Neera Chandhoke

Oct 2, 2024 | thewire.in | Neera Chandhoke

Sep 30, 2024 | deccanherald.com | Neera Chandhoke

Politics presents us with dilemmas, and according to philosopher Bimal Matilal dilemmas cannot be solved, they can only be resolved. The resolution of a dilemma involves the making of intelligent choices. The choices are often painful. In a school in Badlapur, Maharashtra, two girl-children aged 3 and 4, were sexually abused in the school washroom on August 13, by a 23-year-old cleaner Akshay Shinde.

Sep 16, 2024 | deccanherald.com | Neera Chandhoke

Scholars of international politics tell us that a country cannot aspire to the status of a great power unless it is at peace with itself, and with its neighbours. Ironically, the public relations department of the Narendra Modi government has allotted to the prime minister the status of a Vishwaguru despite ongoing violence in Manipur, and substantiated this claim by the carnivalesque ordering of the G20 meeting in October 2023.

Sep 15, 2024 | thewire.in | Neera Chandhoke

Aug 4, 2024 | deccanherald.com | Neera Chandhoke

The Supreme Court judgement on August 1, mandated by a 6-1 majority that state governments can sub-categorise castes within the Scheduled Castes on the basis of social-economic backwardness, and degree of under-representation in government jobs. This will ensure that the larger share of the 15 per cent quota will go to this section. The intention is to rule out the creamy layer from the ambit of reservations. Justice Bela Trivedi dissented on two counts.