How a shifting river exposes the fractured federal architecture governing Delhi? By Sagari Gupta Delhi arial photo, 2016 . Photo Credit: Sumita Roy Dutta ( Wikimedia Commons ) The Yamuna shifts course every monsoon. Three separate arms of government follow behind, resurveying the same stretch of riverbed. This is not an administrative failure. It is a structural consequence of what Delhi is. Delhi is a Union Territory with a Legislative Assembly, governed simultaneously by t

By Dr. Mona Chettri India’s Supreme Court set off a storm by describing Sikkimese-Nepalis as people of “foreign origin.” As “Indian” Old Settlers fight for new rights, Sikkim’s Bhutia-Lepcha and Nepali communities face a reckoning over belonging and identity. A Nepali band playing at the coronation of the chogyal of Sikkim in 1965. Sikkimese-Nepalis have lived in Sikkim for many generations, yet their rightful place in Sikkim and in India is still frequently questioned. Photo

By Angshuman Choudhury | 12 Feb 2026 What to make of New Delhi's recent pact with the Eastern Nagaland Peoples' Organisation and Kohima to create an 'autonomous' authority in the eastern Naga hills? A rough, schematic map from 1959 showing the then North East Frontier Agency (NEFA), which included parts of Eastern Nagaland. | Sourced from Picryl On 5 February, the Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed a tripartite agreement with the Government of Nagala