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Imprint of an idealist: Remembering B N Rau

Articles of faith

09 November 2024, 21:33 IST

Imprint of an idealist: Remembering B N Rau

09 November 2024, 21:33 IST

Facts and fakes online: Who decides?

Government efforts to set up fact check units are being seen as attempts to control the narrative and quash dissent

19 October 2024, 21:55 IST

Facts and fakes online: Who decides?

19 October 2024, 21:55 IST

When women did not want a quota

Why did the women members of the Constituent Assembly (CA) reject reservations for women? There’s no easy answer, and scholars such as Mary John and Forbes offer competing explanations but there’s perhaps more research waiting to be done.

13 October 2024, 10:03 IST

When women did not want a quota

13 October 2024, 10:03 IST

On reservations for religious minorities

Articles of Faith: The last Lok Sabha elections saw the second lowest representation of Muslims (4.42%) in Parliament. Muslim representation in the history of the Lok Sabha has never crossed 10%.

14 September 2024, 21:51 IST

On reservations for religious minorities

14 September 2024, 21:51 IST

Prohibition: How the Adivasi argument won the day

Munda’s speech on prohibition tells us that while he was giving voice to Adivasi concerns in this forum, he was also introducing Adivasi thought and philosophy into the Constitution.

17 August 2024, 20:29 IST

Prohibition: How the Adivasi argument won the day

17 August 2024, 20:29 IST

A draft bill for gig workers and the debate over a definition

The Rajasthan government’s law took the first step in not adhering to the weak definition of a ‘gig worker’ provided by the Social Security Code, 2020. Karnataka followed Rajasthan and has improvised on the definition and has laid down a definition that is innovative and comprehensive.

05 August 2024, 00:11 IST

A draft bill for gig workers and the debate over a definition

05 August 2024, 00:11 IST

Wake up, UPSC!

Articles of Faith

20 July 2024, 21:17 IST

Wake up, UPSC!

20 July 2024, 21:17 IST

How the CA debated rights and restrictions

Reading the debates on draft Article 13 in 2024 serves as a healthy reminder that the task of building the Indian Republic did not end in 1950 when the Constitution came into being.

22 June 2024, 21:09 IST

How the CA debated rights and restrictions

22 June 2024, 21:09 IST

Read the CA debates, they are a treasure

Articles of Faith: Apart from researchers and lawyers, why should the aam aadmi bother to read the CA debates?

25 May 2024, 23:28 IST

Read the CA debates, they are a treasure

25 May 2024, 23:28 IST

One EC, that does its job

Seeing how the shape of the Election Commission changed from 1947 to 1949 tells us how the framers of the Constitution went from being idealists to pragmatists. They realised that governance and nation-building require making difficult choices about which principles to give more importance over others.

05 May 2024, 00:22 IST

One EC, that does its job

05 May 2024, 00:22 IST