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Manish Tewari
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Manish Tewari on Emergency: Internal siege, external forcesSubscriber Only
June 27, 2025 06:50 IST
Unanswered questions related to the Emergency require a clinical analysis of global and domestic events leading up to it
Fri, Jun 27, 2025
Manish Tewari writes: Student politics is not what it used to beSubscriber Only
October 04, 2024 02:10 IST
Globalisation, liberalisation opened up new vistas for young people. They feel that unnecessary activism is a waste of time.
Fri, Oct 04, 2024
Manish Tewari responds to Deputy Chairperson of RS Harivansh: Don’t blame the OppositionSubscriber Only
July 11, 2024 18:43 IST
Legislative institutions do not belong only to the government, the Opposition is an equal stakeholder. And disruption is not Parliament's biggest problem
Sun, Jul 14, 2024
Why Mahua Moitra’s expulsion is against basic legal principles and the ConstitutionSubscriber Only
December 09, 2023 16:20 IST
The expulsion, without giving an MP the right to face her accuser and without proof of guilt beyond reasonable doubt violates principles of natural justice.
Mon, Dec 11, 2023
Manish Tewari writes: It’s time to recognise Opposition as separate class, protect its rightsSubscriber Only
April 09, 2023 12:15 IST
A fundamental precept of democracy is the supposition that Opposition parties operate under constitutional protections of freedom of assembly, association and expression.
Mon, Apr 10, 2023
Congress MP Manish Tewari writes: The case for an Adani JPCSubscriber Only
February 03, 2023 18:58 IST
An impartial parliamentary inquiry is needed. It is an opportunity for the country to strengthen its regulatory mechanisms to prevent future market failures
Tue, Feb 07, 2023
Pakistan’s former Army Chief cannot rewrite the history of the Bangladesh warSubscriber Only
December 03, 2022 08:06 IST
General Bajwa, in his final public statement, has laid bare the ghost that haunts the corridors of GHQ Rawalpindi. That apparition is of defeat, mass surrender and incarceration of 92,000 troops in East Pakistan.
Sat, Dec 03, 2022
The new CDS appointment circumvented Parliament, led to ambiguitiesSubscriber Only
October 19, 2022 04:41 IST
There is nothing in the Army, Navy, or Air Force Acts that speaks of any appointment, much less about its position in the chain of command, such as that of the Chief of Defence Staff. This can lead to a command crisis. The solution would be to bring in standalone legislation to do so.
Wed, Oct 19, 2022
Why the President of India is also Supreme Commander of the Armed ForcesSubscriber Only
August 03, 2022 18:27 IST
Manish Tewari writes: While designing the Constitution, the framers were both following certain British traditions while simultaneously trying to break with them.
Thu, Aug 04, 2022
Agnipath is part of a larger process of defence reform and modernisationSubscriber Only
June 28, 2022 19:18 IST
Manish Tewari writes: Agnipath and Agniveer recruitment reform must be seen alongside defence reforms that include appointment of a CDS, reorganisation of armed forces into theatre commands to promote jointness and synergy
Wed, Jun 29, 2022
What has Rajya Sabha achieved that a stand-alone Lok Sabha has not, or would not?Subscriber Only
June 12, 2022 13:49 IST
Manish Tewari writes: It would be instructive to keep in mind that the Basic Structure doctrine enunciated by the Supreme Court in Re: Kesvananda Bharti holds parliamentary democracy to be basic structure, not bicameralism.
Mon, Jun 13, 2022
Manish Tewari writes: The big black hole in the functioning of India’s democratic modelSubscriber Only
June 01, 2022 04:10 IST
Manish Tewari writes: The time has come for the Election Commission, through the appointment of external monitors and other innovative mechanisms, to ensure and uphold democracy within political parties.
Wed, Jun 01, 2022
On Ukraine, India must choose a sideSubscriber Only
May 03, 2022 03:21 IST
Manish Tewari writes: It can stand with the aggressor or with the Western democracies, howsoever imperfect they may be.
