India’s New Pharma Policy Could Make Life-Saving Drugs More Expensive
Frontlineby Ameer Shahul·19 Aug 2026
For more than five decades, India has built a pharmaceutical ecosystem founded on a simple but powerful principle: reward genuine innovation but ensure that life-saving medicines become affordable.
BJP’s New Team Signals Trouble Ahead of 2027 Polls
Frontlineby Manish Anand·18 Aug 2026
The recent unveiling of a new team of national office-bearers by the BJP president Nitin Nabin is as clear an indication of the growing unease within the party’s ranks as any open statement about...
‘Dimagi Naxal’ and the Shrinking Space for Dissent
Frontlineby Manoj Kumar Jha·17 Aug 2026
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.
Tighter Birth Registration Rules Raise Access Concerns
Frontlineby Safira Hussain Choudhary; Sanjay Kumar·17 Aug 2026
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 Ali·17 Aug 2026
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 Tirodkar·17 Aug 2026
“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 Khan·17 Aug 2026
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 Ashraf·17 Aug 2026
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 Chatterjee·17 Aug 2026
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 Raghunandan·16 Aug 2026
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 Gupta·15 Aug 2026
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 Mukhopadhyay·15 Aug 2026
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 Mukherjee·15 Aug 2026
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 Venkatesan·14 Aug 2026
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 Mishra·14 Aug 2026
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 Muralidharan·14 Aug 2026
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 Sood·14 Aug 2026
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 Kumar·14 Aug 2026
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 Deshmane·14 Aug 2026
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 Khan·14 Aug 2026
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.
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