The go-ahead given to prosecute Arundhati Roy would be seen by supporters of freedom of speech as an announcement that the Right-Wing doesn't feel humbled by the results of the elections, argues......
In the ancient world there is a great deal of give and take and reciprocal learning.India was an integral and important constituent of such interchanges of goods and ideas. A fascinating excerpt......
''Rahul Gandhi has shown courage to heal the heart of democracy.' IMAGE: Sandhya Gokhale and Amol Palekar join Rahul Gandhi on the Bharat Jodo Yatra. All photograph: Kind courtesy Sandhya Gokhale......
In the last ten years, 96 per cent of the sedition cases against 405 individuals pertained to making critical remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi......
'In a democracy, there is nothing like 'I am right'.''You can be wrong, so somebody has to point that out.' IMAGE: A protestor at the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest at Mumbai's August......
A combination of demonetisation, a poorly and hurriedly implemented GST, and more recently the "botched up" lockdown of the economy to control the spread of Covid has brought the economy to its......
One of the finest minds on foreign exchange management, monetary and fiscal policies, on debt and currency markets, on bank management and governance, and indeed on almost every aspect of modern......
Can there be a democratic polity without a culture of democratic behaviour? This may seem like a hackneyed question. But it has, once again, been brought into sharp focus in two very different......
'Normally, the system is geared towards counting notes -- it is equipped to do x amount of work and one day you are asking them to do 20 x.''The processes involved are very complex.' IMAGE: A......
When the Nobel Prize marked its centenary in 2001, the foundation asked a handful of laureates for two mementos each that might be included in an exhibit. "They took away my bicycle, on which I had......
The 'Shatrughan Sinha of the South' plunges into politics.Nikita Puri reports from Bengaluru. Photographs: Kind Courtesy, Prakash Raj/Facebook In a few minutes, surprised at the crowd's enthusiasm......