1. India: Domestic Situation
The Indian Election Commission (EC) has insisted that imposition of President's rule in Gujarat is the only constitutionally correct option. The Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi has launched his controversial 'Gujarat gaurav rath yatra'. The daily Hindustan Times writes that India has "never seen a chief minister who is as vicious towards the minorities as Narendra Modi."
"President's rule only option in Gujarat: EC"
"Modi targets Cong. at rath yatra launch"
"True face of the parivar"
Supriya Roy Chowdhury's essay (Hindu) argues that "in the case of superstitious practices in India, a reassertion of orthodoxy appears to be, first, exclusively focused on women."
"Where women bear the brunt..."
An essay and an editorial in the daily Hindu raises the concern that revisions in India's National Curriculum Framework for Secondary Education are designed to weaken India's secular ideology.
"Living with difference"
"Primary concerns remain"
A three-part essay by C.Rammanohar Reddy examines the condition of Muslims in contemporary India.
"Deprivation affects Muslims more"
"The gap widened during the 1990s"
"Facts on 'appeasement'"
Wasbir Hussain examines the issue of continuing insurgency in India's northeastern states.
"Ominous signs in the northeast"