Being unapologetic about Indian English

Striving for an ideal political position

The new balance of power after BRICS expansion

Time to stop geographic discrimination

The relevance of an idea called Ambedkar

Ashok Gopal traces the exceptional journey of Ambedkar becoming Babasaheb

India has survived all the stresses and strains that have beset it for over seven decades because it maintained consensus on how to manage without consensus

In a new biography of Ambedkar, Shashi Tharoor gets a measure of the constitutionalist and nation-builder, contending that an honest survey of Ambedkar’s life and its impact needs to also look at those faults for which he can be legitimately criticised without taking away from his greatness

Indian democracy imposes no narrow conformities on its citizens

Congress must rejuvenate itself, bringing in fresh faces and young blood into its leadership at all levels. It would help if the party took steps to promote inner-party democracy and a more consultative decision-making style: Open up the party to internal elections for its key positions. Seek the views of a wide cross-section of party stalwarts, not just a favoured few. Allow and encourage the emergence of local, state and regional leaders, ratified by periodic votes of party members