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Six decades after it was officially banned in India, the spectre of dowry still hangs over many corners of the country. Last week, a 28-year-old woman living less than an hour from the nation’s capital was burnt alive, allegedly by her husband and mother-in-law, over an additional dowry demand. Such cases are reported with alarming frequency, laying bare one of Indian society’s gravest failings

Confronted by Donald Trump’s tariff shock and the lure of a cautious thaw with China, India is reshaping its foreign policy  playbook for a harsher, multipolar world

By Inderjit Badhwar The summer of 2025 is shaping up to be one of those inflection points in India’s journey—moments when the tectonic plates of geopolitics shift, demanding that New Delhi recalib...

By Inderjit Badhwar In a courtroom often defined by unanimity, one voice has chosen the harder path—standing apart, questioning, dissenting. That voice belongs to Justice BV Nagarathna. Her latest...

Her stand against Justice Pancholi’s elevation is more than a disagreement—it is a warning about the credibility of the Collegium system and the future of judicial independence

An uneasy photo-op masks deeper fractures in US global leadership

In a landmark ruling, the apex court orders immediate release of  convicts who have served their sentences, exposing once again the systemic failures of India’s prison system

The scale of pendency in India is staggering, with over 50 million cases currently awaiting resolution. Yet, a closer look reveals that this deeply entrenched issue is not an intractable problem, but one with a surprisingly simple and achievable solution

This Independence Day was a celebration of freedom and sacrifice, but also a reminder of how patriotism and politics now jostle for space on a national stage meant for unity

The Bar Council of India’s three-year freeze on new institutions  exposes deep cracks in India’s legal education system