Kalyani Shankar

SUPER HYGEINE, TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO BE NEW NORMAL How will life change for us in the post lockdown exit period and what have we learnt from the coronavirus outbreak? As every doctor and administrator in the world claims that it will be a…

COMBATIVE GANDHIS HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT, ASKING QUESTIONS While there was disappointment within the Congress party that interim president Sonia Gandhi was not very active and former chief Rahul Gandhi was indifferent to politics, the…

CONSTANT TIFFS HURTING INDIA’S CONSTITUTIONAL FEDERALISM Should the governors and elected chief ministers confront each other even at the time of facing a pandemic? Do we need activist governors or are they mere ornamental and figureheads?…

WE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HEALTH AND ECONOMY It has been more than a month since the strict national lockdown has been in place and there are all indications that exit strategy is likely to be a staggered one, as it will take a…

RELIGION CAN GUIDE PEOPLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING What is the impact of coronavirus on religion? As the well-known German philosopher and economist Karl Marx said, religion is the “opium of the people.” For believers, world over it provides…

FORMIDABLE CHALLENGE IN TACKLING CORONA SPREAD India shut the door on the deadly Corona virus on Sunday by observing an unprecedented voluntary Janata curfew responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to stay indoors. In a…

CITIZENS HAVE SHOWN THE PATH TO CONSTITUTIONAL SECULARISM The anti-CAA protests have entered a critical phase with the courts taking cognizance of them. Though it can end only with a court verdict, the judicial process is taking long. So…

INDIA HAS TO ADJUST ITS TRADE POLICIES TO THE NEW REALITY While the novel Corona virus is leaving a trail of its victims throughout the world, it is for sure going to dent the global economy as much hard. The crisis underlines several…

CONTROVERSIAL BUT IMPERATIVE, BUDGET SESSION MAY SEE A BILL Will there be a move to contain India’s population explosion? After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced from the ramparts of the Red Fort that “keeping one’s family small is an…

FEAR OF HORSE-TRADING PEAKS AFTER FADNAVIS SUDDEN SWEARING-IN No political party has come out of the mess in the formation of the Maharashtra government smelling of roses. It sends out a clear message that they are after power and for that…

LTTE SLAYER’ MUST NOW EMBRACE PEACE, REASSURE TAMIL MINORITIES Sri Lanka People’s Front candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa, younger brother of former President Mahinda Rajapakse, is all set to take over the Sri Lankan presidency. A retired…

SUPREME COURT’S JUDGMENT WILL BE HISTORIC, SET PRECEDENTS Ayodhya is getting ready to face the impact of the Supreme Court judgment on the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmaboomi title suit by next month. The verdict will, hopefully, put a lid to the…

Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi go for a Uniform Civil Code, particularly after the prompting of the Supreme Court last week? The Apex Court has once again batted for such a Code last week, pointing out that the framers of the…