Opinion
Democracy vs. Religion in India
Betwa Sharma
IN 1954, the United States Supreme Court ruled that segregating school children based on race was illegal and ordered that schools in the...
Hellholes and Hypocrisy – Class and the Politics of Judgment
When Donald Trump described India as a “hellhole,” outrage followed with predictable intensity. Yet outrage, while understandable, is not enough. A serious response must...
When Will This Hate End?
Hate-mongers have now coined the phrase ‘corporate jihad’, aimed at defaming educated Muslim youth
RECENTLY, Nashik city in Maharashtra was in the news twice. First,...
Israel’s European Shield Crumbles
THE European Union is the “chief of all cowards,” Amnesty International declared in a searing statement issued last week. This condemnation came the day before the...
Narendra Modi’s Western Gaze and the Betrayal of the Global South
THE foreign policy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is often interpreted through two lenses. One sees India as a pragmatic rising power navigating...