India has steadily expanded the technological capacity of the state to identify, track, and classify individuals. Technology itself is not the concern. Every modern democracy requires effective investigative tools. The constitutional question is whether expanding executive power has been matched by equally robust legal safeguards, democratic oversight, and accountability.

Building the nation had entirely different meanings in the aftermath of Independence.

India's Constitution envisioned a republic built upon liberty as well as authority, freedom as well as order, citizenship as well as governance. Those principles remain among the country's greatest strengths.

Colonisation referred to by Hindu nationalists did not begin with the British imperialism. Prime Minister Modi claimed that India had been colonised for 1,200 years. According to Mohan Bhagwat, the RSS Sarsanghchalak (chief), India had been colonised for 1,500 years.

There is a total lack of trust between the Meitei and Muslim communities. Both look at each other with fear and suspicion.

The phrase is now so prevalent and has multiple meanings to the point that it is impossible to agree on a common definition.

It is a great privilege for me to accept this honour from the Shah Waliullah Institute. Honestly, I was reluctant at first and had declined this recognition multiple times.

Delivering the presidential address at the inaugural session, Professor Akhtarul Wasey stated that Unani medicine and Urdu share an ancient relationship; it is not just a method of treatment but also a cultural attitude.

Dr. Tasneem Suhrawardy, a Professor at St Stephen’s College, University of Delhi was well known academically for her specialisation in Indian Medieval History.

The war involving Iran, the subsequent US-Iran agreement, and the major geopolitical shifts surrounding both unfolded largely without meaningful European involvement.

If Israel continues on this path, an all-out uprising may become imminent, and new, unexpected fronts could open up simultaneously.

On November 21, the ICC issued its historic ruling to arrest Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The decision represented a measure of hope, however faint, that the world is finally ready to hold Israel accountable for its many crimes. 2025 could, indeed, represent that watershed moment.