2026

The air quality index (AQI) in Delhi has deteriorated so sharply that a bench of the Supreme Court was forced to advise lawyers to argue their cases virtually rather than come in person to the court. Responding to a submission by a leading lawyer who stated that lawyers were forced to use face masks the court observed that even face masks were ineffective against such high air pollution levels.
With Delhi air pollution levels breaching the severe plus category in December 2025 recording an (…)

07 January 2026
Stop Sinister Attacks on Prime Minister Amarasuriya
Our attention is drawn to a vicious campaign of vilification and personalised attacks against Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Sri Lanka

Background
Satish Jain retired as the RBI Professor of Economic Theory from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP) in JNU in 2013. His life has been a hard one, being afflicted with serious illnesses from time to time. He lived alone in the accommodation provided to him by JNU, and during his illnesses, he was helped by his very loyal students, friends, and colleagues, whom he was fortunate to have.
Retirement meant that he had to move off the campus and relocate to Gurgaon, (…)

I remember Satish as a multi-faceted personality. Academia was one aspect of his life, but activism was also an important aspect. He was a lifelong Socialist due to the influence of Shri Paliwal ji in Agra from his school days. He was a Gandhian socialist at heart, believing in frugality in life. He liked gadgets but kept a sparse house with most rooms in the house largely barren.
He was anti-modernity and, perhaps due to Gandhi

I used to read before going to sleep. Half an hour every night, at least. My Kindle would glow softly beside me. It was a rhythm I didn

December, 29, 2025
It is customary on the part of foreign policy analysts to come up with their own assessments of Indian foreign policy ( IFP) during the year that has gone by. Here is such an attempt at how the practitioners of foreign policy played their role in 2025. Before getting down to such a task, let me enter a controversial terrain as to who and which institutions play their role in such tasks. Theoretically speaking, it is the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the Ministry (…)

Abstract
The post-neoliberal system is characterised by transactional diplomacy, bilateralism, and pragmatism, rather than ideology. Therefore, the term "Cold War" is insufficient for understanding today’s international political economy. Additionally, the emergence of the capitalist mode of production in a post-neoliberal and neorealist paradigm has eliminated ideological divides in the contemporary world. A new aspect of neorealism involves using economic sanctions to influence a (…)

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan in his article ’ The VB -Ram G Act 2025 fixes structural gaps in HinduDec24,2025 written like a tutorial by MA student in clumsy language that binary model or welfare vs development in the law. No explanation for removal of the right based law like MGNREGA which is appreciated by workers and scholars. Minister needs to explain what are the reasons for striking down the important labour law related to rural India. He is unable to defend new law . It (…)

Abstract
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), enacted in 2005, aimed to address unemployment and poverty in rural India by providing the right to work. It emerged as one of the keystones of the welfare scheme in rural India. Despite considerable gains in employment generation, poverty reduction, and gender inclusion, the scheme has faced steady challenges, including delayed payments, inefficient implementation, misappropriated funds, and fiscal stress. (…)