Opinion & Features

Harish Bala “Federalism is not a matter of administrative convenience. It is the recognition of India’s diversity.” — B. R. Ambedkar Nations rarely collapse in a single dramatic moment. Democracies are gradually weakened through the slow concentration of power, the erosion of institutions, and the erosion of constitutional balance. The danger is not always visible immediately. It unfolds silently, piece by piece, until one day the foundations themselves begin to crack. Steven

Dinesh Sreerangaraj The UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, have generated widespread debate and protest, particularly in North India. This time, those who are opposing these regulations are Hindutva-backed reactionary organisations. What is it about these regulations that has made them so anxious and pushed them to mobilise protests? Why have these organisations gone all the way to the Supreme Court and obtained a stay against these

Adv. Subhash Mohan Algorithm, Anger and Ideology The political insight of Lenin to observe that “the spontaneous development of the working-class movement leads to its subordination to bourgeois ideology” is profoundly relevant even today. Digital media has emerged as a decisive terrain of struggle in the contemporary political sphere, rendering it impossible for any political party to dismiss it as a mere instrument of capitalist propaganda. In recent years, the digital spac