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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicIndian State

Topic: Indian State

SubscriberWrites: A Citizen’s Blueprint for India’s Next Decade of Reform

From media responsibility to judicial vacancies, land reform, and tourism revival—a Mumbai businessman outlines urgent steps to put India on a faster, cleaner path to growth.

India as nation is a success; its people are a failure: Fali Sam Nariman

'Beyond the Courtroom' has a curated selection of Fali S. Nariman's most influential speeches, groundbreaking articles, and illuminating lectures.

Who really runs India’s policy? The dangerous grip of sarkar-bazaar nexus

Private actors who do not conform to the government’s vision risk having their work discredited or, in some cases, facing criminal charges and being labelled as ‘anti-national’.

Denying Parliament info citing ‘national security’ undemocratic. Govt moves need oversight

In the tussle between weakening Parliament and power-hungry executive, Indians are losing their voice.

MHA’s telegram to Kerala that sums up the Indian State’s relationship with religion

In 'Governance by Stealth', Subrata K. Mitra examines the durability and roles of India's Ministry of Home Affairs.

Time to depoliticise Indian police. It can be Modi’s Sudarshan Chakra

Indian citizens lost trust in the State over the years, but not in PM Narendra Modi. Can he privilege India over the BJP?

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.