Voices
The Next Gorbachev?
There’s something tragic about Buddhadeb having to preside over the decline of the Left in West Bengal
Why the Umbrella Does Not Evolve
The umbrella, with its two conflicting properties—obsolete and enduring—has an important question for us. Why must something evolve at all?
Something’s Lurking in the Dark
The doorbell went berserk after midnight at Manmathababu’s apartment, but whenever they looked through the spyhole, they saw nobody...
What the Left has Lost
The Communists have come in for opprobrium, not because of the middle class’ aspirations, but because they have devalued their own worth
Art of Living Politically Well
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is the latest phenomenon in Indian politics. His brand of spirituality doesn’t cater to the mass market, as Baba Ramdev’s does
Seeing through Maths
Equations that claimed to predict human behaviour are blamed for Wall Street’s destruction. Increasingly, it seems, there is something naïve about maths
Memories of a Movement
A generation of middle-class boys who grew up in Madras learnt something curious from the Sri Lankan refugees: that there is such a thing called ‘a cause’
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