Tue, May 03, 2022
Partition was not just ‘batwara’ or division, it was ‘ujara’ or devastationSubscriber Only
September 01, 2021 02:55 IST
Manish Tewari writes: What we owe the generation that suffered its horrors is a degree of equanimity and sensitivity when we recall those terrible times, not a politically loaded metaphor of polarisation.
Thu, Sep 02, 2021
Does India even need a Parliament?Subscriber Only
August 07, 2021 03:55 IST
Manish Tewari writes: Right now, legislators are bound to their parties, not their convictions and ideas. This needs to change if our legislative institutions are to function as they should.
Sat, Aug 07, 2021
Emergency was reprehensible, as is what’s been happening since 2014Subscriber Only
June 26, 2021 03:25 IST
Manish Tewari writes: The BJP government at the Centre has renewed the project to rewrite the constitutional 'idea of India'.
Sat, Jun 26, 2021
US naval fleet’s defiance of Indian law is not unprecedented. India must heed the messageSubscriber Only
April 14, 2021 04:34 IST
It had rushed in aid of West Pakistan during the 1971 Indo-Pak conflict. To defy Indian law through our EEZ in the 50th year of Bangladesh’s creation and then advertise it is downright obtuse, if not intended to send out a message.
Wed, Apr 14, 2021
Farmers’ protest is defined not by waywardness of the few, but by spirit and resilience of the manySubscriber Only
January 27, 2021 23:49 IST
Manish Tewari writes: Public procurement and MSP, a solemn assurance given as far back as 1965, is the safety net of the agrarian community. The NDA/BJP government now wants to dismantle this social security architecture.
Thu, Jan 28, 2021
Centre must now recalibrate its COVID strategy, allow economy to open upSubscriber Only
May 20, 2020 01:27 IST
The government has belatedly woken up to the naked truth: India is failing both the medical emergency test and self-destructing by creating an economic washout.
Wed, May 20, 2020
MPLADS is nimble tool for targeted intervention, scrapping it in crisis is counterproductiveSubscriber Only
April 11, 2020 04:10 IST
MPLADS was challenged in the Supreme Court as being violative of Articles 275, 282, the 73rd and 74th Amendment, and the constitutional design itself.
Sat, Apr 11, 2020
Ghosts and memories of partition must be confrontedSubscriber Only
March 14, 2020 02:40 IST
It is being dredged up to rationalise every atrocity and question the founding ideals of India. The plausible explanation for not confronting the ghoul of Partition was its sheer scale and bestiality.
Sat, Mar 14, 2020
Tackling air pollution requires a holistic approach, not scapegoating farmersSubscriber Only
December 04, 2019 04:30 IST
We need to ensure that we tackle each of the major sources of air pollution. Endlessly blaming stubble-burning from the neighbouring regions for Delhi’s air pollution will not serve any purpose.
Wed, Dec 04, 2019
Is India safer for women after Nirbhaya? The answer is noSubscriber Only
April 16, 2018 10:14 IST
Does any parent feel safe if his daughter is out late in any part of India, especially in metro cities? The answer is no. Isn’t every woman walking or driving alone considered fair game by otherwise seemingly harmless men? The answer is yes.
Mon, Apr 16, 2018
Don’t be fooled by the withdrawal of I&B guidelinesSubscriber Only
April 03, 2018 18:43 IST
The fourth estate would be naive to take the withdrawal of this directive at face value. The government has just fired a warning shot across the bows knowing fully well that the guidelines were anchored in quicksand.
Wed, Apr 04, 2018
It is not about ‘Padmaavat’ aloneSubscriber Only
January 29, 2018 09:43 IST
If television can be beamed into people’s bedrooms, 24X7, regulated by only a Programme Code and an Advertising code, why have a censorship mechanism just for films?
Mon, Jan 29, 2018
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