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Controversial Questions Day 90: Should India formally recognize the Armenian genocide and other historical atrocities?
Day 90: Should India formally recognize the Armenian genocide and other historical atrocities? THE STAKES In April 2024, the Indian government abstained from a UN vote on a resolut…
Controversial Questions Day 89: Does India punch below its weight in global diplomacy?
Day 89: Does India punch below its weight in global diplomacy? THE STAKES Last month, India abstained on a UN Security Council resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—it…
Controversial Questions Day 88: Is the Agnipath military scheme a cost-cutting measure disguised as reform?
Day 88: Is the Agnipath military scheme a cost-cutting measure disguised as reform? THE STAKES In June 2022, the government unveiled Agnipath, a radical overhaul of military recrui…
Controversial Questions Day 87: Should India do more for the Tamil population in Sri Lanka?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 87: Should India do more for the Tamil population in Sri Lanka? THE STAKES Last month, Sri Lanka’s President Ran…
Controversial Questions Day 86: Is India’s Relationship with Russia Sustainable Post-Ukraine?
Day 86: Is India’s Relationship with Russia Sustainable Post-Ukraine? THE STAKES Last month, India abstained from yet another UN vote condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—its 12…
Controversial Questions Day 85: Should India have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council — and is it close?
Day 85: Should India have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council — and is it close? THE STAKES Last month, India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar stood before the UN …
Controversial Questions Day 84: Was the surgical strike narrative politically amplified?
Day 84: Was the surgical strike narrative politically amplified? THE STAKES In June 2024, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking a probe into the 2016 surgical strikes, cal…
Controversial Questions Day 83: Is Pakistan a neighbor to engage or a problem to contain?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 83: Is Pakistan a neighbor to engage or a problem to contain? THE STAKES Last month, India’s External Affairs Mi…
Controversial Questions Day 82: Should India take a clearer side — US or multipolar?
Day 82: Should India take a clearer side — US or multipolar? THE STAKES Last month, India abstained from a UN vote condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the fifth time. Days …
Controversial Questions Day 81: Is India’s China policy in denial about the border situation?
Day 81: Is India’s China policy in denial about the border situation? THE STAKES In April 2024, satellite images revealed China constructing a new village in Arunachal Pradesh—terr…
Controversial Questions Day 80: Should dowry cases have more scrutiny to prevent misuse?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 80: Should dowry cases have more scrutiny to prevent misuse? THE STAKES In June 2024, the Supreme Court quashed …
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 79
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 79 Is India’s patriarchy uniquely resistant to change? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court declined to criminalise marital rape, citing the "san…
Controversial Questions Day 78: Should hijab be permitted in government schools?
Day 78: Should hijab be permitted in government schools? THE STAKES In February 2022, six Muslim girls in Karnataka’s Udupi district were barred from entering their government pre-…
Controversial Questions Day 77: Is female foeticide a cultural problem or an economic one?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 77: Is female foeticide a cultural problem or an economic one? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court directed…
Controversial Questions Day 76: Should LGBTQ+ partnerships have legal recognition?
Day 76: Should LGBTQ+ partnerships have legal recognition? THE STAKES In October 2023, the Supreme Court of India declined to legalise same-sex marriage, instead directing Parliame…
Controversial Questions Day 75: Is the two-child policy proposal a population control tool or a minority targeting tool?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 75: Is the two-child policy proposal a population control tool or a minority targeting tool? THE STAKES In June …
Controversial Questions Day 74: Should marital rape be criminalized?
Day 74: Should marital rape be criminalized? THE STAKES In May 2024, the Delhi High Court delivered a split verdict on petitions challenging the exception in Section 375 of the Ind…
Controversial Questions Day 73: Is India’s #MeToo moment over — and why?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 73: Is India’s #MeToo moment over — and why? THE STAKES In October 2023, the Delhi High Court quashed a sexual h…
Controversial Questions Day 72: Should sex work be decriminalized in India?
Day 72: Should sex work be decriminalized in India? THE STAKES In August 2024, the Supreme Court of India began hearing a petition challenging the constitutionality of the Immoral …
Controversial Questions Day 71: Was the triple talaq ban genuine reform or political targeting?
Day 71: Was the triple talaq ban genuine reform or political targeting? THE STAKES In April 2024, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a fresh challenge to the 2019 law criminalising i…