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Articles by Shubhrastha

Questioning Ram Mandir theft is a dharmic duty

Any controversy surrounding donations to the Ram Mandir, whether ultimately substantiated or disproved, cannot therefore be reduced to an accounting dispute.

Updated on Jul 7, 2026 01:03 IST

India’s politics must reflect the ambitions of its women

Women parliamentarians across party lines should have recognised the need for collective action and done more to translate moral legitimacy into procedural success. (AP)

Updated on Apr 27, 2026 14:51 IST

What the State fails to get about dissent

The measure of a confident democracy lies precisely in its ability to engage dissent without immediately recasting it as threat. (Santosh Kumar/HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 29, 2026 16:17 IST

Factors driving the current pushback against Mandal

In Maharashtra, Maratha elites continue to command significant control over cooperative and rural institutional networks even while pressing for backward designation. (PTI)

Updated on Mar 12, 2026 15:21 IST

Political consulting and democratic accountability

Indian campaigns generate intimate political knowledge — booth-level assessments, internal surveys, volunteer networks, leadership vulnerabilities, and fundraising architectures. (Raju Shinde/HT Photo)

Updated on Feb 9, 2026 15:37 IST

Vande Mataram: A nod to culture, not theology

If India is to uphold a nationalism worthy of its civilisational heritage, it must acknowledge the spiritual and literary foundations of its freedom struggle, nurture symbols that weave community rather than fracture it, and trust the plural instincts of its people more than the insecurities of its politics. (PTI)

Updated on Dec 21, 2025 14:29 IST

Never-ending wait for Bihar’s transformation

Women remain underrepresented as legislators, organisational leaders and policy shapers. Bihar thus represents a distinctive feminist paradox — women as the infrastructure of political participation but rarely its architects. (@CEOBihar X/ANI)

Updated on Nov 14, 2025 17:20 IST

Mandal, market, migration: The story of Bihar’s long exile

Migration became the state’s largest export, with workers from the state forming the backbone of construction, transport, and low-skilled urban service economies in Delhi, Punjab, Maharashtra, and the Gulf (HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 1, 2025 14:56 IST

ECI accountability call must not erode faith in democracy

A referee such as the ECI, who bristles at scrutiny forgets that in democracy, appearance and legitimacy are as important as the arithmetic of votes. (ANI Photo)

Updated on Aug 20, 2025 14:42 IST

After the conflict, the need to rebuild

Kashmiri girls look towards houses damaged by artillery shelling from Pakistan upon their return to the border village of Gingal, north of Srinagar (AP)

Updated on May 22, 2025 13:54 IST

Remembering women as the agents of history

Even in the popular imagination, woman as a historical figure remains trapped in the trifecta of tropes -- mother, martyr, or muse

Updated on Apr 30, 2025 14:23 IST

It’s time women authored Bihar’s political script

While women have long shaped the state’s moral and material grammar, their presence has not translated into proportionate power. (HT Photo)

Updated on Apr 16, 2025 14:09 IST

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