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Vote: The Only Democratic Weapon Left To Us

There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life/is bound in shallows...

Neera Chandhoke

In 1993, Edward Said delivering the BBC Reith Lectures expressed the classic dilemma faced by intellectuals: how do we balance creativity with...

At a time when the country is overcome with mass hysteria about the inauguration of the Ram temple at the very site where once the majestic Babri...

What never fails to amuse me is the unbearable pomposity, the self-absorption, and the conceit of our representatives in the parliament. Two young...