eyes shut

There is a resonance between Saramago’s literary world and the migrant labour distress in contemporary India

India’s foreign relations and the course of history

As examples show, national interest is that which is based on the perception of the government of the day

Re-enfranchise the forgotten voter

There must be the political will to usher in a ‘One Nation One Voter ID’ to ensure ballot portability

India must not cast anchor in ‘Enrica Lexie’

As a good international citizen, the country has accepted the tribunal’s award; it must ensure that Italy fully honours it

Reset rural job policies, recognise women’s work

As India emerges from the lockdown, labour market policy has to reverse the pandemic’s gender-differentiated impact

India’s torture culture needs to end now

Only the people, including the Bar, the media, civil society and student groups, can rise up against torture practices

In an uncertain world, a seat at the global high table

Counter-terrorism will be one of India’s highest priorities as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council

Striking a blow against Assam’s inclusive ethos

The State’s language law points to a homogenised nationalism overtaking minority linguistic and cultural aspirations

Police reform and the crucial judicial actor

The lesson from Thoothukudi is that constitutional courts must attempt to change the practices of magistrates

PCR testing is a double-edged sword

In order to avoid blind reliance on the result for COVID-19, clinical diagnosis by specific criteria should be popularised

In ending standoff, magnanimity must prevail

India’s border dispute with China calls for peaceful resolution, and has no place for moral outrage or military might

In 24 hours, Palestine faces an existential threat

India needs to ask itself whether it supports the Israeli annexation plan that is in contravention of international legality

Making sense of China’s calculations

Analysts should have considered the pandemic’s impact on its economy and India’s strategic alignment with the U.S.

In border claims, reimagining South Asia’s boundaries

In the backdrop of troublesome territorial assertions, the ‘entity’ needs to be rethought of as a region of regions

Getting out of the ‘guns, germs and steel’ crisis

India’s choices are clear — to be bold and go on a rescue mission, or do nothing and hope the situation resolves itself

The myopia of 20/20 hindsight

Judging history through the prism of the present can be very damaging to foreign policy formulation

Why China is being aggressive along the LAC

Its moves are inﬂuenced by a host of factors — from the fractures in the global order to the decline of India’s smart power

China, Kashmir and the ghost of August 5

Apart from Pakistan and its involvement in the Kashmir conflict, India may now have a third party in the game — Beijing

The perils of follow the leader syndrome

To the thinking Indian, the management of the pandemic, among other issues, is both unsatisfactory and misguided

Arrest the virus of arbitrary power

What is worrisome today is the whimsical curtailment of liberty and brazen partisanship

A tribute to a quintessential finance man

B.P.R. Vithal’s traits, of professionalism, pragmatism and an open mind, were what made him a colossus

In anti-racism fight, the Lyndon B. Johnson option

A swift wind is blowing following George Floyd’s death, and in reform, the executive must look to the 36th U.S. President

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