It is time to deepen our conversations with high purpose, inspired by poetic imagination and infused with literary excellence.

Turning down the joint petition of 14 opposition parties against the alleged misuse of central probe agencies, the apex court has sought to underline the clear delineation of powers between the executive and judiciary. But, the court has a role to play when democratic principles are under threat.

The Ordinance sought to be introduced by the United Progressive Alliance government was intended to introduce a provision for appeal to address the harsh operation of the law.

India under its incumbent leadership is in the grips of an unprecedented variety of problems, but an alternate leadership and a transformative agenda for national renewal are nowhere in sight.

Only when we realise how far away we have moved from the quest for ideal democracy, will we find ways to do this.

Our flailing and floundering response as a nation to an unprecedented catastrophe will be etched in public memory as an unpardonable sin by those entrusted with the destiny of the nation.

The farmers' protest asserts that elected governments cannot show a brazen disdain to popular sensitivities, for a democratic nation is synonymous with the assertion of people's power against injustice.

Existentialist questions of the day magnify the importance of inspiring leadership committed to a liberal, inclusive and a truly egalitarian order.

The UK Prime Minister's upcoming visit may result in negotiations for a special and preferential relationship between both countries