Noam Chomsky

Mira Nair, Noam Chomsky among 200 authors, filmmakers demanding Umar Khalid's release in Delhi riots case

Khalid has been arrested under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in a case related to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February this year

For JK Rowling & Co, woke chickens of cancel culture have come home to roost

Recently, 150 writers artists and academics wrote an open letter arguing against ideological conformity amid a debate over so-called cancel culture — where prominent people face attack for sharing controversial opinions

Authors, intellectuals sign a letter backing worldwide anti-racism protests, lament rising intolerance

American linguist and activist Noam Chomsky, veteran women’s rights campaigner Gloria Steinem, authors JK Rowling and Salman Rushdie, and journalist Fareed Zakaria were among the signatories.

Spider-Man: Far From Home is a timely reminder of how false idols manipulate impressionable millennials

In Spider-Man: Far From Home, Tom Holland symbolises the millennial generation that is increasingly falling prey to false heroes because of their own insecurities.

As Noam Chomsky turns 90, a look at how he made the world seem a little less inhuman, and a lot more comprehensible

In linguistics and cognitive sciences, Noam Chomsky is routinely named as the greatest mind in the last 2,500 years

Edward S Herman, co-author of Manufacturing Consent with Noam Chomsky, dies at 92

Herman and Chomsky also co-wrote The Political Economy of Human Rights and Counter-Revolutionary Violence.

In Narendra Modi's India, intellectuals must figure out their position and the path ahead

Indian intellectuals have never been more alienated from any regime at the centre than they are from the Narendra Modi government but this needs to be enquired into rather than merely regretted.

Radiohead OKNOTOK album review: A Reminder that OK Computer is now more relevant than ever

The release of OK Computer in 1997 was a watershed moment for music lovers of the millennial era. 20 years later, Radiohead has reminded us, in a remastered reissue, that its themes are ever-relevant.

Donald Trump and the New World order: America proves it could do no better than worse

Donald Trump is the white cloud in a political context.

Hyderabad University: 400 academicians and activists condemn police action, call for Appa Rao's removal

Over 300 academicians, activists, artists and writers published a statement condemning the state violence and unlawful detention at University of Hyderabad.