Madhavankutty Pillai
Madhavankutty Pillai has no specialisations whatsoever. He is among the last of the generalists. And also Open chief of bureau, Mumbai
Twitter’s Convenient Truths
Why the social media platform asks for trouble in fact-checking Donald Trump
29 May 2020
Useful Quackery
On the promotion of homoeopathy drugs by the government during Covid-19
22 May 2020
The Six Feet Challenge
Why getting the whole of India to stay apart that distance is a near impossibility
15 May 2020
Covid-19: Viral Information
Information management from one’s own citizens is never a good idea but it is especially problematic during a pandemic
15 May 2020
Escape to Victory
When civil disobedience of migrant labourers dictates what the state must do
15 May 2020
The Return of Serfdom
On Karnataka forcibly making migrant labourers stay back by cutting off rail transport
08 May 2020
Jio Platforms: Timely Disruption
The Facebook-Reliance Rs 43,574-crore alliance is good news in bleak economic times
24 April 2020
No Way Back on the Horizon
It is hard to see how the lockdown will end on May 3
24 April 2020
Lockdown Winners
The pandemic is an economic catastrophe but businesses in some sectors are doing well because isolation fuels their demand
24 April 2020
Authors
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
MJ Akbar is an MP and the author of, most recently, Gandhi’s Hinduism: The Struggle Against Jinnah’s IslamWhile
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