What if rampaging crowds in Malda and Purnia were Hindu?Malda in West Bengal and Purnia in Bihar have…
Reservation system and confirmation biasWhile writing this I am having a battle with this blank sheet and above all, having the battle with my prejudice.It is not easy to be fair, it’s not easy to accept something that challenges your preconceived notions.Anything that changes status quo faces…
Who exactly has made Aamir Khan a star?Ever since Aamir Khan publicly declared that his wife is so scared of increasing intolerance in India that she is thinking of (just thinking of) moving out of the country, there has been a backlash from multiple quarters. There are many who are viewing Aamir’s…
Narendra Modi and Economic NationalismWhy has the United States egged the WTO to rule against Narendra Modi’s Saffron Revolution for Solar Energy ?According to the BBC:while the US was carefully reeling India into the climate talks it had simultaneously lodged a complaint…
Of Fence Sitters and the “Man in the Arena”A particularly distinctive feature of the political discourse in the english language media and its new anarchic cousin social media is “fence sitting”. On issue after issue the “fence sitter” pretends to assume the moral high ground while shying away from calling things the way…
Like we have American and European Indologists and Orientalists, why don’t we have Indian Americanologists and such?
