Liberalism

Liberal silence on global free speech conflict has killed India's intellectual life

The decomposing corpses of ideas feed and sustain the toxic cesspool our intellectual and social life has become

India's image has taken big hit in past year; only recourse is for BJP to up engagement with world in transparent manner

Ever since it became a sovereign republic, India has meticulously built its global network of "friends" through continuous democratic practice and evolution, not least under former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru who sought to build a secular and liberal country

Quantico row and Atul Kochhar's sacking: Liberalism in India has been hijacked by a group of bullies

The story took on a twist when a tweet by Michelin Star chef Atul Kochhar got highlighted.

ACJ sexual harassment case: College's 'liberalism' in face of crisis threatens its credibility, reputation

The Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) — one of the preeminent media institutions in the country and my alma mater — is a liberal place. The men and women who teach there are all liberal, in every sense of the term

PM at Davos: As Donald Trump puts America First, Narendra Modi stakes India's claim for global leadership

There’s a vacuum in global leadership ever since President Donald Trump famously put America First. In his keynote address on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum (WEF), Narendra Modi showed he was ready to step in.

Congress is not a lost cause yet: Junking archaic ideas, embracing progressive approach will make it a potent force

Having failed to delineate a cogent and credible line on secularism, the Congress will have to articulate a new position to find its way back into political reckoning.

Yes, democracy is under huge threat; not from Trump or Brexit voters, but liberals

Democracy presents the architecture for freedom. Through a set of ideas, principles, set of practices and procedures that have been moulded through a long, arduous history, it institutionalizes freedom. Voting is a precious right.

Brexit, Trump, Modi: To suggest voters worldwide are racist fools is the death of liberalism

The attitude of talking down from a pulpit of obscurant elitism, a kind of I-know-what-is-best-for-you, has again been on display after Brexit. As if democracy is a tool for specific agenda.

JU fracas over Agnihotri's film: Left's most blatant display of intellectual tyranny

JU incident is also a manifestation of the turf war that is taking place right now between the Right, which has political power but lacks the intellectual heft and Left, which shall not cede an inch of space.

The stench of bigotry: Why is Ramachandra Guha turning into Chetan Bhagat?

Ramachandra Guha says worry about the environment and public education instead. In addition, some of us wonder why JNU was attacked in the first place if not for objective and quite democratic critiques of the Modi government. We must not wait for the endgame, to first declare it.