Shastri Ramachandaran

This August 5 was also a celebration of the rapid development and deployment of the Kashmir Model -- a model that begins with media control and the propaganda of development and economic progress being thwarted by political evil, legitimising the Muslim Other as the enemy, and finally culminating in plain and simple repression.

If Delhi Police has done its investigation without fear or favour, why does it want its own prosecutors?

With foreign policy now reduced to a plaything of domestic politics—as a tool to target rival parties and political leaders and select minorities—media has chosen to extend the divisive hate politics and prejudices, including racial and ethnic bias to the foreign front.

Truth is the first casualty in any military conflict. Hence, it is difficult to say which country’s leadership is more set on resolving the boundary dispute by any means.

For all the bombast of Make in India and Aatmanirbhar, domestic manufacturers have been unable to meet the demand for rapid testing kits and ventilators.

In kowtowing to the BJP, Kejriwal is seen as having betrayed those who reposed their trust in him. Although Kejriwal’s AAP voted against CAA in Parliament, his party did not take a stand on the law in its election campaign.

The levy on alcohol is an act of executive excess and deserves to be struck down for political, economic and moral reasons, among others.

In Lockdown 2.0, the emphasis was on both life and livelihood. India is entering phase 3 after much talk of economic revival, and fears over loss of livelihood claiming more lives than COVID-19.

The impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic and the pressures it has given rise to is far less on Prime Minister Narendra Modi than most of the global leaders.

Clearly, dissent, criticism of government, questioning politicians – all of which are fundamental to a democracy – have come to be treated as sedition by the police and a section of the magistracy in the prevalent political order. Such terrorising of critics and protesters endangers the very idea of democracy, writes Shastri Ramachandran.

In Outlook this week, a journalist's diary from Chennai.

This week, a diary from Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.