Liberty

Enabling a Right to Education of Choice: Homeschooling in India

Popular imagination about school education in India is centred on children studying either in government schools or mainstream private schools that follow the conventional classroom teaching model. However, increasingly…

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…

‘Room for difference’

In conversation with Milee Ashwarya, Editor-in-Chief, Commercial and Business Books, Penguin Random House India.

‘An inner hunger to become free.’

In conversation with Ishira Mehta, co-founder of CropConnect, a sustainable supply chain initiative…

We’re Halfway There

Cato Institute recently published the Human Freedom Index; which measures the extent of freedom in different countries and ranks them. 152 countries form a part of the index; and we rank in at 75 — nearly halfway through.

We Need Strict Rule Of Law, Not A Diet Plan

My morning started with a number of events, topping the list being comments on the beef ban from Baba Ramdev, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Minority Affairs Minister MA Naqvi.

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…

As CCS turns 18, Gurcharan Das shares his views on India

Centre for Civil Society was founded on 15 August 1997, on the 50th anniversary of India’s political independence to signify the necessity of personal, economic and social freedom from the omnipresent Indian state. We advance social…