Why India took 75 years to get its first tribal woman president

In the larger scheme of things, where global capital and politics come into the picture, tribal women’s voices are missing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers advice on freebies

The prime minister’s call to the youth to be careful about political parties bribing them with freebies for votes is also a recognition of …

South Africans are finally set to know who funds their political parties

Even as the Supreme Court of India is in the middle of hearing a petition on political funding here's looking at how South Africa is dealing …

Why Polavaram is a pointless project

The Polavaram dam involves a huge cost but its benefit will be limited

Facebook is restricting search results – is this taking transparency seriously?

Facebook is deliberately limiting the number of archived public messages anyone can see: hiding many messages sent by all manner of Facebook pages

Political parties choose farm loan waiver for electoral gains, but at what cost?

Farmers have outstanding loan of Rs12.60 lakh crore, which translates to Rs 100,000 per cultivator

Exxon's Rex Tillerson and the rise of Big Oil in American politics

Big Oil has historically played a behind-the-scenes role on American policy and politics. No longer

What's in store for US climate agenda after Obama?

The success of Paris Climate deal depends largely on the political willingness of one of the largest emitters in the world

Why the silence on climate in the US presidential debates?

Those who have denied climate change for so long will find it very costly – both politically and psychologically – to reverse their …

Return Singur land acquired for Tata Nano to farmers: SC

The land was acquired in the name of public purpose. The court also said that those who received compensation will not have to return the money

Two years of Modi government: A civil society review

According to a report, government allocation in most social sectors do not address critical concerns in health, education and civic …

Rush to form political parties in India

The rush to form political parties is triggered by Finance Minister Jaitly’s proposal in his budget speech to amend section 2 of the …

Aadhaar Bill finally becomes law

Opposition moves amendments to the Bill and questions government on its 'hurry' to pass the Bill; the latter however, overrides the objections to …

Political economy of welfare

The BJP-led government's change of heart for big-ticket rural programmes says a lot about its dwindling political fortune

Civil v political

Arguably, this is the hottest political summer for Delhi. Reason: friction between anti-corruption activists and the Union government over the …

Coconuts: Goa's trees or grass?

Goa government's decision to derecognise coconut palm as a tree has left the state's trademark tree at the mercy of developers

What ‘third-term fever’ tells us about the state of democracy in Africa

This year no fewer than 16 elections will take place in Africa, many of which involve removing presidential term limits. The motives are worth …

Madras High Court directs to restrict plastic flag use in elections

The court has asked the Election Commission to come up with a concrete plan to curtail their usage

US Matters

The world is already celebrating the US' emissions reduction framework. Our research shows the US climate change action plan is neither ambitious …

PM chooses to continue with UPA’s 2013 Land Acquisition Act

A much-elated Opposition said that the government had to give in to popular sentiment 

People’s manifesto

Political parties reverse trend, seek people’s suggestions to draft manifesto

Whose flat is it anyway

Resettlement of slum dwellers remains confined to political agenda

Everybody’s loss

Delisting fruits and vegetables from APMC Act in Congress-ruled states will not benefit farmers

Foreign Vedanta funds Cong, BJP

Delhi High Court directs government to take action against the parties within six months

Punjab's paddy dilemma

In 2009, Punjab became the first state in the country to enact a law banning the sowing of rice before a stipulated date. The aim was to arrest …