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Sunday, December 21, 2025
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This Diwali once again showed the ugly side of the urban middle class

The pollution this festive season shows the middle class is increasingly self-indulgent, with little regard for laws and rules.

Not just Narendra Modi govt, CVC and Supreme Court also to blame for killing CBI

With questions being raised about the integrity of the most senior officers of the CBI, what else can one say?  

Why so many Indian laws look good on paper but languish in real life

Power and efficacy of a law reside in beliefs held by ordinary people, including beliefs about other people’s beliefs. The big question that plagues developing...

India has two legal systems to use when needed: Democratic and dictatorial

Bhima-Koregaon arrests show how Indian Constitution 'guarantees' rights and liberties but also snatches them away.

Karan Thapar broke the cardinal rule of journalism and is too entitled to admit it

Now that he has done it, the only way for Thapar to redeem his lost prestige is by apologising to those he has wronged.

America needs a reminder of the consequences of the 1920s immigration restriction

Lessons need to be learnt from the 1920s wave of immigration restriction that left a detrimental impact on the US economy.

Dear Ravi Shankar Prasad, soul of Constitution resides not in images, but in its text

Since the text of the Constitution goes against the Hindu Right’s worldview, minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has to scavenge the manuscript to show us pictures to suggest its Hindu-ness.

Supreme Court’s jurisprudence is often reactionary, suggests Arun K. Thiruvengadam

In ‘The Constitution of India: A Contextual Analysis’, Thiruvengadam captures the progression of law through sociopolitical factors, and development perspectives.

TalkPoint: By not elevating Justice Joseph is the Modi govt proving the dissenting judges right?

In a move that has evoked sharp reactions from the legal fraternity, the government cleared the name of Senior advocate Indu Malhotra to the...

Everyone you give your data to needs to be accountable for it: lawyer Manasa Venkatraman

The lawyer and researcher said that even if data is given for the purpose of national security, agencies need to be held accountable for it. 

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.