Recalling the communal warmth of the 1960s, OSWALD PEREIRA revisits a childhood where faiths mingled freely—and asks why Christians now gather in protest against attacks on their places of worship.
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Guilty Before Trial? When the Police Become Prosecutor, Judge and Jury
The preventive detention of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka raises troubling questions about police powers, executive magistrates, proportionality and the constitutional right to dissent.
Jantar Mantar: The Government Can Close a Site, Not Silence a Democracy
Jantar Mantar was built to observe the heavens. For three decades, it gave citizens a place to challenge power on earth. Its closure raises an urgent question: can a democracy survive by pushing dissent out of sight?
The Election Commission and the Credibility of Democracy
An election can change a government overnight. But if citizens begin to doubt the institution that conducts it, the damage can reach far deeper: it can shake democracy itself.
Must Christians Prove Their Faith Is Voluntary?
When a citizen must sign a declaration before entering a church, India must ask whether freedom of religion is still a constitutional right—or a privilege that minorities must prove they deserve.
The Democracy That Listens—and the Democracy That Doesn’t
Four hunger strikes over four decades—from Ladakh to the Ganga to Jantar Mantar—reveal a profound shift in how Indian governments respond to citizens who choose self-sacrifice over violence.
