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A time to act
A time to act

The ordeal and trauma of the 12-year-old victim of an alleged rape in Ujjain are both horrifying and deeply unsettling.

Quiet revolution
Quiet revolution

Come October, and a quiet revolution will take place in India’s moribund bureaucratic procedures which have driven generations of citizens to frustration, prompted others to leave the country altogether, and played a key role in feeding the bribery and corruption eco-system.

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In the heyday of the Congress one-party dominant system, Speaker Mavlankar stipulated that an official opposition party status would require a minimum presence of 10 per cent in the Lok Sabha. The underlying assumption was that with the maturing of democracy, a balanced party system would evolve and a well-defined space would facilitate accommodation of the opposition to be effective and articulate and eventually become part of the government, as is the practice in Britain

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Towards Equality

Amidst the euphoria however comes the realization that the implementation of the Bill would not be immediate but would require several years if not more. In culinary terms it is like heaping a pile of plates on a rising pudding or cake. Of course politicising gender is a constant, yet cannot immediate implementation of the Bill prove to the world that India has creditably addressed SDG 5 before 2030 as an example to both the Global North and the Global South?

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‘SC only remedy for Naidu’
‘SC only remedy for Naidu’

Actually people are very angry with the BJP. This government is in the ventilator of the central government, its finances are in doldrums and the chief minister’s kith and kin are involved in his uncle’s (YS Vivekananda Reddy) murder case which is being investigated by the CBI.

“BJP will win at least 12 seats”

In an interview with The Statesman, Assam BJP President Bhabhesh Kalita provides insights into the saffron party's campaign tactics, alliances, and the challenges it confronts.

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A time to act

The ordeal and trauma of the 12-year-old victim of an alleged rape in Ujjain are both horrifying and deeply unsettling.

Quiet revolution
Quiet revolution

Come October, and a quiet revolution will take place in India’s moribund bureaucratic procedures which have driven generations of citizens to frustration, prompted others to leave the country altogether, and played a key role in feeding the bribery and corruption eco-system.

From 1 to 2
From 1 to 2

In the heyday of the Congress one-party dominant system, Speaker Mavlankar stipulated that an official opposition party status would require a minimum presence of 10 per cent in the Lok Sabha. The underlying assumption was that with the maturing of democracy, a balanced party system would evolve and a well-defined space would facilitate accommodation of the opposition to be effective and articulate and eventually become part of the government, as is the practice in Britain