A new year has begun. Yet 2019 isn’t just another year. It’s a year when, with general election looming, India is faced with a fundamental question: What is the ‘new India’ that we seek as citizens?
The drumbeat for a Ram mandir is building to a fever pitch. Unspeakable violence is still being wreaked in the name of the cow. There are attempts to broaden the surveillance powers of the Big State by allowing certain agencies to get access to personal computers in the name of ‘national security’. Farm loan waivers are being offered as lollipops. Civilian deaths in Kashmir continue to mount.
The question arises: Is there a creeping attempt to rewrite the Constitution by practice even while paying lip service Read More
