S. Vikram, Political Commentator

The State That Abandons Law Abandons Itself

April 1, 2026

Last Monday, the Knesset passed a law making the death penalty the....

The Republic of Silence: When a Democracy Stops Reacting to Power’s Predation

March 27, 2026

A spectre is haunting Indian democracy — the spectre of its own....

The Memory That Wrote the Law Buddhism, Brahminism, and the Fear of Irreversible Exit

March 25, 2026

Series: The Conversion Laws — Three Essays Part I · The Law....

Older Than It Looks The Law’s Hidden Lineage

March 24, 2026

Series: The Conversion Laws — Three Essays Part I · The Law....

The Law That Tries to Police the Soul

March 21, 2026

Series: The Conversion Laws — Three Essays Part I · The Law....

Dying in the Dark

March 20, 2026

Sewer Deaths, Caste, the Swachh Bharat Fraud, and the Civilisational Failure India....

The Traitor and the Aggressor

March 19, 2026

On Sofia Firdous, Victim-Blaming, and the Epistemic Cowardice of India’s Democratic Conscience....

Beyond Constructive Opposition

March 17, 2026

The phrase ‘constructive opposition’ has hardened into dogma. Yesterday’s analysis laid bare....

A Case Against Constructive Opposition

March 14, 2026

In the grammar of Indian politics, few phrases have become as dogmatic....

Three Conditions and a Silence

March 13, 2026

Pezeshkian’s Ceasefire Gambit, the Mediators He Chose, and the Countries He Did....

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