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Valson Thampu

Rev Dr Valson Thampu is the former principal of St Stephen’s College, University of Delhi

Ryan International School, Gurugram
Guest Column
Let Us Be Indignant, But also Rational

When it comes to administering institutions it is the same old story

13 September 2017
Totem and Triumphalism
Society
Totem and Triumphalism

Today we do not know if we are eating food, or if the food we eat is, in fact, eating us

28 April 2017
Ravindra Gaikwad: Might is Right
Society
Ravindra Gaikwad: Might is Right

Law is a brittle cobweb in our country for those who have the requisite clout

24 March 2017
Narendra Modi
Guest Column
UP and Beyond: The National Inflection Point

Modi’s popularity continues to consolidate itself, not in spite of, but because of his gambles

17 March 2017
The Power of a Woman’s Spirit
Guest Column
The Power of a Woman’s Spirit

Man’s strength, the muscular traction, is a pale and paltry thing in comparison

06 March 2017
Women, Land and Politicians
Guest Column
Woman, Land and Politician

The sexist statements by politicians against women in public life is a variant of the domestic aberration of wife beating

28 February 2017
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching 'Swachh Bharat' campaign in New Delhi on 2 October, 2014
Politics
Where Modi Got It Wrong

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan remains stuck because this patently unheroic mission is cast in a heroic mould

02 February 2017
Oh, Jallikattu!
Society
Oh, Jallikattu!

What the movement reveals about youth, culture and identity

25 January 2017
Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945), chancellor of Germany, is welcomed by supporters at Nuremberg
Politics
Democracy on the Edge

It’s not just another form of government, it’s a social project

24 January 2017
The Fiefdom Struggle
Assembly Elections 2017
The Fiefdom Struggle

The patricide in Lucknow is good for democracy

19 January 2017

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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