Tag: BJP
Of Monsters and Men: JNU v/s the Anti-national State
Written by Sourya Reddy
The day is like what’ve come to expect of any other in Delhi: filled with unease and tension over where the...
No Country for Student Dissent?
Written by Sourya Reddy
“It’s blatantly obvious isn’t it? They’ve been badgering us for so long — they’ve tried changing the way we learn, tried...
Episode 3: The Right Start — Beating the Single-Use Plastic Problem
Narrated by Sumit K. Yadav
While it was earlier speculated and suggested that there will be a complete ban on single-use plastics, the government has...
The Bastion Dialogues: Parth Shah
Parth J. Shah (PS), Founder and Chairman of the Centre for Civil Society and the Director of the Indian School of Public Policy (ISPP),...
Can the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Pull Manual Scavengers out of the...
Co-authored by Simran Taneja and Avantika Bunga
Every year since 2014, during the weeks approaching October 2, in addition to the values, morals and politics...
Weighing Priorities within India’s Coastal Contests
Co-authored by Kanishk Srinivasan and Pratik Purswani
Coastal Regulation Zones (CRZs) attempt to address the vagaries of development along India’s coastline. Before 1991, very little...
Silencing Talkies – India’s Politicised Film Censorship
Co-created by Ashni Acharya and Kartik Sundar
In the face of a rapidly expanding call for swaraj during the 1900s, the British Raj heavily censored...
Too Good to be True? Exploring India’s Refreshed Relations with Sri...
Sri Lanka’s tryst with destiny began in 1948. The island nation, separated from India by the Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar, has since...
Monument Mitras: Preserving National Heritage or Furthering Corporate Ambition?
Understanding the Context
The ‘Monument Mitra’ is a plan of action devised by the BJP government to contain and control the systemic decay and deterioration...
Fighting the Good Fight: Can Indian Liberal Institutions Stay True to...
Written by Tanvi Mehta
While creating the education system for independent India, the first Education Minister, Maulana Azad, shouldered the responsibility of creating an institution...