Kamal Mitra Chenoy

All the politics added up to favour the BJP in the revocation of Article 370. But what follows in our political culture now doesn't look favourable.

The authorities have ignored the links that easily take them to the murderers.

Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya were booked for sedition. Charges could never be proved and yet they suffered. This ordinance could only worsen that scenario.

With economic growth at its lowest and unemployment at its highest in several quarters, alongside a likely delayed monsoon, the FM's task is only uphill.

The opposition couldn't stop the Modi-Shah duo. Clearly, their strategy was on the softer side.

The Bhartiya Janata Party's sweep at the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 has a lot to do with the failings of the Congress-led secular parties.

BJP president Amit Shah says NRC should be implemented nationwide. It has meanwhile hit problems even in Assam, which has faced the 'locals versus foreigners' debate for decades now.

Those hurling charges of Kanhaiya's supporters being limelight-seekers have missed the real light this campaign has spread.

Despite an extremely bitter and fractious past, Mayawati and Mulayam Singh's rapprochement holds nothing but dread for the Congress and BJP.

Caught between communalists and criminals, Begusarai sees more than a single ray of light in these student leaders.

India's poverty data is mind-boggling and its challenges are massive. These need a comprehensive, data-backed govt responses. There are valuable suggestions from experts. The netas must listen.

There is reportedly evidence linking groups like Sanatan Sanstha and HJS to the killings of Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare. Yet, while the organisations continue to operate, there are no answers to crucial questions.

Kashmiris have been targeted time and again, and now repeatedly in the aftermath of Pulwama too. It's time to reach out to them.

The Prime Minister must answer why his government brought down the number of Rafale fighter jets to be brought from 126 to 36.

In an environment where all Indians are grieving and some are being unfairly targeted, why are academics who should know much better adding to the chaos, even to hatred?

Severe repression is not the answer to violence. The Valley needs trust-building measures.

Despite all the suppositions, accusations and revelations, only a clear money trail would establish any criminal culpability in l'affaire Rafale.

From scholarship cuts to lack of jobs, students must bury differences and come together to make the government accountable on every issue.

Even as a triumphant Budget is announced, the data backing several government claims is deeply worrying, as it shows the politicisation of statistics to suit narratives and overlook ground realities.

Three years down the line, there is still no solid evidence and instead, certain facts are being kept from the public sphere. With a high-stakes election nearing, will JNU students be collateral damage?

In a 1995 judgment, the Supreme Court had said even a slogan like ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ doesn’t merit charges of sedition. Then why are the students of JNU being tried on absurd, and shaky, grounds?

Surely our country can do much better than going down the quota route time and again.

The move inflicted avoidable pain on farmers, daily wage labourers and small enterprises. Also, it served a huge blow to economic growth.

Even as the number of millionaires in India is rising, the picture on the other end of the spectrum is stark.

What is troubling is the lack of a sustained attempt by the Maharashtra police and government to find the killers of Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare.

The Supreme Court passed the buck on the release of detained 'urban Naxals' to a lower court.

Justice DY Chandrachud's minority judgment is unlikely to be forgotten in a hurry.

The arguments heard recently in the Supreme Court raise strong questions over the role of the police, the media and charges of disputable evidence. As the trial proceeds, those accused of being 'urban Naxals' have no option but to await justice.

The university is a bugbear for the Narendra Modi government and its supporters.

Even after 900 days, there have only been arrests in the case, but no charges.