It keeps our democracy safe. By ensuring that an internal emergency has lost its bite

Ex-servicemen’s associations have declared that they will boycott the 50th anniversary of the 1965 war event because of the failure to implement the “one rank, one pension” promise.

The Organiser cites a sentence from a Supreme Court judgment on the IPL spot-fixing scandal at the outset: “BCCI must ensure institutional integrity in the conduct of [the] game considering the expectations of millions of viewers.”

The Shah Commission report should be made compulsory reading in schools and colleges.

Radha Kumar has a doctorate and is a well-published author. Her mother, Dharma Kumar, was the editor of the Cambridge Economic History of India.

The only ground report on the forcible sterilisation campaign during Emergency appeared in a little-known magazine.

The desired effect of this law will not be achieved unless proper infrastructure is provided at the grassroots level.

Emergency may not return in the same form, but we need to guard against illiberal tendencies.

The Chinese navy first showed its flag in the Indian Ocean nearly three decades ago, when it began to make ship visits to Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Before opening up the antiquities market, India needs to modernise the registration process and address its lack of institutional expertise.

Grassroots democracy makes an emergency more difficult today. But largescale urban discontent is growing

India was surprised at Kargil. But its lessons may still be unlearnt

This streak of gamesmanship is new to Bangladesh, perverse proof of a new self-confidence.

The Partition is a wound that has not healed. It still incites passion.

Who is the majority? Is it the majority of persons belonging to a caste or a religion?

On the International Yoga Day, there was no shortage of yoga enthusiasts. However, a shortage of mats was the problem.

If lustre has begun to fade from image of PM who last year at this time was a rock star, he has himself to blame.

The danger of authoritarianism revisiting India is a very real one.

Going slow on ‘Hindu terror’ is dangerous. It’s also an insult to the memory of Hemant Karkare.

Blaming the Reserve Bank’s policy blindly for all defaults is foolish.

When China blocked the bid for UN action against Pakistan over Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, it made the same mistake as the US did.

A new biography recalls Eqbal Ahmad, who brought together people with a shared belief in justice and dignity.

Judiciary is reasserting itself, pushing political parties towards accountability.

We now have a crackdown we don’t see. It’s less ominous, but equally insidious.