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By Sujit Bhar International financial scenarios present rather interesting paradoxes. While news of Americans falling behind on car payments at a record pace seems disturbing, bringing back memori...

Despite promises of “Nagrik Suraksha”, India’s criminal justice system continues to falter, leaving citizens vulnerable and emboldening criminals

In a landmark ruling, the US Supreme Court has limited President Donald Trump’s expansive use of executive orders, reinforcing judicial independence and the sanctity of constitutional governance

From royal feuds to forgotten partitions, India’s judicial system holds records for cases that have spanned decades—some still unresolved

Irrespective of the fate of the likes of Akash Anand in BSP and Abhishek Banerjee in TMC, nepotism has by and large ruled the roost in Indian politics and spread its tentacles across political parties, including the Congress and the ruling BJP. Should privilege outdo merit?

By Sujit Bhar While the US capitalist environment allows the growth and subsequent nurturing of super commercial behemoths, the system, at the same time, also has mechanisms that can break monopo...

A century after Clara Zetkin’s call for women’s liberation, March 8 remains a symbolic gesture—a day for stocktaking, not celebration

By Dilip Bobb Last week, two Supreme Court judges travelled 5,000 miles to Kenya. No, not for a wildlife safari, but for a week-long engagement between the two Supreme Courts. Justices BR Gavai an...

When a Congress MP laced a video uploaded on social media with a particular poem with a large message, an FIR was filed against him. The Gujarat High Court refused to quash that FIR, but the top court observed that the police of this country are yet to comprehend the basics of free speech even after 75 years of the Constitution

The recently concluded Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj was not just a religious gathering; it was a grand spectacle where spiritual devotion clashed with VIP privilege, leaving millions of ordinary pilgrims to fend for themselves in chaos, filth, and neglect