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The ‘Exclusionary Vision’ Dilemma for Sovereign Countries
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Sovereign nations protect their distinct cultural foundations while still upholding an inclusive vision of governance. The same principle should apply to India.
The ‘Universal Oneness Celebration’ event that was recently...
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Beyond the Protest: The Gen-Z Test for Indian Democracy
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Ever since the protests at Jantar Mantar over the NEET paper leak, Gen-Z and its zealous outbursts against several issues in society are quickly becoming national headlines. Ranchi saw Gen-Z...
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The Questions Left Behind at Jantar Mantar and Ranchi
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India’s examination crisis is real. But the politics around Jantar Mantar and Ranchi risks obscuring the harder questions about education.
Soon after Jantar Mantar finally heaved a sigh of relief...
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The Age of Democratic Impatience
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From Britain to Nepal, economic discontent is rewriting the rules of democratic politics.
Although the United Kingdom and Nepal occupy opposite ends of the global economic spectrum, they offer a...
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The Hidden Lessons of India’s Political Splits
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Mass defections are often blamed on ambition. But history suggests that parties begin to fracture when they lose ideological purpose.
The spate of mass defections and vertical splits witnessed over...
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The Limits of India’s Scientific Temper
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Instead of getting trapped in binaries, Indian society must learn the neutrality that genuine scientific temper demands.
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Article 51A(h) of the Indian Constitution, added through the 42nd...
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The AI Mirage: The Limits of Technological Prophecy
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Artificial intelligence may change much, but perhaps not quite in the way its prophets and pessimists imagine.
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Every discussion about artificial intelligence today seems destined to arrive...
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The Human Advantage in an Artificial Age
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As artificial intelligence grows smarter and more efficient, the real battle may not be about machines surpassing humanity but about whether humans squander the qualities that still set them apart....
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What the World Can Learn from India’s 1971 War
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Our country’s conduct in the 1971 War with Pakistan offers several lessons at a time when the principles of peaceful coexistence and a rules-based global order are in freefall.
History...
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The Perils of Excess Virtue
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While India’s civilisational ideals of restraint and magnanimity are admirable, they must be tempered by strategic realism in a harsher world.
Humanity may have emerged from the trauma of the...
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Why Sustainability Isn’t Sustaining Itself
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While global leaders preach sustainability with near-religious fervour, the green promise risks collapsing into empty ritual without incentives or a moral framework.
Few ideas command such effortless global consensus as...
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Breaking the Macaulay Mindset
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India’s colonial hangover cannot be vanquished until its democratic institutions relearn how to govern themselves.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent invocation of the need to defeat the “Macaulay mindset” has...
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