Year Back, Life Lost

On August 12, 2026, Michi Marpu, a 20-year-old B.Tech student from Arunachal Pradesh, was found dead in his hostel room at Mar Athanasius College, Kot...

Rat-Hole Deaths: Policy Vacuum

The Meghalaya High Court committee has flagged that the state has failed to close rat-hole coal mines despite NGT’s 2014 ban. 45 deaths in East Jainti...

Census Without Fear

Census 2027 will have 40 questions vs 29 in 2011. New ones: COVID vaccination, digital literacy, internet access. RGI says no "private data" will be s...

Delimitation’s Federal Trap

One person, one vote vs states’ rights. The Centre plans to increase Lok Sabha seats from 543 to ∼850 after Census 2027. Tamil Nadu has passed a resol...

Shipwreck Without a Wave

On May 25, 2025, container ship MSC Elsa 3 sank off Kerala with 24 containers. Initial fears: oil spill, ecological disaster for Lakshadweep. A study ...

Yellow Water, Red Alert

Groundwater crisis in Uttar Pradesh. Patches of fluorescent green-yellow water in Fatehpur, Kanpur Dehat, and Kanpur Nagar are not a chemical experime...

‘Dimagi Naxals’ and the War Over Dissent

Language is power in politics. And "Dimagi Naxals" is a phrase designed to do work. On Independence Day, PM Modi used the term to describe intellectua...

Protest, Power, and the Constitution

The image of Greta Thunberg being detained in Sweden is not just a photo. It is a reminder that the right to protest sits at the heart of any democrac...

Rehearsal for the 80th Independence Day

Delhi's historic Red Fort is once again being decked up in preparation for the grand celebration of the nation's biggest national festival—Independenc...