The Right to be Left Alone

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi was delivering a speech in his recent visit to UAE, he remarked to a packed audience — “Now we have a government in India which is visible everywhere and every minute.”

Private Property Rights — You have it, but you don’t

By Akash Shrestha

The following post talks about the Right to Property in Nepal, and its status in the new constitution that came into force this month.

#ThrowbackThursday: An Anonymous Letter to Rajaji (1965)

This letter was written to Rajaji in 1965, and appeared in a 1973 publication by the Swatantra Party. The writer of the letter talks about the dismal state of affairs at the time and questions the relevance of Swatantra Party given…

From a Government that Rules to a Government that Serves

By Baldev Raj Dawar

Want the Indian society corruption-free?

Curtail the powers of the Indian State. Change the function of the government — from ruling the people to serving the…

#ThrowbackThursday: B A Tarlton — Democracy in the Marketplace (1968)

The following post is based on a speech delivered by B A Tarlton in 1968, and was subsequently published as a monograph by the Forum of Free Enterprise in 1969. The author was an economist in the Associated…

Teacher, Can I Please be a Dancer?

By Noopur Dina

Take a minute and think about the time you were a kid and thought of your future self. All of us, at one point, have had a visual of us as grown-ups, doing something, enjoying it and making our lives about it.

Where Do Good Things Come From?

Where do good things come from?

There is a wonderful talk by Andrew Humphries on ‘The History of Liberalism’ delivered in the World Conference on Market Liberalisation in Bali earlier this year. Andrew previously worked with CCS Academy as a…

Let’s Save the World

At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. So old school.

The world is full of people and India contributes a large proportion of the population. This population is diverse, people act upon their own…