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Polity
The Indian party system: from one-party dominance to the return of coalition politics
India's party system has been remade four times since 1952: Congress dominance, the post-1967 unravelling, the 1989-2014 coalition era, and the post-2024 reset. The full anatomy, with ECI recognition rules and the Tenth Schedule.
30 September 2026 · 15 min read
International Relations
NATO: the Atlantic alliance at seventy-six
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, founded in 1949, is the world's most powerful military alliance. This article covers its treaty, Article 5, enlargement to 32 members, the 2025 Hague summit's 5 per cent spending pledge, and what it means for India.
30 September 2026 · 15 min read
Polity
Special provisions for states: Articles 371 to 371J, from Nagaland's shield to Karnataka's board
Articles 371 to 371J give a dozen Indian states special constitutional provisions: Nagaland and Mizoram's cultural shield, development boards, tribal-area committees, and Governors with special responsibilities. The complete anatomy, with tables.
30 September 2026 · 19 min read
GS-4
Individual morality: conscience, dilemmas and moral reasoning
Individual morality for GS-4: conscience through Gandhi, Kant and Aquinas, the anatomy of a moral dilemma, three resolution lenses, and four worked personal mini-dilemmas.
30 September 2026 · 18 min read
Geography
Beneath Your Feet: Inside the Earth's Interior, Minerals and Rocks
No one has seen deeper than a few kilometres, yet we know the Earth's layered anatomy in detail. Seismic waves, the rock record and mineral chemistry reveal the interior - and UPSC tests all of it.
27 September 2026 · 16 min read
Polity
Fifth and Sixth Schedules: Governing India's Tribal Areas
Two constitutional regimes for tribal India: the Fifth Schedule's gubernatorial guardianship across ten states and the Sixth Schedule's autonomous councils in the north-east, plus PESA and the Ladakh question.
27 September 2026 · 30 min read
Current Affairs
The Indus Waters Treaty, held in abeyance: what actually changes
The 1960 treaty's anatomy, what suspension changes on the ground at Kishanganga and Ratle, and the international-law debate: the full picture behind Jaishankar's UNGA line.
27 September 2026 · 2 min read