Controversial Questions
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Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 40
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 40 Should the PM be more accountable to Parliament? THE STAKES In July 2024, the Opposition staged a walkout from Parliament, accusing the Prime Mini…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 39
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 39 Is Hindutva a legitimate political ideology or a form of ethnic nationalism? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court heard a petition challenging…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 38
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 38 Has BJP changed India permanently or is a correction possible? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court struck down the electoral bonds scheme, ca…
Controversial Questions Day 37: Is the media in India captured or merely consolidated?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 37: Is the media in India captured or merely consolidated? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court heard a peti…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 36
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 36 Was GST implementation a success or an avoidable disaster for small business? THE STAKES In July 2024, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAI…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 35
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 35 Is India sliding toward authoritarianism or stabilizing toward strong governance? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court’s electoral bonds verdi…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 34
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 34 Is the ED and CBI being weaponized against opponents? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 33
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 33 Has demonetization ever been honestly evaluated? THE STAKES In August 2023, the Supreme Court upheld the government’s 2016 decision to demonetize …
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 32
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 32 Is the opposition genuinely weak or systematically weakened? THE STAKES Last week, the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister …
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 31
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 31 Is Modi India’s most effective PM or its most divisive? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court’s verdict on the electoral bonds scheme reignited…
Controversial Questions Day 30: Is Hinduism a religion or a civilization — and does the answer change politics?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 30: Is Hinduism a religion or a civilization — and does the answer change politics? THE STAKES Last month, the K…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 29
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 29 Should temples be freed from government control? THE STAKES In January 2024, the Supreme Court declined to hear a petition challenging the Tamil N…
Controversial Questions Day 28: Is the Waqf Board system constitutionally justifiable?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 28: Is the Waqf Board system constitutionally justifiable? THE STAKES In July 2024, the Supreme Court agreed to …
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 27
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 27 Did the demolition of Babri Masjid make India more or less stable? THE STAKES On January 22, 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Ra…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 26
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 26 Should religious conversion be regulated by the state? THE STAKES In June 2024, the Uttarakhand High Court upheld the state’s anti-conversion law,…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 25
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 25 Is the love jihad narrative real or manufactured? THE STAKES In October 2023, the Uttar Pradesh government arrested a Muslim man under the state’s…
Controversial Questions The Great Indian Debate — Day 24: Should cow slaughter be banned nationally?
The Great Indian Debate — Day 24: Should cow slaughter be banned nationally? THE STAKES In June 2024, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a petition challenging the constitutional va…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 23
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 23 Is the RSS a cultural organization or a political army? THE STAKES In June 2024, the Supreme Court heard a petition challenging the RSS’s tax-exem…
Controversial Questions Day 22: Should the state fund religious institutions at all?
Day 22: Should the state fund religious institutions at all? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court heard a petition challenging the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to alloca…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 21
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 21 Is India’s secularism anti-Hindu? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court heard a petition challenging the Places of Worship Act, 1991, which fre…