The Generality Principle

Stressing on the crucial need to distinguish between the individual and the community, Parth Shah takes on a libertarian view of the uniform civil code and lays emphasis on Hayek’s “generality principle”. The article, published originally in Swarajya Magazine (2016), maintain its…

The Farmer’s Yoke: Financing India’s Peasantry

Despite the hue and cry made every election, the financial condition of the underprivileged remains deplorable. From attempts at rooting the middle men out to doubling farm incomes, Aashish Kalra outlines the daunting challenges the country faces…

Brilliant Democracy, Lousy Economics: Let’s Talk Cash

The following is an excerpt from Kanwal Rekhi’s article titled “Brilliant Democracy, Lousy Economics” (Silicon India, December, 1999). In the excerpt…

Transparency of Rights Act: Good Governance and Civil Society

The quest for transparent governance is all but a novelty in India. In its seven decades of independence, it is safe to conclude that the web of bureaucratic entanglement has morphed into a Gordian knot for the ‘Common Man’…

Chutney on a Leaf: The Life and Times of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (I)

‘Opportunistic’, ‘conservative’, a man of the dark dingy Zamindari ages- these were some of the accusations painted by Rajaji’s opponents as he tread the involuted path of liberty. However, the…

Movement Towards Swatantra: The Life and Times of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

‘Opportunistic’, ‘conservative’, a man of the dark dingy Zamindari ages- these were some of the accusations painted by Rajaji’s opponents as he tread the involuted path of liberty. However, the…

The Right to Die with Dignity

Minoo Masani, an astute parliamentarian and liberal thinker, founded The Society for the Right to Die with Dignity in May 1981, Mumbai, gracefully articulating the demand for voluntary euthanasia at a time when the topic was not much in vogue. In the following excerpt (from…

Trade ‘Trumps’ Rule: The Great American Nightmare

In an effort to put ‘America First’, Trump’s trade policies are anything but rule-based. Karan Tripathi, in the following article, underlines these aggressive policies, and warns of them significantly undermining the authority and relevance of…

Musings: Voltaire On Trade

The following is an excerpt from Voltaire’s essay “On Trade” from Letters Concerning the English Nation, a key work from the Enlightenment period. Known for his sharp wit, the observations of the satirical polemicist are just as provocative and relevant in the 21st century as they…