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Can a civil servant dance at a party or go to a beauty parlour?

February 11, 2026 3:59 pm

Public servants are frequently criticised for dancing, singing, dressing casually, or engaging in leisure activities in their personal time. As a society, we continue to operate within a colonial inheritance that draws a sharp line between those who govern and those who are governed

We must get rid of colonial legacy of Governors addressing legislative assembly

January 23, 2026 7:49 pm

By digressing from the speech or walking out of the Assembly during the special address protocols, Tamil Nadu and Kerala Governors have shown disregard for the constitutional provisions and allegiance to the Centre

From a dark colonial past to a ceremonial chair: how Mumbai’s mayoral post came to be

January 23, 2026 12:01 pm

As Mumbai prepares to get its 59th mayor, the office, now largely symbolic, can be traced back to a controversial colonial past often described as one of the darkest chapters of British rule in the city

The Madras High Court said that with the new laws, the criminal process has been consciously re-engineered to be justice-oriented, in contrast to the colonial enactments.

Madras High Court hails new criminal laws, says they prioritise timely justice, accountability

December 17, 2025 2:32 pm

Madras High Court on new criminal laws: Justice L Victoria Gowri said that the new criminal laws embody a shift from a "punitive colonial framework to a justice-centric democratic framework".

Cultural slavery or equal citizens? The liberal imperialism of Macaulay

December 06, 2025 8:47 am

Macaulay’s Minute on Education altered history for sure. It did not, however, sink India, nor did it snuff out its culture. As Macaulay intended, the English language only created another class of Indians

Indian nationalists learnt from Macaulay to give it back to them. What we must learn from it

November 27, 2025 1:49 pm

The challenge for 21st-century India is to create an education system that is neither slavishly Western, nor defensively insular, one that takes the best from all traditions while remaining rooted in India’s pluralistic reality

Tavleen Singh writes: There are other examples of colonial governance the PM appears not to have noticed

November 24, 2025 2:30 pm

For things to really change you need institutions that are led by real historians (not pamphleteers), philosophers, scientists, scholars, linguists, writers and thinkers. These are the people that have been alienated by the religiosity and hate mongering of those who lead the Hindutva movement.

Australia-Papua New Guinea defence pact: A new treaty for an old strategy

October 26, 2025 6:15 pm

Australia’s defence pact with Papua New Guinea is less a new alliance than a revival of an old instinct — to guard its northern frontier and keep China at bay. Caught between two giants, Papua New Guinea must ensure that its sovereignty does not once again become collateral in someone else’s strategic war

Where is swadeshi architecture in Atmanirbhar Bharat?

September 23, 2025 6:32 pm

The recently unveiled design for the new Bombay High Court Complex in Bandra (E) is a Rs 3,750 crore monument to architectural colonialism. It reflects our inability to imagine buildings that reflect our identity rather than that of our colonisers

Why ban on Sci-Hub and Libgen stands against the efforts of decolonisation

September 02, 2025 2:07 pm

The scope of decolonisation can only be broadened when we can recognise the voices from both academic and non-academic communities as collaborators and co-producers of knowledge