The Parliament building—considered by many as a functioning monument—has frequently faced maintenance issues. Once, a huge chunk of the ceiling fell in a minister’s room which was right below the kitchen. read more

While we celebrate the Constitution, it is time to build a national consensus so that the Constitution is a charter that speaks to our own needs and aspirations today. The time for borrowing is over. read more

It is encouraging to note that the election manifesto of the Congress commits that, if voted to power, it will ensure that the total public expenditure on education will reach 6% of GDP by 2023-24. The CPI (M), too, has made a similar commitment in its... read more

Contrary to these prophets of doom, we have stayed united, and somewhat democratic. However, as we mark the completion of 69 years as a Republic, a sober reflection is called for read more

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In the 70th year of the Republic, “We the People” must reward their imagination by emerging from the littleness and binaries of our current public discourse, and expanding our own political imagination of the possibilities for the future of India. read more

From the earliest day of the Republic, there haves been allegations that the central government is undermining the autonomy of the states read more

Kaushik Basu questions the moorings of Law and Economics to show that political groups with retrograde ideas cannot further the cause of justice read more

Law and the rule of law must create a secular lens that refracts stereotypes and prejudices read more

No Indian democrat should have misgivings about Nehru’s emphatic rejection of the RSS’s overtures to him in 1949. Had our first prime minister allowed the RSS into the Congress fold 70 years ago, the Republic would have been corroded from the start read more