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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicConstitution

Topic: Constitution

Why Mandela failed & Gandhi-Nehru succeeded in bringing about revolutionary constitutionalism

South Africa’s apartheid regime was brutal on liberation movement. But while the British in India used force, they also had to give Congress a role in government.

Indian media’s communal violence reportage needs to be consistent, not just show one angle

Delhi’s Hauz Qazi incident shows how media white-washes reportage when victims happen to be from the majority community.

Full text of Mahua Moitra’s Lok Sabha speech that landed her in plagiarism row

The American commentator, whose piece has been claimed as the source for Mahua Moitra's speech, has backed the Trinamool MP.

Uttar Pradesh govt’s order on castes is unconstitutional: Social justice minister Thawarchand

Minister Thawarchand Gehlot has asked the UP government not to issue caste certificates to 17 OBCs based on the order.

Modi’s simultaneous polls plan is like changing river course to control traffic on bridge

Call Modi govt’s proposal by its real name: One nation, one election, one party, one leader.

Indian history tells us that to move beyond Hindu nationalism, we must move beyond identity

India’s Constitution focused on individual freedom, unshackling people from the tyranny of group identities.

Meghalaya HC sets aside its judgment that called for India to be a Hindu Rashtra

Division bench says December 2018 ruling by Justice S.R. Sen (since retired) offends the Constitution and is legally flawed.

No, my lord: Indians are unequal and our laws can’t be caste neutral

Supreme Court shouldn’t question special rights to SC/ST at a time when other countries are making laws to protect oppressed groups.

The real problem with AFSPA is how a normal law can bypass constitutional safeguards

India does not need to look far to see how military power can undermine constitutional orders.

Kanshi Ram matters in 2019 polls and why some think he deserves a Bharat Ratna

Kanshi Ram promised the lower castes that if they can organise themselves into a grand voting bloc, they will become the ruler of this country.

On Camera

Why Indian and American Hindus must adapt in a proselytising world

Indian sampradayas have to institutionalise their knowledge and boil it down to essentials for transmission and proselytisation if they are to compete with the major Abrahamic sects.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.