Former Central Information Commissioner and IPS(retd) , Yashovardhan Azad, talks about an urgent need restore the crumbling institutions dealing with right to Information, political corruption, policing and the criminal investigation system.

Prof. Mohammed Marandi, who accompanied the Iranian delegation for talks in Islamabad last April, says if Trump seriously pursues the MoU, the Strait of Hormuz could open in 3 to 4 weeks. Mohammed Marandi is a professor at Tehran University and a former advisor to Iran's nuclear negotiations team.

Latest deposition by former Chief Accountant of Ram Temple trust suggests the scam is bigger than we think and one day all the culprits will be brought to book, say member of parliament ,Sanjay Singh

Senior journalist and veteran science writer Dinesh Sharma says the Modi government has not followed its own policy road map of gradually implementing the ethanol blending policy by 2030 based on transparency and consumer choice. There has been undue haste in forcing E 20 on vehicles which are not compliant and policy goals have got messed up.

Development Economist and Author Santosh Mehrotra talks about how our policy makers have failed the youth at various levels and the CJP movement is but a manifestation of this failure.

Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha says the underlying causes of the massive youth uprising are economic and this was building up for many years. My experience says this movement will have to be taken forward by opposition parties until 2029.

The moral unravelling of the Ram Temple project within two years of its inauguration is probably the biggest challenge for the RSS in decades, as it is seen as weilding direct political power, visibly enhanced financial and resource heft with no accountability.

Former Chief Editor of The Telegraph R. Rajagopal says there may be thousands like him who are part of the 32 lakh voters still waiting to be adjudicated by the tribunals but now may be denied passport renewal. The media and opposition will have to resist otherwise future generations will not forgive us, he told The Wire’s Founding Editor M.K. Venu.

Ajay Shankar, former Secretary, Power says the Iran-US war and the emerging geopolitics makes it imperative for India to quickly move away from excessive dependence on imported fossil fuels and to quickly scale up its renewable energy sectors. Strategic R&D expenditure by the government is key in some important parts of the value addition chain.

Economist Rathin Roy asserts India's growth will concentrate among the rich and the government will pay for the welfare of the very poor, leaving the vast majority of the middle class in a state of income/consumption stagnation. This is the mediocre, low productivity model of India's economy.