When the Camera Becomes the Crime: Delhi Police and the Policing of Protest
The images from New Delhi in the second week of October were not merely those of a city under security lockdown. They were images of a democracy testing the limits of its own tolerance: students dragged into buses, journalists pushed behind barricades, phones seized, footage demanded to be deleted, and young people alleging beatings in […]
INDIA Bloc “Chalo Dilli” March: The Dance of Democracy
Central Delhi transformed into a sprawling canvas of political resistance on 12 October 2026 as thousands of opposition supporters, citizens, and youth activists flooded the streets, marching decisively toward the Supreme Court. Led by the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, along with senior leaders of the INDIA bloc, the “Chalo […]
A capital under lockdown
On 11 October 2026, New Delhi did not merely witness a protest being policed; it witnessed the act of witnessing itself being criminalised. As demonstrators gathered across central Delhi to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid anger over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, the Delhi Police mounted one of […]
Supreme Court orders restoration of services in Delhi as protests over CEC and voter rolls continue; four arrested for assault
The Supreme Court on Sunday directed the restoration of metro and train services, internet connectivity and free movement of people in the national capital in accordance with law, while also barring detentions of peaceful and unarmed individuals outside areas covered by Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. The order came even as the […]
The Voice That Still Echoes: Remembering Jagjit Singh on His Fifteenth Death Anniversary
Fifteen years after the silence fell on 10 October 2011, the voice of Jagjit Singh continues to arrive unbidden in quiet rooms, on long drives, and in moments when the heart needs a companion who understands without demanding explanation. He did not merely sing ghazals; he restored their dignity in an age that had begun […]
Delhi Locked Down as Youth Protesters, Opposition Leaders Detained Over Voter Roll Row
Heavy security, transit shutdowns and preventive arrests mark Saturday’s attempt to reach Jantar Mantar demanding CEC’s resignation The national capital remained under an extensive security blanket on Saturday as police and central forces prevented a planned march to Jantar Mantar by the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), supported by sections of the INDIA bloc and […]
Delhi Under Siege: Fortress Capital Braces for October 10 Showdown Over Voting Rights
As multi-layered barricades choke the city’s arteries and security forces seal its borders, citizens, student groups and the opposition converge on a high-stakes demand: the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and an end to the contested Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.An eerie, suffocating silence has enveloped the national capital. Visually, New Delhi […]
Nana Patekar: The Unyielding Flame of Indian Cinema
In the early hours of 8 October 2026, the screen fell silent.Nana Patekar, born Vishwanath Patekar on 1 January 1951 in the coastal town of Murud-Janjira, left this world at the age of 75. He departed from his residence in Goa after a cardiac arrest that no amount of medical effort could reverse. What remains […]
When the Apex Court Draws a Line: Form 6 and the Crisis of Collegial Authority
The architecture of democratic institutions rests on a simple but non-negotiable premise: those charged with safeguarding the electoral process must themselves operate within the bounds of collective responsibility and statutory restraint. On 5 October 2026, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, delivered an oral observation that […]
Soul of the Republic: When Mass Voter Deletions Strike at the Heart of the Constitution
A Constitutional Alarm from the Bench In recent days, two voices from India’s higher judiciary have cut through the administrative fog surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls with uncommon clarity and urgency. Sitting Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and retired Supreme Court Judge Rohinton Fali Nariman have each, in separate public interventions, […]
