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Indian Society

Affirmative Action at 75: Reservations, Rights and the New Debates

Seven decades of quotas, two landmark judgments in two years, and one demand echoing across states: count us. India's affirmative-action architecture for SCs, STs and OBCs, and why its benefits still don't reach everyone.

27 September 2026 · 29 min read

Post-Independence India

The Quiet Revolution: How India Educated, Healed, and Empowered Itself

From 18% literacy to near-universal enrolment, from epidemics to Ayushman Bharat, from welfare to rights: the social transformation of independent India - and what it left unfinished.

27 September 2026 · 57 min read

Social Justice

Scheduled Castes: safeguards, schemes and persistent gaps

A GS-II guide to Scheduled Castes: constitutional safeguards, the Atrocities Act, manual scavenging, empowerment schemes and why caste gaps persist.

27 September 2026 · 38 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