Politics

**Politics** is the process by which individuals and groups make decisions about how a society is governed. It involves the exercise of power, negotiation, leadership, and the implementation of laws and policies. Politics shapes the distribution of resources, rights, and responsibilities, influencing everything from local governance to international relations. It is a key mechanism through which citizens engage with the state, express their interests, and hold leaders accountable.

Tea Garden Communities in Assam: Intersection of Class & Gender Discrimination

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Tea pickers in Assam tea fields

Gender inequality is considered a significant issue in India, as the nation ranks 123 out of 189 countries in the United Nations Gender Inequality Index, indicating that major work needs to be done to reduce the gender gap across the country (ETP, 2022). Assam, a state in northeast India, has a growing population of nearly 31 million.

A University on Its Knees: The Suspension That Shamed Jamia’s Administration

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Jamia Millia Islamia University has placed a faculty member of its Department of Social Work under suspension following widespread complaints over the content of a recent semester question paper. According to official orders issued on December 23, the professor who set the first-semester examination paper for the BA (Honours) Social Work course has been suspended with immediate effect.

The Evolution of Boko Haram from a local insurgency group into a global Security threat: A contemporary PESTLE analysis of Boko Haram’s rise

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Terrorism is widely recognised as a complex phenomenon shaped by multiple factors, including ideological motivations, political objectives, social grievances, and the strategic use of violence against non-combatants.

Suspicion as Evidence: The Legal Puzzle of Preventive Detention

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Preventive detention

Preventive detention, while constitutionally permissible, embodies a dangerous paradox as it seeks to preserve democracy by momentarily suspending its core value: liberty. What was intended as a temporary emergency provision has evolved into a permanent feature of governance, frequently used for administrative convenience rather than genuine security threats.

A Historic Mandate And Democracy’s Response to Anti-Muslim Xenophobia in the West

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New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani celebrates during an election night event in Brooklyn, New York City, November 4, 2025. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

Mamdani’s biography itself challenges the xenophobic narratives that have come to define anti-Muslim political campaigns in the West. Born in Kampala, Uganda, in 1991, he represents the cosmopolitan heritage of contemporary multiculturalism. His father, Mahmood Mamdani, is a renowned academic and professor of government and anthropology at Columbia University