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Indian Society
One Country, Many Homelands: Regionalism and the Language Question
From the 1956 linguistic states gamble to sons-of-the-soil quotas and the North-South fiscal divide, why region remains India's most durable political identity, and how the language question still shapes federalism.
27 September 2026 · 31 min read
Post-Independence India
Writing the World's Longest Constitution: Inside the Constituent Assembly, 1946-50
The world's longest constitution was written between 1946 and 1950 by an assembly arguing over federalism, language, minority rights and property, while a civil war raged outside. Inside the debates that built the republic.
27 September 2026 · 25 min read
Governance
The All-India Services: one service, many masters
Recruited by the Centre, posted in the states, recalled to Delhi: the IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service sit at the fault line of Indian federalism. Article 312, the cadre system, central deputation and the Centre-state tussle.
27 September 2026 · 19 min read
Polity
One Nation One Election: the Constitutional Case
The constitutional case for simultaneous polls: the Kovind report, the 129th Amendment Bill, the JPC's 2026 examination, and the federalism debate.
27 September 2026 · 22 min read
Polity
Federalism in India: why the Centre is stronger by design
Why the framers built a federation with a built-in central advantage, how the Seventh Schedule divides power, and why 2025's language, water and CBI fights keep testing the design.
27 September 2026 · 33 min read