by Amit Chandra
This article originally appeared in the Hindi daily ‘Rajasthan Patrika’ and can be accessed here.
The last days has witnessed media reports of intolerance.First it was the sad but also rescuing fact that celebrated artist M.F. Hussein who has been threatened by reactionary Hindu activists, was granted citizenship in Qatar.Secondly, the…
2008 has indeed been an eventful year with a serious impact on how we think about ourselves and the world. My one learning was in preparing for a talk for the Foundation for Restoration of National Values. What are these values, how do we come to acquire them and why do we follow them? All the…
The state centred development in the last six decades is a failure in all fronts. Learning from the past mistakes the government of the day should identify the areas where more freedom can be given in dealing with the developmental activities. One such area is civil society.