Whither The Middle Class?

Ajit Balakrishnan on how to arrest a worldwide decline. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   As a son and grandson of doctors and a firm believer in a meritocratic education system, and......

'To oppose the BJP does not mean one is unpatriotic'

'The propagation of an absolutist narrative that shuts down any dissent is dangerous, irresponsible, and unbecoming of India's proud democracy.''The government must do better.' IMAGE: Prime......

2019 is India's Deng Xiaoping moment

'The return of India to its own civilisational values can never endanger freedoms as pluralism is the bedrock of our culture,' assert Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd) and Colonel Anil A Athale......

'I'm a bit Muslim because I'm a real Hindu'

'Nobody is killing you in Kerala because you are Hindu unlike in North India where Muslims have been killed only because they are Muslims and were carrying some meat.'Illustration: Dominic......

Finance capital: The new dominant minority

In his monumental A Study of History, Arnold Toynbee, the great British historian, finds some common elements in the rise and fall of civilisations. These are: There is a creative minority which......