Hello and welcome to Terms of Engagement, a new series hosted by Varghese K. George, resident editor of The Hindu.
Indian federalism is at a crossroads. Disparities across regions and communities in terms of economic growth and population trends are widening. Migratory populations are generating new social and political forces in their destinations and sources.
Simultaneously, there is an ongoing debate around the constitutional, philosophical and political architecture of India. Some of these questions will come to a head in 2026, after which India is constitutionally required to redraw its parliamentary constituencies, which will shift more political power from the south to the north.
