Social Issues
Custodians of the Creed: Who Controls Hindutva?
In Short: As electoral strategies evolve across India, the growing tension between partisan interest and the broader ethos of Hinduism highlights the risks of political monopoly over spiritual traditions.
Who Will Fix the Roof? India Fragmented Climate Governance
In Short: India’s ambitious climate goals are hindered by fragmented governance across ministries and federal levels, leading to poor implementation. Unlike the UK or Germany, India lacks an enforcing statutory body. To bridge policy and execution, India must establish an independent climate authority, district-level assemblies, and dedicated departmental climate cells.
The Cost of Ambition: How Delhi’s severe student housing deficit turns urban migration into a deadly game of chance.
In Short: A fatal Delhi hostel collapse exposes the stark deficit in India’s public student infrastructure. Chronic Hostel shortages force hundreds of thousands into an unregulated, lucrative private rental market. While the state invests heavily in grand civic monuments, lax oversight and structural neglect leave ambitious students paying the price.
Tony Morrison The Voice That Gave the Marginalised a Universal Voice
In Short: Toni Morrison was a pioneering African-American author and editor who gave voice to the struggles, pain, and resilience of the Black community. Born Chloe Wofford, she overcame racial hardship to publish celebrated novels like Beloved. In 1993, she became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Climate Justice in the Himalayas: Haku’s Double Burden and the Promise of Indigenous Resilience
In Short: The 2026 Himalayan glacier floods highlighted climate injustice in Haku, Nepal. Despite having low carbon emissions, this Tamang Indigenous community faces a double burden after 2015 earthquake relocations exposed them to river flooding. True disaster resilience requires climate justice, governance reform, and integrating Indigenous knowledge with scientific solutions.
The Quick commerce: The Dark Side of Ten-Minute Grocery Deliveries
In Short: Quick-commerce boom relies on gig workers delivering groceries in minutes despite hazardous weather, physical risks, and lack of basic amenities. Classified as partners, delivery boys lack formal labor protections, social security, and fair compensation. Addressing these vulnerabilities requires regulatory reforms, such as dedicated welfare boards, to balance consumer convenience with fundamental rights
The Pedagogy Deficit: Why Re-Engineering the Classroom Matters in the Age of Machines
In Short: Rote learning fails in an automated economy where machines handle routine information processing. To cultivate human competitive advantage, modern pedagogy must move beyond basic data transfer. By fostering continuous learning, guided discovery, open inquiry, and socioeconomic awareness, effective instruction transforms classrooms into engines of critical thinking, equity, and intellectual resilience.
Guilty Until Proven Registered: India’s Electoral Roll Audit Turns the Burden of Proof on the Citizen
In a functioning democracy, the state bears the onus of maintaining an accurate list of its electorate.
Small Steps, Loud Voices: How India’s Schoolchildren Are Upending Political Calculations
A single spark can ignite a surprisingly vast prairie.
The Bluetooth Battleground: Security, Dissent, and the Ban on BitChat
The Home Ministry’s cybercrime arm, the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre, has ordered Microsoft subsidiary GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based messaging application Bitchat, according to a notice.
The Restless Vanguard: Why India’s Gen Z Is Turning Against the Establishment
In the sterile corridors of India’s corporate towers and the dusty lanes of its university towns, a new political force is stirring.
The Constitution and Reservations: The fifty percent limit
The judiciary interpreted that the Constitution stipulates that reservations should not exceed 50 per cent.
Higher Education: Challenges & Concerns
Economies are no longer built by physical and natural resources alone.