Left-wing or Right-wing: Why labels simply don’t capture India
In India there is no such Right-wing party and no such monochromatic Right-wing view. Here small government and private enterprise co-exist with collective action, revolutions against social oppression...
View ArticleWhy liberals should stop chasing the utopia of univeralism and full equality
Classical liberalism of the Enlightenment was a reaction to authoritarianism, arbitrary laws, overbearing communities, and rigid dogma; but communitarians today are reacting to the undue emphasis on...
View ArticleObama’s Manmohan moment: Newly-elected Republican Congress leaves him powerless
For Obama, who has grown resentful of his diminished political standing, the prospect of reaching accords with a Republican-led Congress is a consolation prize that could help salvage his flailing...
View ArticleCharlie Hebdo attack is a tipping point: Will xenophobia trump tolerance?
Terrorists are marching ahead because they are succeeding in making all of us attack our long-held faith in tolerance, non-violence and the tenet of universal brotherhood and equality. The post Charlie...
View ArticleParis attack: Terror in Islam’s name can make all societies less liberal
One of the depressing realities of the Paris terror killings at Charlie Hebdo is this: no matter what liberal societies do, the terrorist usually wins. The post Paris attack: Terror in Islam’s name can...
View ArticleFrom reservation to liberal politics: Thought leaders bring burning issues...
Is India truly liberal? Has reservation policy really helped those for whom it was meant? Is there any space for liberal politics? Is religious and cultural freedom in India too little? Many such...
View ArticleThe stench of bigotry: Why is Ramachandra Guha turning into Chetan Bhagat?
Ramachandra Guha says worry about the environment and public education instead. In addition, some of us wonder why JNU was attacked in the first place if not for objective and quite democratic...
View ArticleJU fracas over Agnihotri’s film: Left’s most blatant display of intellectual...
JU incident is also a manifestation of the turf war that is taking place right now between the Right, which has political power but lacks the intellectual heft and Left, which shall not cede an inch of...
View ArticleBrexit, Trump, Modi: To suggest voters worldwide are racist fools is the...
The attitude of talking down from a pulpit of obscurant elitism, a kind of I-know-what-is-best-for-you, has again been on display after Brexit. As if democracy is a tool for specific agenda. The post...
View ArticleYes, democracy is under huge threat; not from Trump or Brexit voters, but...
Democracy presents the architecture for freedom. Through a set of ideas, principles, set of practices and procedures that have been moulded through a long, arduous history, it institutionalizes...
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