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Varanasi Diary: A Teacher Recalls And Laments Her ‘Lost City’

The people who have lived in this very 'Baba ki Nagri' have lost their roots. Earthly forces have denied them permission to stay close to the divine.

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In Favour Of ONOE
One Nation, One Election: A Long Overdue Move

India’s electoral system, which produces genuine leaders, must be designed for the country’s long-term growth

K. Vivek Reddy
Centralisation
Does India's Election Architecture Have Space For One Nation, One Election?

The idea of One Nation, One Election seems outlandish since the architecture of the election process doesn’t allow much space for it

Tanvir Aeijaz
Endangering State Powers
One Nation, One Election: The Federalism Question

Simultaneous elections will lead to the mixing of national and state-level issues, which does not serve the electorate’s best interests

S.Y. Quraishi
Constitutional Challenges
Is One Nation, One Election A Threat To Federalism?

Is One Nation, One Election a threat to federalism? Will it have an impact on the power dynamics between the Centre and the states? Will it curtail the power of state assemblies and chief ministers?

Abhik Bhattacharya
The Right to Choose
One Nation, One Predilection: A Questionable Move

This move is questionable as it assumes, or even aspires, that people vote the same way in state and national elections

Aditya Sondhi

Girisha Singh down

Maze of Lanes

I have worked in the Saraswati Kanya Inter College in Kashi for 25 years, the last 11 of those as its principal. Located in the Neelkanth Mandir mohalla beside the ancient Kashi Vishwanath temple complex, the school is around 125 years old and is one of the oldest for girls in the area. Our school suffered a lot during the creation of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor. It then remained closed for Covid in 2020. When it reopened nearly two years later, the corridor had already been built. All roads leading from across town to the temple had been blocked.