Alika Raina Oct 16, 2020 9 min A Beautiful Place for God Alika Raina explores the complex history surrounding Hagia Sophia and the reasons behind the reconversion.
Saahas Arora Oct 8, 2020 10 min India's Farm Bills: Open Market or Oppression India's recently enacted farm "reforms" have started a spree of protests. Saahas Arora explores if the reforms benefit farmers or middle-men
Pranav Manie Sep 25, 2020 6 min Head In The Cloud: how MOOCs and ed-tech are changing India’s education landscape in the pandemic. As online education becomes the new normal, Pranav Manie explores the role of MOOC platforms in Indian education.
Saahas Arora Sep 25, 2020 7 min Dissecting Damage Recovery Mechanism in India and the Way Ahead Saahas Arora examines the complex legal history behind Damage recovery mechanisms in India and the way forward.
Abhay Gupta Sep 23, 2020 5 min A Tormented History of Conflict Is there a historical reason underlying Belarus' conundrum? Abhay Gupta explores in this piece about the country's troubled past.
Anshu Saikia Sep 23, 2020 5 min An Economy As Broken as Democracy Anshu Saikia explores the economic considerations underlying the protests in Belarus and how the regime emptied the country's coffers.
Varshini Sridhar Sep 23, 2020 7 min The Fledgling Opposition of Belarus What is it like to run an opposition party in a dictatorship? Varshini Sridhar explores the dilemmas facing the opposition in Belarus.
Pratiksha Pathak Sep 23, 2020 7 min Has the World Let Belarus Down? While Belarus descended into protests, the world has been accused of being a mute spectator. Pratiksha Pathak explores this allegation.
Sangavi Sep 23, 2020 6 min Russia and Europe's Last Dictatorship As part of our Special Report on Belarus' pro-democracy protests, Sangavi explores the relationship between Russia and the Lukashenko regime
Maumita Banerjee Sep 23, 2020 7 min The Brutal Crackdown in Belarus The police crackdown in Belarus to the protests has been brutal and extremely repressive, Maumita Banerjee explores the State response.
Bhavya Pandey Sep 20, 2020 6 min India Has a New Environmental Policy, But Whom Does It Really Benefit? India recently announced a new Environmental Policy that seeks to harmonize the country's enormous developmental needs and environmental
Devi VM Aug 28, 2020 7 min The Systemic Exploitation of Women in India's Healthcare System Last week, India's ASHA workers - the frontline defence against COVID-19 - came out on strike to showcase the systemic apathy and lack o
Saahas Arora Aug 8, 2020 9 min Did the Rajasthan High Court Break Constitutional Precedent? The Rajasthan High Court issued an important verdict in the Sachin Pilot-Ashok Gehlot spat and Rajasthan's government formation. However
Saahas Arora Aug 3, 2020 8 min Freedom of Speech and Bail: Can Courts Deny Social Media Access? An Indian court recently granted bail to an accused on the condition that he not access social media while he is out in the world. Saahas Ar
Varshini Sridhar Aug 3, 2020 11 min COVID-19 and Lessons in City Management From Mumbai to Berlin and New York, cities across the world are facing an unprecedented crisis in dealing with COVID-19. Some are performing
Bhavya Pandey Aug 1, 2020 5 min Sino-Indian Trade: A Weapon in India's Arsenal? The recent border tensions between India and China have spawned a myriad of responses from the Indian government. Constrained in military op
Devi VM Aug 1, 2020 10 min India's Judicial Apathy for Women A recent judgement from the Karnataka High Court has thrown light on the apathy visible in several cases concerning sexual assault in Indian
Sahil Makwane Jul 23, 2020 5 min Apple Silicon will Change Society and You Should Worry Apple is announcing a new line of CPUs for its MacBook PCs. The implications of this change will be felt by the entire industry and could ev
Gurmat Singh Brar Jul 16, 2020 5 min Huntington’s South Asia Gurmat Singh Brar talks about the rise of China and its impact on South Asia, from the lens of Samuel P. Huntington’s legendary essay, "
Pratiksha Pathak Jul 11, 2020 8 min China Eclipses Hong Kong's Freedoms The Chinese government has finally enacted a draconian National Security Act, bypassing the Hong Kong legislature. A number of experts belie
Zhuo Ling Jul 4, 2020 11 min Locating the Floyd Protests in a Larger International Struggle Against Oppression What does this moment - when an overwhelming majority of Americans are rising against race prejudice - mean for the rest of world? Is it rig
Ananya Satish Jul 4, 2020 6 min COVID-19 is Taking A Sledgehammer to the US Economy The US Economy has entered a phase of catastrophic decline with unemployment numbers racing towards levels unseen since the Second World War
Aditya Tamar Jul 1, 2020 5 min The Worst Year Ever? Processing 2020 Through History and Physics A pandemic in and of itself is an intensely complicated thing to process, even at the best of times. Aditya Tamar tries to explain the art o
Saahas Arora Jun 9, 2020 7 min India's COVID Related Data is Highly Questionable From an agency that suddenly stopped reporting influenza-related data, to changing testing criterias and methodologies, India's COVID da