How the court will look into the discussed evidence of alleged quid pro quo arrangements may well go on to define the future of India’s electoral democracy and transparency in political funding.

Though having a counter-majoritarian role, the Supreme Court remains subjugated, and the clueless and organisationally incohesive INDIA bloc has done nothing to counter the BJP’s move.

Given the lack of political will to prioritise principles, due process, and constitutional integrity, how and to what extent the Commission addresses these issues with an 'independent, non-partisan mandate' will remain a question requiring its own answer.

The discussion must move from being an ego tussle between the Modi government and farmers, into a clear fiscal priority for the government.

What was interesting to see was an implicit acknowledgment made by the finance minister of the government’s reassurance to working for the progressive development of the most ignored sections of the Modi government’s fiscal policy: the poor, the youth, women and farmers of the nation.

As India celebrates its 75th Republic Day, we must refresh the essence of our constitution’s basic structure and moral values

The most important issues affecting the nation’s electorate are rising inequality and no jobs. Both go missing in the noise around BJP’s 'Pran Pratishtha' in Ayodhya and Congress’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra

At a time when the federal faith in Centre-state relations is at its weakest link and remains deeply politicised, it would be interesting to see how Aravind Panagariya and his team go ahead with the difficult work cut out for them.

The political opposition should take lessons from people's movements.

‘Crisis’ needs to be viewed not in terms of present debt volume but in the larger trend and macroeconomic connection observable between rising government debt and other macro aggregates.

Fiscal cooperation and transparent decision-making are vital for protecting a state’s constitutionally safeguarded fiscal space, while enhancing macroeconomic stability. 

There is a strong case for the government – and the opposition – to recognise how the Modi government and its allied group of companies profited at the cost of the poor.

Productivism differs from neoliberalism in giving governments and civil society a significant role. It puts less faith in markets and is suspicious of large corporations.

Things cannot look darker for any opposition alliance hoping to stand against the BJP at this point. The state assembly poll results are a hard wake-up call for all the INDIA alliance members.

Modi’s New India – amidst a rising, ideological wave of Hindutva – embraces Godse’s violence and an eye for an eye vengeance-seeking mindset.

Instances of large-scale public corruption (or an environment of perceived corrupt political elite) and a rise in religious conservatism, in addition to other factors, contributed to the rise of right-wing populist movements.

Oleksandr Svitych's new book provides an empirical answer to this question.

What does it mean for those who are powerless, and apathetically ignored due to the exceptionalism and presumed moral superiority of a force that builds its moral foreign policy structure around projected values aligned to its own narrow self-interest?

A pivot towards Asia now by world powers reflects a startling shift in the priorities attributed towards developing countries. But is India in a position to make best use of it?

Most GDP calculations work primarily on ‘estimates’ made with ‘extrapolations’ from growth-driving sectoral trends based on real-time trends. The real question is whether these ‘extrapolations’ end up reflecting India’s actual economic situation during a period of time.