Aishwarya Ajayan The different approaches adopted by the judiciary in similar issues have resulted in a failure to accord equal significance to the constitutionally granted rights. The Supreme Court of India is […]
Of Inconsistencies and Inequalities: SC on Shariat Courts vis-á-vis Khap
Unbundling State Effectiveness: Current Perspectives
Sanjeev S. Ahluwalia Decentralisation, with all its limitations, is the way to go for India to make the state effective in fulfillment of its sovereign functions. Context is everything. No one model […]
Fighting Corruption: The Need for Technology Based Solutions
Prof. Dr. T.S. Somashekar The primary objective of any solution must be the elimination of information gaps and reduction in the need for contact between welfare recipients, service providers, bidders etc., and […]
Naam rahe Atal: Understanding Vajpayee’s Hindutva
Aditya Prasanna Bhattacharya, Binit Agrawal, Harsh Tiwari Vajpayee’s talent lay in leading a fragile coalition government to envision and implement stupendous economic success for the country while sidelining his party’s more extreme Hindu […]
On Drawing the Line: LSPR In Conversation with Hon’ble Justice A.K. Sikri
Kashish Makkar & Aditya Prasanna Bhattacharya speak with Hon’ble Justice Sikri in an exclusive interview for LSPR A sitting judge at the Supreme Court of India and a part of the Collegium, […]
One Belt One Road: A Road to Disaster
Binit Agrawal China’s One Belt One Road policy is destructive for the beneficiary countries and is headed towards eventual failure. Xi Jinping has adopted the One Belt One Road initiative (OBOR) as […]
Band-Aid on a Septic Wound: The Anti-Trafficking Bill, 2018
Shraddha Chaudhary Plagued by systemic flaws and mistakes of the past, the Bill aims to address the symptoms of trafficking, rather than the disease itself India is deeply embroiled in the trafficking […]
The High Flying Shopper: IndiGo’s Woes
Ambarin Munir Khambati After a series of flawed policy decisions, India’s high-flying airline has come to a grinding halt. At a time when the successful domestic carrier IndiGo plans to go international, […]
Privacy & Transparency as Complementary Rights: Inadequacies in the proposed amendments to the RTI Act
Sayan Bhattacharya By leaving essential terms undefined and placing a higher burden to disclose personal information, the amendments proposed by the Srikrishna Committee are defeating the purpose of a right to privacy […]
THE POVERTY LINE: AN INSTRUMENT OF INDIAN POLITICS (2/2)
Mrinali Komandur Quantification of Poverty helps preserve status quo and protect existing hierarchies This is the second post in a two part series. Read the first post here. Responding to pressure that […]