Half the world, double the trouble
External Affairs Ministry may have chosen Chokila Iyer as foreign secretary, but it hasn’t been the most gender-fair places to work in, reports JYOTI MALHOTRA.



Mahatma as metaphor
The Gandhian alternative begins by constructing the grassroots basis of Indian democracy, a basis that has been completely eroded.



Towards a contrived stability
When the Government set up the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution of India last year, it was against the backdrop of the BJP’s rather peculiar performance in three consecutive general elections.



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