LU Chronicles
The state of the world right now can only be described as a hot mess – wars, calamities, global crises and much more. During these trying times, fear and polarization often take hold. However, it manifests in varied ways. Sometimes, it’s from self-fulfilling prophecies and sometimes; it’s extremism decorated and […]
“When one leader’s deal has to be faced by an entire nation, it isn’t a deal- it is soft power in disguise.” The India-US trade deal between Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is considered a milestone- a bridge between two major economies, a step toward stability in a […]
NITI Aayog plays an important role in policy-making in India. It was established in 2015 by the Government of India to replace the Planning Commission. The full form of NITI Aayog is National Institution for Transforming India. Its main aim is to promote sustainable development and improve governance in the […]
Two young men died in two separate cities after falling into two unmarked open pits, leading to two funerals that should not have happened. The 27-year-old IT professional and the 25-year-old biker both died after falling into unmarked excavation sites. These deaths were not caused by chance or unforeseen circumstances. […]
On 10 February, students of the University of Lucknow turned out in large numbers at the New Campus in support of the UGC Equity Guidelines 2026. The protest reflected growing unity among students demanding equality, representation, and accountability in higher education. Student organisations AISA, NSUI, SCS, and BASF participated in […]
In Western politics, it is easy to divide parties into two clear groups: Left and Right. The Left focuses on welfare, equality, and state control, while the Right supports free markets, cultural conservatism, and smaller government. This binary works there because their political journey is shaped by class conflict and […]
People often say universities shape democracy. At first, that sounds like something written in a brochure. But if you look closely at everyday life in a university, the idea starts making sense not in a grand way, but in small, ordinary moments. Lucknow University is not perfect. It is […]
For many of us, the word “Republic” appears once a year on 26 January. We celebrate one of our national festivals, Republic Day, through parades, flags, and patriotic songs. As kids, we often watched the Republic Day parade on TV with pride and excitement, often not fully understanding it but […]
I come from a land where a girl is first a prayer And then a burden, Where she is dressed like a goddess during festivals And buried like a mistake before she learns her name. A land that chants Shakti with folded hands And teaches its daughters to walk faster […]
India’s Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling in the long-running 2020 Northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case, refusing bail to two prominent student activists, Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, while granting conditional bail to five other accused individuals. This decision sparked intense debate nationwide and internationally. The judgment has reopened fundamental […]
In today’s era, when higher education is often defined by global benchmarks and technological prowess, there is a growing conversation around the need to preserve and integrate India’s own intellectual traditions within modern academic frameworks. In recent years, Indian higher education has witnessed a renewed interest in the country’s own […]
In a democracy, one of the most fundamental things a citizen like you or mecan do is ask questions. Not just plain questions but the right questions.Questions that hit hard, questions that deconstruct the matter we’re talkingabout, questions that force people to answer, in one way or another.How does one […]
The Unnao rape case was never merely another case being. tried in an Indian court. It has become the moment of truth for the Indian conscience, and the unpleasant questions that the country is compelled to confront is this: Do our daughters matter only when we say so, and […]
In a democratic state, there can never be ownership of power; it can only be delegated. It moves from citizens to institutions and leaders as a temporarily delegated right, not according to their will but for the interests of the people at large. The recent incident of Nitish Kumar pulling […]
Delhi NCR – 400+ AQI Uttar Pradesh – 390+ AQI Gujarat – 170+ AQI Rajasthan – 200+ AQI (Don’t get confused why I gave this Air Quality Index data here. You will know soon.) So, These are the few air quality indices of a few states of India, and till now, if […]
You might wake up in the morning and brew a cup of coffee while a Spotify podcast hums in the background. As you step out and slide into a cab, there’s an RJ on the radio narrating a conventional tale. Then, a remembrance ceremony is held at your college to […]
“Today’s backlash against intellectual life cannot simply be written off as a popular celebration of mindlessness,” wrote Adam Waters and E.J. Dionne Jr. in Dissent. It was true of America in 2019. It is painfully true of India now. Books written in other countries, in other decades, often feel eerily […]
When the government wants you to do work but doesn’t provide enough facilities, when the pressure is so high that it forces you to take your life, then, I don’t think it’s just a duty. It is overly intensive labor disguised as duty. There comes a point a system becomes […]
There is a peculiar Indianism , and, if one looks broadly enough, a globalism , to the way we manage the subject of sex: not by absence so much as by theatrical abstention. Sex is performed, packaged, policed, advertised, litigated, and monetized; but it is not, with any seriousness, discussed […]
They tell you, politely, that the world is what it is: messy, dangerous, and therefore to be managed by people who have seen the maps and read the books. Questioning the necessity of weapons that can erase cities, nuclear weapons, the all-consuming instruments of modern statecraft, will earn you a […]
In the spring of 1983, Andrea Dworkin released a book that unsettled even her staunchest admirers. Right-Wing Women wasn’t a call to arms but an x-ray, a forensic, unflinching study of a kind of political allegiance that confounds both liberals and radicals: the woman who kisses the hand that chains […]
In most functioning democracies, education is meant to sharpen the mind, not dull it. The textbook, for all its institutional monotony and glue-scented pages, remains a tool of possibility: a place where a young citizen might first encounter injustice, rebellion, plurality, and the spine of their nation’s history. What it […]
The Playbook Let’s begin not with a tweet or a riot, but with a pdf. It’s 920 pages long, reads like a corporate mission statement ghostwritten by Machiavelli, and goes by a name only a Bond villain or a right-wing think tank could conjure: Project 2025: Mandate for Leadership. Officially, […]