Analysis

Dec 29, 20229 min read

Federalism Elsewhere: Canada's "Nations Within A Nation"

Alberta wants to enact a Sovereignty Act over the hostility and neglect of the Canadian Federal Government. It shows that fundamental...

Feb 24, 20223 min read

The Governor: not a mere lapdog

Or at least not intended as such - An exploration of Article 167 of the Constitution The contentious nature of the relationship between...

Jul 9, 20214 min read

CoWIN: an unheralded success

CoWIN's success as a vaccine management has been crucial in the fight against COVID-19.

Jul 8, 20218 min read

Analysing The “Right to Repair” & India’s Possible Choices

Analysing The “Right to Repair” & India’s Possible Choices in Creating a More Sustainable Electronics Industry

Jun 7, 20214 min read

Ludo, Chappals and more: Why Courts decide on what seems inane

Courts decide on what seem to be inane matters regularly, why? Our Constitutional Courts rightly receive a significant amount of scrutiny...

Jun 5, 20212 min read

Is Twitter going to be banned?

Too Long, Don't Read: NO. For an explanation, Read on. The question of whether or not Twitter is going to be banned or not has dominated...

Apr 29, 20217 min read

Eroom's Law might be broken partially, and that will be a great breakthrough

A few musings on how COVID-19 vaccine development has changed the pharma industry. It’s been a year since the COVID-19 Pandemic broke out...

Apr 23, 20219 min read

Why a Super League? Club football's deal with the devil

12 major European Clubs were going to form their own "super-league". It crashed and burned. An exploration of the reasons behind creation...

Apr 14, 20215 min read

Kerala's struggles with waste management

and the half-hearted efforts by many Urban Local Bodies to combat it. One of the consequences of the great ‘Gulf Boom’ that took millions...

Mar 23, 20215 min read

Courts as Legislatures: It doesn’t work

The Judiciary regularly steps into the domain of the Executive and Legislature, but it’s interference only hampers the common man. The...

Feb 23, 20218 min read

The Question of Cyber Sovereignty

India’s pursuit of cyber sovereignty will likely define the next decade. The ban of Tik Tok along with 59 other Chinese-made applications...

Feb 20, 20219 min read

Unravelling Backdoor appointments, the struggle of PSC rankholders and what ails Kerala Politics

The issue of ‘backdoor appointments’ to government and public sector jobs have animated politics in the state. What is the reality of the...

Feb 15, 20213 min read

Twitter cannot be the arbiter of free speech in India

Some comments on The Hindu Op-Ed published on 15/02/2021 written by Gautham Bhatia about Twitter and Free Speech Rights in India....

Feb 14, 20213 min read

Another Assault on the Tantri, Temple And Tradition.

From An Unknown Utsavam, Credits: Mathrubhumi The inherent dissonance in the State Government(s) running Hindu Religious Institutions and...

Jan 7, 20215 min read

Neopatrimonialism in India: the case of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

Francis Fukuyama, the renowned political scientist notes in his book ‘Political Order and Political Decay’ that many Sub-Saharan African...

Dec 22, 202012 min read

The Great Red Resurgence

An Analysis of the 2020 Kerala Local Body Elections A jubilant Chief Minister Pinrayi Vijayan with other LDF leaders: Communist Party of...

Dec 14, 20204 min read

Can HR & CE Departments be secular?

No, they cannot. On the recent decision of the Karnataka High Court to dismiss two petitions challenging the appointment of two...

Dec 12, 20205 min read

The Inevitable Death of Two Front Politics in Kerala

K. Karunakaran (UDF) and E.K. Naynar (LDF) who were the scions of the two fronts in the 1980s and 1990s. Since the Assembly elections in...

Sep 20, 20205 min read

Communist Green, Gold and Red

Communist Green (Chromolaena odorata) an invasive plant species, seen in Road sides of Kerala The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has...

May 29, 20203 min read

China: A paper tiger? [Guest Post]

China has recently heightened its rhetoric against Taiwan and has moved against Hong Kong’s autonomy, while initiating a standoff against...