25 Schools a Day: What's Behind India's Vanishing Government Schools
NITI Aayog data shows 94,000 government schools closed in a decade, with enrolment share below half for the first time. A full breakdown of the data, the RTE Act's neighbourhood-school norm, and where rationalisation is failing.
6 August 2026
Denotified, Not Freed: The Banchhada Community and the Generational Trap of Sex Work
Seven decades after denotification, the Banchhada community remains trapped in generational sex work. A full breakdown of the structural drivers, the Idate Commission's findings, and what welfare-delivery failure looks like on the ground.
6 August 2026
Bailed, Then Detained: What the Kaziranga Activist's Case Reveals About Preventive Detention in India
Assam invoked the NSA against an environmental activist a day after he was granted bail. A full breakdown of the case, and the Rekha, Ameena Begum, and A.K. Gopalan precedents on preventive detention's limits.
6 August 2026