Amita Singh

DAKSHAYANI VELAYUDHAN: A DALIT WOMAN IN CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

The Constitution can largely be called the voice of men. Women representatives were a minuscule 15 in number out of…

4 years ago

Centre needs to introspect amid farmers’ agitation

The Human Development Report 2020 should alert the government as India has fallen to the 131st position out of 189…

5 years ago

Put the cost of superfluous litigation on bureaucrats

A starved judiciary with only 19.78 judges per million population —in contrast, the US has 150 per million— is a…

5 years ago

THE FARMERS’ AGITATION AND JUDICIAL OVERLOAD

The lack of internal decentralisation and rising centralisation of penal action have bitten into the trust in the government. It…

5 years ago

The great transition of country’s farms

Agriculture is a new weapon of international politics and as the land becomes scarce and population continues to expand its…

5 years ago

Why farmers are up in arms against farm laws

Farmers continue to be unrelenting. Their camps are well organised and the government should be able to see that this…

5 years ago

How Centre can deal with farmers without getting into confrontation

Of the three farm Acts, except for the first one, the latter two are negotiable and could have avoided the…

5 years ago

Apocalypse at our coasts

World coasts are choking with garbage. Indian religious customs have treated coasts as sacred yet India is the 12th largest…

5 years ago

Significant lessons from Swachh Bharat survey

The evaluation of the mission has provided insight into the performance of states. But with further broadening of its methodology,…

5 years ago

Illegal constructions, unethical demolitions

What is the answer to illegal constructions spreading horizontally and vertically over land in complete defiance of building bylaws as…

5 years ago

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: From the nuclear ashes

On the anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, it is important to learn from history and realise that the…

5 years ago

Analysing the moral dilemma of existence

As human beings stand at the crossroads of their survival, it’s time that environmental compliance becomes a habit and a…

5 years ago