Questioning the axioms
[Originally published in Indian Express, Jan 21, 2016 ] There are three ideas in the West about Law that are taken as axioms. The first: all societies are founded on…
Read moreAn open letter to Europa
Check this: http://witness-to-our-times.org/
Read moreButchered in Bihar: a view from the outside
See Balu’s piece on Bihar elections, Nov 2015.
Read moreAn Indian view on Derrida and post-modernists
Check Balu’s piece on Derrida’s the force of law.
Read moreHow about speaking the truth about reservations?
[Published on Swarajya magazine Oct 14, 2015] What happens to the future of Indian intellectual scene when most of projects driven by its intelligentsia propagate perverted truths for self-seeking purposes? “Satyam Vada,…
Read moreCaste-based reservations and ‘social justice’
Check Balagangadhara’s paper on Caste-based reservations and ‘social justice’
Read moreThe Indian Jews
[Published originally on outlookindia June 20, 2008] social science debate in India has been hijacked by the struggle between secularism andHindutva for decades now. usually the Sangh Parivar is blamed…
Read moreHow free are we?
[Published originally on outlookindia, Jan 28, 2010] This has been a tumultuous decade for the academic study of India. In his recent Offence: The Hindu Case (2009), Salil Tripathi provides a…
Read moreCommon sense ideas about the caste system
I 1. When I took the caste-system as an example, what am I doing? I am showing that turning the standard story on its head is a child’s play: caste…
Read moreWhat can India offer?
[Published on outlookindia, July 05, 2007] Today, India has become a global player of significant political and economical impact. Europe and India are facing each other as equal partners in…
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