Yogendra Yadav
The writer is president, Swaraj India
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The case of Umar Khalid and others is a textbook example of what justice is not
September 05,2025 07:40:18 AM
If he is in jail for saying the CAA was anti-Muslim, I should be too. If Khalid Saifi is in jail for coordinating local protests against the CAA, I should be too
Fri, Sep 05, 2025
Mass deletion of voters is looming over Bihar SIRSign In to read
August 26,2025 07:20:58 AM
Unless the ECI is made to adopt more expansive criteria of eligible documents, more than two crore face removal.
Tue, Aug 26, 2025
Yogendra Yadav writes: Election Commission is right about the voters list problem — and it has the wrong solutionSubscriber Only
August 19,2025 10:19:36 AM
We have a problem with voters' lists. But SIR is not the solution. It's worse than the disease
Tue, Aug 19, 2025
Yogendra Yadav, Rahul Shastri write on SIR: In Bihar, the edge of disenfranchisementSubscriber Only
August 12,2025 07:10:33 AM
If ECI adheres to its fiat of asking for one of the 11 specified documents, at least 50 per cent of those required to produce a document could be excluded from the final voters list in Bihar.
Tue, Aug 12, 2025
Bihar SIR, data indicates, is not an exercise in revision but mass deletionSubscriber Only
July 31,2025 06:32:53 AM
If the SIR leads to a Bihar-like drop in the Electors to Adult Population Ratio in the entire country, we are looking at potential disenfranchisement of about nine crore Indians
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
Yogendra Yadav writes: On ground in Bihar, Election Commission of India writes a dystopian fictionSubscriber Only
July 24,2025 06:50:08 AM
ECI’s claims about progress of electoral roll revision in Bihar are sharply at odds with first-hand accounts of chaos and procedural violations
Thu, Jul 24, 2025
Yogendra Yadav writes: Bihar’s SIR exercise is a threat to right to vote — across IndiaSubscriber Only
July 15,2025 07:29:44 AM
It is, in fact, a rewriting of the rules, procedures and protocols of how the voter list is to be created. At stake here is the foundational principle of universal adult franchise
Tue, Jul 15, 2025
In Bihar, it’s not just about a voter listSubscriber Only
July 09,2025 07:46:37 AM
A sample survey shows that the very principle of universal adult franchise is in danger of being undermined by the way EC's special intensive revision exercise is being conducted
Wed, Jul 09, 2025
Yogendra Yadav writes on Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls: An attack on the right to voteSubscriber Only
July 02,2025 06:00:55 AM
The move – first in Bihar and then in the rest of the country — has shifted the onus of being on the voters' list from the state to the citizen
Wed, Jul 02, 2025
Yogendra Yadav writes: US, Israel and the age of moral paralysisSubscriber Only
June 24,2025 06:44:00 AM
Just replace the US and Iran with China and India in an imaginary future, and you understand the lesson of history: You need friends and some principles to survive in the real world
Tue, Jun 24, 2025
Yogendra Yadav on Nirmal Verma: A critic of the modern Indian mindSubscriber Only
June 17,2025 06:59:18 AM
It would be a colossal mistake not to take writer and thinker Nirmal Verma’s questions as the starting point to rethink our nationalism today
Tue, Jun 17, 2025
Yogendra Yadav writes: Ashoka University and illiberal Liberal ArtsSubscriber Only
June 10,2025 07:30:41 AM
Sanjeev Bikhchandani’s letter to the Ashoka community regarding Professor Mahmudabad asks the wrong questions
Tue, Jun 10, 2025
Yogendra Yadav writes: When a nation’s idea of itself is stolen, what follows must be more than recoverySubscriber Only
June 05,2025 07:46:04 AM
It must be the re-imagination of a rich, rooted, plural and non-jingoistic nationalism
Thu, Jun 05, 2025
Yogendra Yadav writes: The nationalism we forgotSubscriber Only
May 27,2025 07:35:31 AM
With citizens’ rights being pitted against national interest, the rich and layered legacy inherited from freedom struggle is in jeopardy
Tue, May 27, 2025
Yogendra Yadav writes: A stable and peaceful Pakistan is in India’s national interestSubscriber Only
May 17,2025 07:02:19 AM
An assessment of Operation Sindoor must begin by defending the government from two unfair criticisms, one from warmongers, other from peaceniks. After that, there are questions
Sat, May 17, 2025
Yogendra Yadav writes: Caste census announcement is an opportunity to fine-tune reservation policySubscriber Only
May 06,2025 07:36:23 AM
Once the debate shifts to the real issue of how, the first task would be to be vigilant about three matters
Tue, May 06, 2025
Yogendra Yadav writes: A book, a reminder about who shaped IndiaSubscriber Only
April 29,2025 06:59:33 AM
Gopalkrishna Gandhi's new work reminds us that history is not shaped just by great men and women, that ordinary people can often outdo them
Tue, Apr 29, 2025
Yogendra Yadav writes: Recovering the radical in AmbedkarSubscriber Only
April 15,2025 07:02:55 AM
He was a thinker ahead of his time, while much of the politics carried out in his name is behind its own time
Tue, Apr 15, 2025
Yogendra Yadav writes: It’s time for reservation in private universitiesSubscriber Only
April 08,2025 07:40:22 AM
The legal, constitutional mechanisms are available — what’s needed is political will
Tue, Apr 08, 2025
Yogendra Yadav writes: Why dark is beautifulSubscriber Only
April 01,2025 07:11:13 AM
Kerala chief secretary's response to a disparaging comment on her skin tone is a significant moment in our public culture
Tue, Apr 01, 2025
Yogendra Yadav Writes: The Ram Manohar Lohia we needSubscriber Only
March 25,2025 07:15:15 AM
His political thinking offers an ideological resource that is desperately needed to defend our republic today
Tue, Mar 25, 2025
Yogendra Yadav writes: We need Hindi as a lokbhasha, not a rajbhashaSubscriber Only
March 18,2025 07:48:56 AM
The Hindi policy followed in the past 75 years has served neither Hindi nor the country
Tue, Mar 18, 2025
Delimitation debate: Let the current distribution of Lok Sabha be cast in stoneSubscriber Only
March 11,2025 07:30:35 AM
That would be the best way to honour the federal contract implicit in the foundation of the Indian Union
Tue, Mar 11, 2025
Will Uttar Pradesh teach Tamil as a third language?Subscriber Only
February 25,2025 07:02:17 AM
We need to open up the tired political debate on the languages we speak. If the central government is serious about not imposing Hindi, it should not make release of grants conditional.
Wed, Feb 26, 2025
Yogendra Yadav writes: Social Justice for Muslims should not be about reservationsSubscriber Only
February 18,2025 06:55:11 AM
We need to look beyond the state and think of innovative ways to nudge NGOs, self-help groups and community charities to effectively address the needs of local Muslim communities
Tue, Feb 18, 2025a better experience