[With all of Narendra Modi’s good intentions, broom-wielding politicians are not going to create a swachh bharat. Instead, we need massive investment in solid and liquid waste management in India.] For the…
Author: Sankrant Sanu
Modi, Madison and Media
Amid the mix of the cynical, the patronizing, the downright racist and the ebullient reporting from Madison Square Garden it is easy to miss the forest for the trees. Beyond the song,…
Communalism in Secular Constitution – Time for Reform
India needs freedom from communalism of minority-majority politics. It may be the law of unintended consequences or it may simply be the result of the climate of partition in which our Constitution…
Indian Left’s support for Palestine follows European script and history
[New Delhi: Left leaders protest against Israel’s attack on Gaza at Parliament House in New Delhi on July 18. PTI Photo by Atul Yadav] Palestine is a pivotal cause for the…
India as a dharma society and the rule of law
[The way forward is not about going back to some hypothetical golden age or denying that we have real problems to solve today. But our problems appear unsolvable because we have failed…
The secular rapes of Badaun
There is a danger in turning incidental criminal acts into grand narratives about society. The New York Times made this point in cautioning against creating broad narratives of society based on the misogynistic murders…
Varanasi should showcase timeless India, not flyover modernity
I recently read a news report which said that planning for Varanasi’s development is in high gear. This is welcome news. One of the highlights being touted is a scheme for ‘sixty…
NSA surveillance of BJP: Is Rahul Gandhi to blame?
[Instead of pushing India’s national security agenda, when even the US is sensitised to it given the egregious nature of the Mumbai attacks, Rahul deflects the US ambassador away from the LeT…
Hinduism
Hinduism Encarta replaced its article on Hinduism after my critique of it was published. This is the replacement article from Encarta 2008 (now out of print) that was written by Prof. Arvind…
Teaching Pluralism and Tolerance: Building on Our Own Traditions
This was first published in the print edition of Manushi journal, Issue no. 137 of 2003. “Aap Hindu ho ya Muslim?” (Are you a Hindu or a Muslim?) It was an innocent question asked by…