2025

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has asked Muslim members of

March 25, 2025
The availability of educational infrastructure is highly uneven between the rich and the poor, urban and rural areas and between different castes.
The unequal distribution of education leads to unequal outcomes for different social groups.
Investment in human capital plays a decisive role in economic growth. India, which seeks to become the engine of global economic growth and swears by inclusive growth, however, shows shocking trends in rural-urban educational (…)

This write up is a reflection on the important policy initiatives taken by some selected chief ministers of Karnataka when they were in power for the overall development of Karnataka.
Let me start my analysis from from the beginning . Following the dissolution of the Mysore Representative Assembly and the Council in 1947, K. C. Reddy became the first Chief Minister of the State. He was chosen for Office as he had led the Mysore Congress twice from 1937-38 and 1946-47, apart from being a (…)

What does it mean to belong? Is it about excelling in academics? Having a talent that others admire? Being present in the right spaces? Or is it something deeper

In recent years, public higher education in Telangana has witnessed a troubling shift toward market-driven practices and centralized bureaucratic control, driven by endogenous privatization

We have just passed March 31st, which marks the International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV). This day, observed annually since 2009, pays tribute to transgender individuals worldwide, celebrating their accomplishments and victories while raising awareness about the discrimination and violence they face. This commemoration not only acknowledges the invaluable contributions of transgender people to the fabric of society but also serves as a potent rebuke against the oppressive forces of (…)

A cat drinks milk with closed eyes and thinks the world does not see
— A Sanskrit Subhashitam
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Introduction
"Somebody has a bee in his bonnet.."
Taj Mahal as Tejo Mahaalay ?
It is now history how one P N Oak, a retiree from the Indian military, had petitioned the Supreme Court to rewrite the history of Taj Mahal as being built by a Hindu King during NDA

Since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returned to power in Chhattisgarh in December 2023, there has been a significant increase in anti-Maoist operations. In 2024, security forces eliminated 194 Maoists, arrested 801, and witnessed the surrender of 742 insurgents.
As of the first quarter of 2025, approximately 103 Maoists have been killed in various encounters across the state. Just hours before the Prime Minister’s visit to Chhattisgarh, fifty Maoists surrendered in Bijapur.
While (…)

Since the 1980s, there has been a consistent, rapid rise in the number of billionaires. By 2025, the combined wealth of the richest 1%

Apart from the sheer volume of destruction of civilian and military infrastructure, displacement and death of civilians, war volunteers and military personnel, the Russian war with Ukraine has many significant implications for reordering of international politics as well.
A Solidifying Axis
Russia and North Korea signed a Mutual Defence Treaty in June 2024. The bonhomie that began to strengthen the Assad regime in Syria between Iran and Russia in 2015 acquired steam with the signing of a (…)