The demise, during the final days of 2024, of the former U.S. president, Jimmy Carter, and the former prime minister of India, Manmohan Singh, elicited many thoughtful tributes. Among
Anand Teltumbde, Iconoclast: A Reflective Biography of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. Published in New Delhi in 2024 by Penguin/Viking.
This remarkable book will, I predict, be read, discussed, and cited
In 1948, our world’s nations met in Paris, passed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and agreed, in the words of UDHR’s second article, that “Everyone is entitled
The fire of hope lit by the people of South Korea, who rose to prevent their country’s president from imposing martial law, warmed spirits everywhere. Thank you, Koreans! Having
Combined with loud street cries, a spate of lawsuits across the land have heightened anxieties in India. These suits and cries demand searches in the foundations of some of India’
This week I ask, is the world going back? Regressing? Is it becoming more tolerant, even enthusiastic, about “strongman rule”? And about strongman rule’s seemingly required companion, the supremacy
Reprinted with permission from the November 2024 issue of the New Delhi magazine, Civil Society. www.civilsocietyonline.com
When you live up there in the Himalayas, how do you make
“The far right too is multiracial.” In liberal and left circles in the U.S., this “discovery” has become a common refrain in efforts to explain the rise in Trump’
Seventy-two million of my fellow citizens in the U.S. have made a dreadfully serious mistake, and we will have to live with the consequences for years to come.
