Opinion | Congress and Its DK Shivakumar Paradox
By deferring the leadership question in Karnataka, Congress risks signalling to its own regional leaders that hard work and delivery are applauded, but not rewarded...
Category : Opinion
Opinion | Diplomatic Relations Are Not Personal Friendships. Confusing the Two is a Costly Mistake
by Sujit Nair
In geopolitics, relationships exist between nations, not between leaders. These relationships are built on hard interests like trade, defence, resources, technology, and long term strategic...
Opinion | Opposition Mukt Bharat
by Sujit Nair
This is what absolute power does. It strips leaders of humility and replaces it with contempt. It teaches them that questions are insults, that citizens...
Opinion | Politics Or Necessity? The ‘Bangladeshi Infiltrator’ Question
by Jash Hirani
The infiltration issue will certainly need to be resolved, but the ruling dispensation should exercise prudence in using it as an electioneering slogan, as doing...
Opinion | Rape Is Not A Mistake. It Is Violence In Its Most Gruesome Form
by Sujit Nair
A survivor once said, “they didn’t just touch my body. They took away my sense of safety forever.” That is what rape does. It invades...
Opinion | The Day the Word “Liberal” Becomes a Bad Word in India
by Sujit Nair
Liberals are today spoken of as if they are insults. As if they are threats. And slowly, quietly, that is what we are teaching our...
Opinion | God Versus Atheism Debate is Unnecessary
by Sujit Nair
The recent public exchange between Javed Akhtar and Mufti Shamail Nadwi has once again dragged us into a tired and largely meaningless binary. God versus...
Opinion | But Politics Is Not a Cricket Match
by Sujit Nair
Have we slowly turned politics into a stadium sport? We pick a side. We wear invisible jerseys. We cheer when our team scores and we...
OPINION | Democracy Rests On Accountability, And It Begins With Willingness To Answer Questions
by Sujit Nair
In India, the Government has two clear constitutional spaces to explain decisions, policies and actions. The first is Parliament. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya...
Opinion | The India–China Mood Swing
by Jash Hirani
It appears that whenever India moves closer to the United States, China takes a step back and whenever India distances itself from Washington, Beijing extends...