Author: Sumit Ganguly, IUB

In 1950, when newly-independent India adopted a democratic constitution, it formally abolished the seemingly atavistic institution of caste.

Under the Constitution’s terms, the age-old practice of ‘untouchability’, that had helped create and sustain a hierarchical social order with religious sanction, was officially drawn to a close. Read more…

Author: Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University

It is now widely known that the government watchdog, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, in a report tabled before Parliament last year, revealed that the Indian exchequer may have lost as much as US$39 billion because of a flawed 2G spectrum auction.

As a consequence of the CAG report, the then Minister of Telecommunications, Andimuthu Raja, is now under arrest and facing possible prosecution. Read more…