Hartosh Singh Bal turned from the difficulty of doing mathematics to the ease of writing on politics. Unlike mathematics all this requires is being less wrong than most others who dwell on the subject.
In the democracy they disdain, there should really be no place for either
03 October 2013The media should not be stopped from covering criminality in the name of national interest
25 September 2013Some commentators have no qualms absolving the Congress on behalf of an entire community
04 September 2013Was there a shared Punjabi identity that united the region’s Muslims and Sikhs before the advent of British rule? Gandhi places too much faith in such a notion
28 August 2013Believe it or not, it has been turned over to a private firm
21 August 2013Hoping to ‘debunk’ myths about India’s growth, Bhagwati and Panagariya spin some fairy tales of their own
14 August 2013Funding elections through corruption goes hand-in-hand with last minute announcements aimed at voters
31 July 2013Modi is a disgrace; but let us make sure those pointing it out are not doing so to serve other interests
24 July 2013Or the claim that patriotism is not about dying for the country but murdering for it
17 July 2013