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Polity
UPSC at 100: A Century of Meritocracy and Inclusion
On 1 October 2026 the Union Public Service Commission completes 100 years. From the 1855 ICS examination in London to Articles 315 to 323 of the Constitution, and from 42,727 applicants in 1950-51 to over 45 lakh at peak: the story of India's merit machine and its long walk toward inclusion.
30 September 2026 · 18 min read
Social Justice
Other Backward Classes: welfare beyond the quota debate
OBCs are India's largest backward group. This guide covers their status, the constitutional framework, the creamy-layer debate and the welfare schemes that reach beyond quotas.
27 September 2026 · 33 min read
Social Justice
Children in India: protection, nutrition and learning
A complete GS-II guide to children in India: constitutional safeguards, laws like POCSO and the Juvenile Justice Act, nutrition and learning schemes, and the protection challenges of labour, abuse and digital harms.
27 September 2026 · 50 min read
Social Justice
Women in India: empowerment, schemes and the unfinished agenda
From constitutional safeguards to Mission Shakti: a complete guide to women's status, laws, empowerment schemes and the unfinished agenda on safety, work and representation.
27 September 2026 · 57 min read
Social Justice
Social justice in India: constitutional vision and the welfare architecture
The foundation piece of the Social Justice series: the constitutional vision in Preamble, FRs and DPSPs, the evolution of India's welfare state, and the institutions that deliver it.
27 September 2026 · 45 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
Polity
Jammu and Kashmir: From Article 370 to Union Territory Status
The full constitutional arc of Jammu and Kashmir: the 1947 accession, Articles 370 and 35A, the August 2019 abrogation, the Reorganisation Act, and the Supreme Court's December 2023 verdict.
27 September 2026 · 30 min read
Polity
Doctrine Decoder: pith and substance, colourable legislation, eclipse and more
Eight constitutional doctrines decoded: pith and substance, colourable legislation, eclipse, severability, territorial nexus, repugnancy, occupied field and harmonious construction.
27 September 2026 · 28 min read
Polity
President's Rule: Article 356 and Its History of Misuse
From Kerala 1959 to Bommai 1994: how Article 356 was misused over a hundred times, and the judicial and constitutional safeguards that finally caged President's Rule.
27 September 2026 · 28 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
Comparing Constitutions: India, the United States and Britain
How India's Constitution compares with the American and British models: parliamentary versus presidential, federal versus unitary, rigid versus flexible, and who guards rights.
27 September 2026 · 30 min read
Polity
High Courts and the subordinate judiciary: India's real constitutional courts
How High Courts are staffed and why their writ power is wider than the Supreme Court's, plus the subordinate judiciary, Gram Nyayalayas, Lok Adalats and the long-pending All India Judicial Service.
27 September 2026 · 33 min read
Polity
Cultural Rights and Constitutional Remedies: Articles 29 to 32
Articles 29 to 32 decoded: minority cultural and educational rights, the lost right to property, the five writs, and the Article 32 versus Article 226 comparison.
27 September 2026 · 34 min read
Polity
Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles, Fundamental Duties: the constitutional trinity
Fundamental Rights you can enforce, Directive Principles the state must pursue, and Duties you owe in return, plus the great Parliament-versus-court battles that defined their relationship.
27 September 2026 · 43 min read
Polity
President, Prime Minister, Governor: who really holds executive power
The President who must act on advice, the Prime Minister who actually governs, and the Governor whose office has become the Constitution's most contested appointment.
27 September 2026 · 41 min read