Intellectuals

The RSS-BJP attack on campuses: Free thinking discouraged and penalised

The RSS-BJP combine is dreaming of breeding a generation of dullards raised on government propaganda, pseudo-nationalism, myth masquerading as science and the drivel of an imagined past.

Now, historians overseas join their counterparts in India in criticising govt for intolerance

Historians overseas have now raised their voice against the government over the rising intolerance in India.

Have invited intellectuals returning awards for discussion: Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh said he has invited intellectuals for discussion in the wake of returning of awards by many of them claiming "growing intolerance".

Left intellectuals practicing intolerance against PM Modi, BJP: Arun Jaitley

Arun Jaitley on Sunday accused the Congress and Left intellectuals of practising 'ideological intolerance' towards the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and trying to project India as an intolerant society through structured and organised propaganda.

Season of ghar wapsi: Intellectuals go back 'home' after brief Modi infatuation

As ghar wapsi rhetoric gathers steam, the PM’s silence gets louder. And the public pundits, many of whom sick and tired of the UPA sarkar, had thrown their weight behind Modi are having second thoughts. In a season of ghar wapsi, some are going back “home” after a brief Modi infatuation.

Modi's win: Isn't it time for a mea culpa from our intellectuals?

Everything that our commentators and intellectuals said about Modi has turned out to be wrong.

Rushdie & Co on Modi: Passing off prejudice as principle

The true test of India's pluralism is not a rejection of Modi, but the country's ability to take a Modi in its stride

Why our intellectuals need to rise above the Rahul-Modi debate

The tendency to reduce every political development to either the Congress-BJP or the Narendra Modi-Rahul Gandhi duality is a dangerous trend.

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.