Fourteen years after its creation, the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration remains one of India’s more curious experiments in regional autonomy — a body designed to give the Gorkha hill communities of…
Before we start to analyse the concept of state autonomy, it is imperative that we, first understand what the concept of a ‘ state’ means and its relevance. We also…
In a period of widespread discontent and chaos, a period of the increasing clamour for Autonomy and separate states, a period of the waking of the political consciousness and aspiration…
As we approach the 64thIndependence Day, my thoughts yet again drift towards the state of our union, and the way towards a more perfect one. In the past year a…
Over the years India has steadily wavered towards cynicism bordering on apathy. The idealistic nostalgia of the pre Independence era has all but faded away. Not much progress seems to…
In India the rule of law often breaks down at the throw of the dice. The frequency of which is appalling, and outright irrational. We have a novel way at…
A beautiful speech given by Dr Radhakrishan on the eve of independence day. It echoes what we are still grappling with as a nation. Definitely worth reading for every Indian…
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