Congress needs to recognise the importance of organisation if it hopes to do the battle on the ground. Grandstanding on democracy has to be followed by hard work

Current system encourages rote learning and does very little to develop critical skills or provide children foundational knowledge to deal with the pressing challenges of today

In this instance, as in so many others, the Supreme Court has moved the needle for greater openness and more freedom, without which both justice and democracy are incomplete.

They invite the charge that not only does the government wish to escape unpalatable facts, but it also wants to ensure that the students do not engage with social and political realities with a critical attitude.

Trends in poverty and inequality remain contentious terrain. The country's statistical system needs to be strengthened.

While a High Court ruling is open to review and may be challenged in the Supreme Court, the bold move to do away with a 153-year-old law, for which there should be no place in a democratic country, will certainly inspire those who have been agitating against the law in India.

Policymakers will have to rededicate themselves to sustained economic reforms by boosting the productive capacity of the economy through bettering the physical and social infrastructure

Government’s promises, spirit of NEP are hobbled by regulatory cholesterol

Protests by the Banjara community against the proposal for subcategories within the SC segment is a sign of the undoing of calculations of political parties.

Not only are there different rates of taxation for different asset classes, but even the holding period for differentiating between short-and long-term capital gains varies across assets.