Opinion
West Bengal Elections: A Wave of Unease That Challenges Democracy
Questions on the deletion of voter rolls demand answers
THE outcome of the recent West Bengal elections has triggered a wave of unease that extends...
Shivaji: An Inclusive Ruler Wrongly Projected as a Hindu Icon
CHHATRAPATI Shivaji Maharaj is the most popular king in Maharashtra. He is also currently being popularised in other parts of the country as a...
Heat in the Indian Cities – A Reality More Complex Than Tree Cover
Soumya Dutta
DELHI, my current ‘home town’ for over 30 years, increasingly looks like a City that is learning to sweat, as it slowly descends...
Voices of Dissent: What Protests in Israel Reveal About Democracy
The scenes from Tel Aviv serve as a reminder that democratic strength is not measured by uniformity of opinion, but by the ability to...
An Election That Felt Decided: Bengal and the Crisis of Democratic Trust
The poll verdict is about the unsettling possibility that the real winner was something else entirely: a system where money, power, and institutional control...