Whether in electoral rhetoric or in the most high profile Supreme Court cases or in public policy, the word on everyone’s lips is Development. Punjab’s labour laws have been proposed to be reformed for– Development. Schools are being set up and strengthened for– Development. Building regulations are being changed so that rural areas and urban… Read More The Idea of Development: A Conversation in Chandigarh
Kirti Trivedi For me, the most distressing and disturbing sight for the last two days have been the images forwarded to me, in which the hand-baggage and the vehicles of students arriving in Ashoka University for the next semester are being thoroughly searched, including glove compartments. Scanners and metal detectors have been installed at Ashoka… Read More University as Prison: A Parent Writes
The name of the book clearly suggests that it is part of a glorification drive for Modi. We need to ask whether it is appropriate to use university resources for this campaign. Apoorvanand The vice-chancellor (VC) of Delhi University, Yogesh Singh, last week exhorted the audience at a program in the conference hall of the university to think about giving… Read More A Controversial ‘Book Launch’ and Delhi University’s Descent Into Party Propaganda
Readers outside of India can donate here to support Mainstream Weeklyhttps://tinyurl.com/2rsy4ss6 Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Jan 18, 2025 Demand for MG-NREGA work growing, additional budget needed | Bharat Dogra Fifty days of Dallewal’s fast | Prem Singh Confronting India’s silent killer | Arkaprabha Sau The Tata group hounds a whistleblower | Upal Chakraborty Escalation of Indian Surveillance in… Read More Mainstream, Vol 63 No 3, Jan 18, 2025
Karanjeet Kaur We are back to that time of the year when a man who earns Rs 51 crore tells the rest of us that we need to work harder. At least once a quarter, India’s business leaders poke their heads out of their luxurious offices, and scold us into believing that a 40-hour work… Read More CEOs want us to work weekends without overtime. Don’t we ask the same of our cooks, cleaners?
Avay Shukla I always visit my home town, Kanpur, a couple of times a year to refresh my roots and to check whether my Brahmin community has been declared as OBC yet. Just back after an exhilarating and kabab imbued visit, I am happy to report that my roots are thriving, but sadly the… Read More Kanpur Diary: No More Waiting Till The Cows Come Home
Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Jan 4, 2025 Manmohan Singh: A gentleman politician India was lucky to have | M.R. Narayan Swamy Dr. Manmohan Singh – The Architect of Viksit Bharat | Atul Sarma Rare people of integrity and compassion | Humra Quraishi A Tragic Coincidence | J P Gadkari 2024 and its lessons for India | P. S. Jayaramu… Read More Mainstream, January 4, 2025
The Ministry of Truth, Part 1: How the Prime Minister’s Office has ordered a systemic operation to discredit and ‘fix’ global rankings which show the government in bad light. And, to home-cook some charitable replacements. Shreegireesh Jalihal New Delhi: In Hyderabad’s Taj Deccan last year, Smriti Irani, then India’s Women and Child Development Minister, took… Read More Inside Modi Govt’s War Room to Whitewash Global Indices
Jagdeep Dhankhar has eroded the stature of the position, which was once occupied by stalwarts like Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Zakir Hussain, Gopal Swarup Pathak, M Hidayatullah, and K R Narayanan Bharat Bhushan The fallout of the Opposition’s unprecedented move to bring a resolution for the removal of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has undermined the dignity of the constitutional… Read More Defending Dhankhar but eroding dignity of vice president
Supreme Court Takes Note of HC Judge Shekhar Yadav’s Communal Speech at VHP Event New Delhi: The Supreme Court has taken note of reports about a communal speech delivered by an Allahabad high court judge at an event organised by the extremist Hindutva body, Vishva Hindu Parishad. The apex court announced in a press release that… Read More Supreme Court Takes Note of HC Judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav’s Communal Speech at VHP Event
