In one of the largest democracies of the world-India – evaluating a year gone is not easy. When the state or the ruling dispensation takes upon itself to base political fortunes on these complexities through the nerve of emotions and sentiments, the evaluation becomes both complex and easier. Yes, it sounds dichotomous but it is a reality which has to be taken into account as one looks at the nation’s travel through 2025.

Easier because the conflicts become visible on the streets to the utter discomfiture of the nation. Complex, because it is difficult to evaluate its long term effects in easier terms.

What is the marker for such an evaluation in a bubbling democracy, but facing the ignominious onslaught on its basic fundamentals?

Primarily, and more importantly, it has to be the state of the social and political fabric on which hinge the parameters of economic and other successes. The societal pell-mell primarily fomented by the politics of conflicts – a mechanism being overtly and overbearingly pursued by the current dispensation, and to some extent by regional satraps of different hues.

The year 2025, as evaluated or reviewed in this backdrop, has certainly left a bad taste in the mouth. Despite the BJP failing to garner even simple majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and heavily depending on allies to run the Union Government, it has not made any difference to its standing. Conflicts, controversies and confusions apart, both politics and society- Modi has remained to be the dominant figure.

Unfortunately, the year saw the constitutional institutions finding themselves further entrapped in controversies which are inimical to the national or public interest. And were definitely........

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