The recent Supreme Court verdict on April 8, 2025, regarding powers of the governor in the context of Tamil Nadu bears testimony to the contested meanings of the Indian Constitution. To put it in the ...

One Dimensional Man by Herbert Marcuse, aroused my interest in Consumerism; mostly a detailed read of the ‘advanced industrial society’ and its varied aspects, and more so about the ‘technological ...

If assembly elections in West Bengal were not due within less than a year from now, in all probability, the state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would not have been facing political/communal missiles ...

Trump has, literally, declared a war on Harvard and other Ivy League institutions. The freezing of 2.2 billion endowments funds of Harvard and the threat to withdraw the tax-free exemptions will ...

This is an unpredictable tinder-box that may well spark an explosion of violence, resulting in continuous or at least continual communal violence. It will in turn, result in uncontrollable violence ...

Thus, the words protectionism and multilateralism began making rounds. Each country which was negotiating the best form of trade relations was branded as protectionist, simply because it did not serve ...

The alternative global strategy has a chance to succeed because Trump has simultaneously attacked all other countries including its allies. If BRICS and EU act in concert the US economy will hurt and ...

Several letters have been received by me, asking me to declare my views about the Arab-Jew question in Palestine and the persecution of the Jews in Germany. It is not without hesitation that I venture ...

Development is the buzzword of today. Everybody speaks of it as if it is the only religion and pursuit of the modern day. In his populist book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari ...

It was a poignant moment last evening when many of us who knew Anil Chaudhury for more than four decades bade him final good bye at Nigambodh Ghat. Among those who were present to watch his body ...

This right seems to be taken away from the Muslims by virtue of the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995 (The Waqf (Amendment) Bill,2024). These are a few ...

The legality of child testimony is a critical issue that needs serious attention and therefore demands to strike a balance between sensitivity and legal scrutiny. In serious cases relating to abuse, ...