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The writer is a member of Compost Heap, a group of academics and activists working on alternative imaginations.

Survival on the Narmada: An epic struggle

The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has insisted that its struggle will be a peaceful one.

21 Jun 2017 12:35 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally in support BJP candidates in Jaunpur. (Photo: PTI)

Brand Modi: The remaking of India

Modi projected a spring-cleaning of a nation which projected a new role for India in history, and Indians loved it.

26 May 2017 12:18 AM IST

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Why India now needs a new kind of Opposition

The BJP's dominance goes far beyond electoral politics.

12 May 2017 12:15 AM IST

Hindutva as a tool for development'

The selfie totalitarianism of the BJP deepens both concretely and abstractly.

17 April 2017 4:11 AM IST

Uttarakhand High Court

Humanising rivers: An incomplete idea

The language of the Uttarakhand judgment is almost telegraphic.

2 April 2017 5:11 AM IST

In Modi era, Opp must change tactics

Pseudo-development linked to the rise of an increasing authoritarian society is the battle before us.

21 March 2017 2:31 AM IST

Hate speech threatens to impoverish the sensorium by ensuring food, dress are all policed. What they want is a suppression, humiliation or exclusion of their object of hate.

The Power of hate speech

Economic meltdown, refugee influx, terror attacks are leading to insecurities and distrust of communities and religions.

15 March 2017 3:47 AM IST

They raise the bogey of patriotism to make sure that any dissent is seen as sedition and therefore a threat to patriotism and security.

The Power of Hate Speech

Economic meltdown, refugee influx, terror attacks are leading to insecurities and distrust of communities and religions.

14 March 2017 1:03 AM IST

Aruna Roy (Photo: PTI)

Our institutions need help

As trade unions lapse into a meek silence, one sees their fate catching up with the media, specially newspapers.

6 March 2017 5:06 AM IST

Infosys Chief Executive Officer Vishal Sikka, along with Chairman of the Board R Seshasayee. (Photo: AP/File)

Corporate governance: Lessons for the future

The problem in both the Tata story and the Infosys case is not the question of controversy.

18 Feb 2017 6:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modis picture on the KVIC calendar. (Photo: Twitter)

Khadi symbols: Mahatma vs Modi

The mask became a popular idea generating a wag's comment of a million Modis voting for another Modi.

20 Jan 2017 2:19 AM IST

Of dull paradoxes & arid oxymorons

Of dull paradoxes & arid oxymorons

It was the year when vigilantes became a lynchpin of patriotism and fundamentalists murdered with impunity.

31 Dec 2016 3:54 AM IST