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Torture through the ages: Jallikattu, animal rights and the cultural argument — A changing collective consciousness
January 28, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
That there are two sides to jallikattu, those who are for and those who are against, only shows that India is both global and updated. If we walk back to the past, sensitivity to torture…
January 28, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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The year of exceptionalism: In retrospect 2016 is the year when, across the world, leaders trumped parties and institutions
December 31, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
When the going is good, the bosses play golf, but when times are bad, they try to play God. 2016 saw many national leaders doing just that. This must signal exceptional times for, ordinarily, in…
December 31, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Making A Quick Black Buck: To really tackle dirty money the government must take a hard look at India’s labour laws
December 3, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
It is like a political neutron bomb: demonetisation picks up the cash but leaves the sources of black money intact. Election funding and stealth purchases of gold and property can be sorted out easily. What…
December 3, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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The Generosity Of The Poor: How class relates to altruism: A slumdog, at bottom, can be a millionaire at heart
November 5, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
On Thursday night, a fire in the mixed neighbourhood of Shahadara in Delhi killed three people and injured many more. This story hit the headlines, as it should, but there is an uplifting end to…
November 5, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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A tale of two Indo-Americans: The twain never meet: One type is essentially Indian, the other thinks American
October 8, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
There are two types of Indian Americans. If you live in the United States, both sorts can be seen in homes near yours. They can be found among all professions, but their features are best…
October 8, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Doctors And Saints: Miracles in the modern world – why being ‘Mother’ Teresa is not enough
September 10, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
What Mother Teresa’s elevation from ‘Mother’ to ‘Saint’ brought to our notice is that tireless and selfless work every day is not as important as the performance of a ‘miracle’ or two. Interestingly, in the…
September 10, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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The Great Equaliser: With government jobs, the lure of permanent tenure overcomes caste prejudice
August 13, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
“Wanted a government job; caste and class, no bar.” This could well be the logo for many families in India today. It is reported that thousands of non-Scheduled Caste candidates, who are graduates and above,…
August 13, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Militancy as culture: Kashmir has clear parallels with Ireland, Spanish Basque and Quebec
July 16, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
Unhappy militants are usually unhappy in the same way. What connects, for example, the Northern Irish and the Basque Spanish, of the past, with today’s Kashmiris and Palestinians is that they would rather crawl on…
July 16, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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We, the citizens of India: The Constitution lights the path from passions to fraternity, enmity to respect
March 26, 2016, 1:28 AM IST
In the constitutions of most developed democracies, the word “citizen” appears late in the text, never in the first paragraph. The major exception to this is the Indian Constitution. Here, unlike all others, the term…
March 26, 2016, 1:28 AM IST
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A tale of two reservations: Great expectations of Jats, and how Mandal queers the pitch for social justice
February 27, 2016, 4:35 AM IST
We have the best of reservations and probably the worst as well. Quotas for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/STs) were inspired by B R Ambedkar, and meant to make full citizens of those who…
February 27, 2016, 4:35 AM IST
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Schools before quotas: We may have a smart city plan, what we need is smart reservations
January 30, 2016, 12:01 AM IST
The reservation system has failed to deliver to potential because it refused to remember and refused to learn. Experience from all over the world points to the need for good school education, but rarely does…
January 30, 2016, 12:01 AM IST
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The big ban theory: Big city pollution won’t be solved by kneejerk odd-even reactions
January 2, 2016, 1:18 AM IST
Blink before you ban should be the first lesson in administration. This applies not just to Delhi government’s odd and even licence plate policy, but equally to liquor ban, beef ban, book ban, and the…
January 2, 2016, 1:18 AM IST
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Why Trump must be trumped: Donald Trump is to America what Islamic State is to Islam
December 10, 2015, 1:28 AM IST
NEW YORK: In the fitness of things, we should return the favour and refuse Donald Trump a visa to India. Pollution levels may have already frightened him off, but if he is the tough guy…
December 10, 2015, 1:28 AM IST
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How to secularise secularism
November 30, 2015, 1:07 AM IST
Note to Rajnath Singh: just make the law intolerant of intolerance Secularism, as we know it, is an idea whose time has gone. When home minister Rajnath Singh says that it is an overused term,…
November 30, 2015, 1:07 AM IST
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BJP’s rout in Bihar: How it went from blockbuster to flop show status in a year
November 9, 2015, 12:01 AM IST
If BJP wants to know where it went wrong in Bihar, then its leaders must get off the driver’s seat and look under the hood. There are things rattling in there which a tape and…
November 9, 2015, 12:01 AM IST
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It’s not about caste: Why working the caste math won’t help in winning Bihar polls
October 20, 2015, 12:01 AM IST
Now that Bihar has gone to the polls, experts are once again arguing its outcome in terms of caste. But do castes really count for that much in elections? What hard evidence do we have…
October 20, 2015, 12:01 AM IST
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Home and the world: Why do farmers commit suicide? It’s a man thing and more
October 10, 2015, 12:50 AM IST
It’s a man thing with a difference; here it is the husband, father or son who gets hurt. In almost every case of farmers’ suicide it is rarely the wife who dies. This only seems…
October 10, 2015, 12:50 AM IST
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Capitalists, not consultants: Indian businessmen must let loose their animal spirits, not run from risk
September 12, 2015, 12:00 AM IST
It’s official, because the Prime Minister has said it! Indian corporates have long been criticised for operating as merchants, first and entrepreneurs, much later. This argument was sidetracked as leftish and pinkish for a long…
September 12, 2015, 12:00 AM IST
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Happy Independence Day: To celebrate patriotism or to celebrate citizenship, that is the question
August 15, 2015, 12:02 AM IST
We remember 15th August for it is great to be Independent; who would want to be otherwise? In this we are not alone. The overthrow of foreign rule is the reason why 93% of countries…
August 15, 2015, 12:02 AM IST
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Inflated grades, deflated education
June 22, 2015, 12:04 AM IST
There was a time when scoring 65% meant you were brilliant, and if you touched 70% then Einstein had better watch out! But today anything short of 100% in Higher Secondary does not guarantee admission…
June 22, 2015, 12:04 AM IST
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