Disha Ravi case: Law must be allowed to take its course
Free speech cannot be a subterfuge for illegal activities. “Climate Activist Jailed in India as Government Clamps Down on Dissent”...
The farmers must not be stubborn
Negotiations do not mean coming to the table to serve an ultimatum to the other side: it’s my way or...
Farmers must end their protest
Is the vituperative narrative against the farm laws being driven by unfounded apprehensions, half-truths and far-fetched conspiracy theories, with political...
Peaceful transition of power a must for democracy
Save for a brief period in 1975 Indian democracy has functioned in an exemplary fashion. Democracy is a precious but...
True love does not require religious conversion
The killing of Nikita Tomar, a young Hindu girl in broad daylight, within the field of a CCTV camera in...
India’s economy not lagging behind Bangla’s
The current furore of Bangladesh surpassing India in economic terms is a deliberate hoopla to show the Narendra Modi government...
Let Amnesty go
The decision by Amnesty International, the human rights watchdog to cease operations in India citing government harassment cannot be taken...
Bloomsbury’s decision erodes freedom of speech
What makes Bloomsbury’s decision inexcusably egregious is the fact that it had vetted the manuscript. The cringe worthy U-turn...
Expansionist China a dangerous cocktail of past and present
Hidden behind China’s reassuring façade of modern aspirations in tune with the changing world is a ruthless medieval mindset that...
USCIRF, India is not a Country of Particular Concern
USCIRF’s reports are a compendium of self-serving interpretations, questionable factuality and reckless hyperbole. The harsh and uncalled for...
Constructive criticism please, we are in a crisis
Government was in a crisis mode with a rapidly deteriorating tragedy. Dithering could prove catastrophic. Even during these unprecedented...
There may be no Hindus left in Bangladesh in 30 years
In 2001, following the electoral victory of BNP led by Khaleda Zia, her supporters unleashed a systematic campaign of violence...
Why we need to remember 19 January 1990
19 January 1990 is an infamous day in the history of Kashmir. It was the day that the Kashmiri Hindu...
The Hindus of Pakistan: Nobody’s children
Their lives from birth to death is an ordeal of indignity, humiliation, insecurity bereft of basic human rights. PROLOGUE...
Ugly face of anarchy: Violent protest unacceptable in democracy
It is a frontal attack on democracy, an audacious attempt to undermine the rule of law and an open attempt...
Maharashtra political outcome negates people’s mandate
It was an action clearly fuelled by a naked greed for power and a sense of entitlement amongst the SS...
Kashmiris must snatch own destiny from separatists, terrorists
The swearing in of Girish Chandra Murmu on 31 October 2019 as the Lieutenant Governor of the new Union Territory...
Economists must remain economists
Raghuram Govind Rajan is a doyen of economy with a string of professional successes to his name. He is the...
An expanded NRC is a necessity
Illegal immigration is not an illusion of right-wing fanatics, but an undeniable reality with serious ramifications for our internal stability...
Abrogation of Article 370 was long overdue
It became the seed of a toxic separatism that encouraged violence both on the streets of Kashmir and the tacit...
Too much hypocrisy in letter from 49 ‘intellectuals’
The current letter, like the umpteen others in the past, is a campaign of vicious calumny motivated by ideological fixation...
US report on religious freedom in India questionable
In diplomatic parley, it was a definite rap on the knuckles. The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in his...
Kashmir is India’s faultline
To accept Kashmiriyat as a basis for special treatment would be to devalue other regional identities. Rajmohan Gandhi, the...
Could we express ourselves freely without reprisal?
This is the last of a three part-article on the performance of the Narendra Modi government. The clichéd and...
