From The Archives

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…

Should We Alter Our Constitution?

Nanabhoy Palkhivala was an Indian economist, jurist, activist, and thinker. Hailed as the defender of civil liberties, Palkhivala’s insights on the Constitution and the freedoms it guarantees are influential to say the least. The following piece is set in the backdrop…

Palkhivala on the 42nd Amendment Act

Nani Palkhivala was one of India’s leading jurist and economist. Palkhivala was at the…

Nani Palkhivala | The Democracies of India and the USA (1974)

C Rajagopalachari | The Genius of India (1966)

(The following piece was published in the Swatantra Party Souvenir, a collection of writings and speeches by C Rajagopalachari)

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Minoo Masani | Socialism Reconsidered (1944)

Editor’s Note: Over the course of the next few weeks, we will be publishing Minoo Masani’s classic essay ‘Socialism Reconsidered.’ This is the first part of a series of posts. Minoo Masani was a liberal, politician and a member of the Constituent…