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.
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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?
Neha Bora: The Young Face of India’s Democratic Hope
From a 23-day hunger strike to the barricades of Jantar Mantar, Neha Bora has emerged as a striking voice of India’s youth, defending dissent, citizenship and the right to vote.
Ram Rajya and Secularism
Ram Rajya existed centuries before the word secularism entered political language. Yet its ideal of just rule, equal protection and the welfare of all can help us understand why secularism has become central to modern India.
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.
When Krishna Meets Christ: Celebrating the Oneness of Divine Love
As we celebrate Janmashtami, let us look beyond religion and tradition to celebrate Krishna and Christ as two radiant expressions of one Divine Love, guiding humanity towards unity.
