The Quiet Violence of Adjustment
Whether it’s in a crowded auto, a tense marriage or a toxic workplace — “thoda adjust kar lo” is something every Indian has heard, and often, said. It sounds harmless.…
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India becomes a $ 4 Trillion Economy on the expense of Poor Bharat
Briefing the media last week, after tenth Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog in New Delhi, CEO Subrahmanyam said India is now a 'four trillion dollar' economy, standing only behind USA,…
India’s Shifting Morality: From Compass to Convenience
Morality in India has grown fluid—not because ethics has ceased to matter, but because its meaning has become negotiable. In the swirl of politics, profit, media, and identity, right and…
Identity and Symbols: How Visibility Shapes Indian Politics
In India, politics is shaped not just by ideologies and policies, but by identity—how people see themselves and how they are seen by others. Whether caste, religion, language, or gender,…
Who ruled India? A walk through India’s political history
In recent years, much has been written and spoken about Hindu subjugation under Muslim and British rule for many centuries, as the cause of the disadvantages today’s India faces. The…
What India? – An Essay on Passive Denial and Powerlessness
I’ve been studying in Dublin since September. Every afternoon I get a call from my mother. This is her check-in call to see if everything is alright. Among the things…
India Today: In a challenging neighbourhood
USA’s new president Trump took office on 20 January 2025, and immediately issued executive orders, in pursuance of his central policy to “Make America Great Again”. These orders – with…
The vow from a second freedom struggle to liberate India
Important occasions like birthdays, a new year, mark momentous moments when one introspects, looks at where they are in life and where they want to go. The same happened with…
How the Modi Government Manipulated India’s Image: The Unveiling of Years of Fabrication
The narrative of “New India” projected under the Modi government has been a saga of meticulous curation, strategic concealment, and calculated misrepresentation. Since 2014, the government has left no stone…
India is once again moving towards becoming a collective poor country
The latest figures released by the National Statistics Office for the financial year 2020-21 show that the Indian economy is in a slump. Between 2019-20 and 2020-21, India's GDP lost…
India Needs Course Correction
The present ruling dispensation is out to fulfill its dream of ‘one India, one religion, one language, one culture, one economy, and one party under one leader’ and to change…
Justice: A Moral Debate
Moralistic discussions on social dialectics and civilized ethics are bound to generate euphony if the positive vibes of Harmony vibrate in an environment of Justice. The great Greek philosopher…
Whose India?
The Indian war of independence was motivated by a few ideologies. Accordingly, there were different and distinct dreams of the future India, like Secular India, Hindu India, Muslim India, Dalit…
Tentacles of an Octopus; the Pride and Prejudice of Nationalism
Nationalism is like a jellyfish that can take on new forms, but of late in India it has become more like an octopus, spreading its menacing tentacles, arbitrarily declaring some…
When Will We Have Equitable Access To Fruits Of Development?
Co-Written by Sandeep Pandey and Kushagra Kumar One of the writers of this article is reminded of an incident, when he was teaching at Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar which…
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