The government’s brazen acts shouldn’t go unchallenged. Even in the United States, the biggest capitalist society in the world, political funding is far more transparent than it is in India.

The former Kerala chief minister was a Congress stalwart and an undying democrat.

The clueless government in Manipur has resorted to a sweeping internet shutdown in its effort to contain misinformation. It has only helped spawn an industry in fake news besides ruining daily livelihoods.

Recent changes in MPLADS ignore who it is mainly aimed at: the poorest of the poor. Instead, it seeks to Centralise the scheme's functioning.