I’m honored that Rajmohan Gandhi has invited me to submit some thoughts for his ambitious and much needed new publication. I’ve known Raj for many years, and I’
Across the world democracy is on the defensive. The political center is weakened; the extremes are emboldened. Civil discourse is rare and compromise scorned. Political parties on the right play
As I begin what I hope will be a regular column, let me acknowledge that We Are One Humanity (WAOH) was my idea. I wanted to remind anyone willing to
Published simultaneously in multiple cities in South India, the New Indian Express carries in its edition of August 15, India’s independence day, an article by me which I take
The performance of the newly installed Modi-led coalition government in the Indian parliament on the morning of Wednesday June 26 is worth looking at. Not for any ominous intervention
South Africa, too, emerging like India from crucial national elections, faces major questions, as do other lands. However, let me stay with India in this piece, and along with millions
Thousands of miles separate me from India as I type these lines, but a most amazing possibility is swallowing my sleep. The possibility is that the people of India may
“No real buzz for BJP in western UP” is Indian Express’s headline (Apr 15) for Neerja Chowdhury’s column written after the seasoned journalist talked with voters in an
With the U.S. veto held back at last, the U.N. Security Council, responding to a mounting global cry, finally demanded “an immediate ceasefire” in Gaza. True, the council’
Whether Indian or not, cherishers of democracy should know of at least some troubling recent happenings in India.
On February 16, a French journalist who has worked in India for
Let me summarize some of the concerns harboured (or where possible voiced) by Indians as the Indian state took a prominent part in the inauguration on January 22 of an
As a Hindu from India, I feel shaken by a remark by Moumita Alam, a Muslim poet from West Bengal. On December 2 she wrote this sentence in the online
