‘Dimagi Naxal’ and the Shrinking Space for Dissent
Frontlineby Manoj Kumar Jha7d ago
From the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day, the Prime Minister said armed naxalism was nearing its end but warned of a “dimagi naxal” mindset.
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top 98%Tighter Birth Registration Rules Raise Access Concerns
Frontlineby Safira Hussain Choudhary; Sanjay Kumar7d ago
More than five decades after the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, came into force, the BJP-led NDA government recently passed an amendment to this law aiming to tighten rules to record...
Rental Housing Discrimination in India: Who Gets to Rent?
Frontlineby Asim Ali7d ago
High-rise buildings and gated communities, with their clubhouses and security guards, are widely seen as symbols of urban modernity in India.
Goa Opposition Alliance: Can It Stop BJP in 2027?
Frontlineby Amey Tirodkar7d ago
“I am only asking the opposition: hold your egos and leave them outside the door. Unite, or else the BJP will finish the Goans and the culture of Goa.” Walter Lobo’s words echo the sentiment across...
How Political Symbols Shape Power and Resistance in India
Frontlineby Isha Riza Khan7d ago
Authoritarian symbols have an ungovernable stubbornness. Devoid of agency, yet uncaring of their own origins, such symbols eventually slip from the grasp of their authors and acquire a life of...
Will Abhirup Paul meet the fate of Surendra Gadling, Umar Khalid, and Sharjeel Imam?
Frontlineby Ajaz Ashraf7d ago
Abhirup Paul is a name that has little recall value. Note down his name, because he’s likely to be the next Surendra Gadling or the next Umar Khalid or the next Sharjeel Imam—the three men who have...
Malvinas War, Argentina, and the Cinema of the Vanished
Frontlineby Vidyarthy Chatterjee7d ago
The just-ended World Cup saw Lionel Messi and his team, along with thousands of Argentines in the stands, repeatedly invoke the killing of “our brothers” in Las Malvinas 44 years ago to deepen...
E20 Fuel Policy: Who Really Benefits From Ethanol Blending?
Frontlineby D Raghunandan8d ago
Several controversial policies of this government (the BJP government at the Centre) have followed a similar trajectory. The policy and its rationale are first enunciated in grandiose terms.
Sumit Sarkar: The Historian Who Changed Modern India
Frontlineby Charu Gupta9d ago
There are teachers whose lectures one remembers, and there are teachers who become part of the way one thinks. For many of us, Sumit Sarkar was the latter.
Vande Mataram Bill and the Politics of National Honour
Frontlineby Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay9d ago
Amid the bedlam in both Houses of Parliament, the government unyieldingly secured the passage of a Bill for inclusion of the “full” national song, Vande Mataram, among the objects and renditions...
What Do India’s Student Protests Mean for Education, Jobs and the Economy?
Frontlineby Mitali Mukherjee9d ago
In the span of a month, things that we haven’t heard discussed in public forums for many years are now being mentioned repeatedly and widely.
NALSAR Students, BCI, and the Right to Protest
Frontlineby V Venkatesan10d ago
Until 1961, a law graduate in India entered the profession at the pleasure of a High Court. Enrolment, discipline, and removal from the rolls were judicial functions.
Power Play | Sit down, beta
Frontlineby Anand Mishra10d ago
Dear Reader, This week, an interesting yet sad episode occurred in Uttarakhand during the Mukhyamantri Yuva Vidyarthi Manthan (Chief Minister’s Youth Student Dialogue), an interaction with students...
Not a question of bias: Sumit Sarkar
Frontlineby Sukumar Muralidharan10d ago
Sumit Sarkar, Professor of Modern Indian History in Delhi University, spoke to Sukumar Muralidharan about his involvement with the “Towards Freedom” project, sharing his perceptions of the issues...
7/11 Mumbai Blasts: Life After 19 Years in Prison
Frontlineby Nishtha Sood10d ago
A year ago, on July 21, 2025, 12 men who were arrested in 2006 and accused in the Mumbai local train blasts case were acquitted—after 19 agonising years.
India’s Drone Warfare Future Hinges on EW Resilience
Frontlineby Sudhanshu Kumar10d ago
India’s existing electronic warfare (EW) infrastructure represents decades of sustained investments by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and is considerably more capable than...
Coal Mining Reforms Put Regulation in Private Hands | 2026
Frontlineby Akshay Deshmane10d ago
In late 2025, the Union Coal Ministry amended the Colliery Control Rules to scrap a legal obligation on mining companies to seek permission from the Coal Controller’s Organisation, a regulatory...
Lahore Before Partition: The Battle for a City
Frontlineby Umair Ahmed Khan10d ago
There’s an old saying in Punjabi that goes, “Jinne Lahore nahi vekhya, oh jammiya hi nahi”, meaning one who has not seen Lahore has not truly been born.
Trump’s Iran War: America’s Strategic Defeat
Frontlineby Aditya Sinha10d ago
Your columnist woke up one morning in America to find the news outlets abuzz with the story of President Donald Trump evading an assassination attempt by hiding in an airline catering cart, back on...
Kashmir’s Fiction Writers Keep a 12-Year Tradition Alive
Frontlineby Gowhar Geelani11d ago
On a hot, humid August afternoon, a group of literature lovers gathered at Heera Manzil in Srinagar’s Abi Guzar area, where two afsana nigar (short-story writers) read new work in Kashmiri and...