Rev Dr Valson Thampu is the former principal of St Stephen’s College, University of Delhi
When it comes to administering institutions it is the same old story
Today we do not know if we are eating food, or if the food we eat is, in fact, eating us
Law is a brittle cobweb in our country for those who have the requisite clout
Modi’s popularity continues to consolidate itself, not in spite of, but because of his gambles
Man’s strength, the muscular traction, is a pale and paltry thing in comparison
The sexist statements by politicians against women in public life is a variant of the domestic aberration of wife beating
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan remains stuck because this patently unheroic mission is cast in a heroic mould
What the movement reveals about youth, culture and identity
It’s not just another form of government, it’s a social project
The patricide in Lucknow is good for democracy
CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
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 is the author of several books, including Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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