Speaking Truth To Vigilantism
An abridged and translated version of Ravish Kumar's impassioned monologue on the state of the TV media.
The Divide Within
Haryana BJP president Subhash Barala and BJP MLA Premlata Singh on the Jat agitation for reservations.
Why Gandhi Turned Against Lawyers
He called them “touts that suck the blood of the poor people”. But even Gandhi had not anticipated Patiala House breed of lawyers.
Don't Muzzle The Young
People see harsh laws being invoked against those who dissent but the ordinary law of the land is either not enforced or done in a way that appears an eye-wash.
"We are Redefining News"
The Zee News editor and anchor behind the dodgy footage from JNU that helped incriminate the group of students charged with sedition on how he views news.
The Camera Is Their Hatchet Man
Broadcast media’s excessive righteousness in the JNU affair skewed events on the ground
Withering Heights
The top BJP leadership has acted so stupidly in the JNU affair that it has allowed the Congress to be seen as champions of the dignity of Afzal Guru and Kashmir
Divided They Pinprick
The BJP ought to be pinned down to the ground. Yet the Opposition watches, and waits.
Divide And Rue
The mob is suddenly everywhere: not just on the streets, but on the TV, in our minds. Is this a rebirth of the nation, or is something going horribly wrong?
"Whoever Is In The Market First, Sells Faster"
Arcil (India) Ltd’s chairman and MD Vinayak Bahuguna on how a bankruptcy law would help towards monetising loans.
Both Hands In Pockets, Wilfully
Banks, groaning under a burden of lakhs of crores of rupees worth of NPAs, scramble to clean up their books
Mind
Fashion designers are getting a bit jaded by the continuous focus on Varanasi themed fashion shows.
The Sked
French photographer Chantal Jumel's tribute to Tamil women, third edition of the SHE festival and a new play at Prithvi
And Also
TV show about rock-’n-roll part-produced by Mick Jagger with its first episode directed by Martin Scorsese isn't quite up to it
Spotlight
A riveting story, a devastating subject that revolves around questions of morality and ethics
Checks And Imbalances
The systems and procedures that survived for six decades have started creaking under a majoritarian push.
Mumtaz Ali Khan
Sri M is the coolest guru you could know. He is currently on a padayatra from Kanyakumari to Srinagar and has halted in Delhi for the time being.
Bibliofile
The conversation between Umberto Eco and French scriptwriter Jean-Claude Carriere that beats all other internet discussions
Delhi Diary
When a fake tweet, a fake photo and a fake video can have such high returns, who would want to let reality bite into the hype?
On His Majesty's Legal Service?
The A-G is meant to be a voice for the Constitution. Mukul Rohatgi’s score....
Brigade That Lit The Fire
As the Jat agitation claims more victims, the Khattar-centred ploy of caste politics has gone awry
Of Foregone Distinctions
Almost every family in this tiny village of Jaunpur has produced a civil servant
