Ashis Nandy

Media should isolate the voices of the lumpen fringe

By providing constant exposure to caste and religious ‘mobs’ determined to have their voices heard on prime-time news, the media has almost ended up ‘legitimising’ them.

Nandy comment row: How many non-Dalit intellectuals have protested?

Intellectual goondagiri cannot be allowed to go on: Kancha Ilaiah

Blinded by spotlight: How the intellectual became a TV pundit

The late night TV talk show roster represents a closed clique of A-list journalists, celebrities, socialites and academics. Many of our public intellectuals participate in the very same culture of accusation they indignantly denounce.

The last word on Ashis Nandy's 'lazy' predilections

The issue of corruption has wrongly been posed by Ashis Nandy and Tarun Tejpal in caste colours when it may have as much to do with class.

Why we needn't stand in defence of Ashis Nandy

If anyone else made a similar statement in any other setting, he could be liable to face a case under the Prevention of Atrocities Act for making a comment against the Dalit community.

Nandy, Haasan rows show society becoming intolerant: Tharoor

Recent controversies surrounding Kamal Haasan's movie Vishwaroopam or Ashish Nandy's alleged anti-Dalit comment were reflection of a society which seems to be increasingly intolerant, Union Minister Shashi Tharoor has said.

SC comments in Nandy case aren't good for free speech

The Supreme Court may have grand Ashis Nandy a stay against arrest, but its observations did not do the cause of free speech any good.

Ashis Nandy should have shown courage, not cowardice

It was strange that Nandy expressed surprise that he was misunderstood in the first place.

SC to police: Don't arrest Ashis Nandy over JLF comments

The court has, however, not barred the police from investigating the cases filed against him.