Original. [ Appeared in Christendom en filosofie : opstellen over wijsbegeerte, wereldbeeld en wetenschappen van het antieke christendom over Nietzsche tot fundamentalisme vandaag. p.51-82] In this article, we would like…
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[Published on dailyo.in Sep 08, 2015] Clearly, advocates of the caste-based reservation system are worried by the recent upheavals in Gujarat and beyond. In his “The Patidar idea of reservations”…
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[Published on dailyo.in Nov 27, 2015] Increasingly loud voices are to be heard from different capital cities in India about growing intolerance in Indian society. The western press picks up…
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[Published on dailyo.in Nov 19, 2015] Our recent piece on the valedictory speech of the minister of HRD at a Kolkata workshop elicited many replies from the readers. Some found that…
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[Published on Nov 13, 2015 dailyo.in] From the mouth of some babes, pearls of wisdom and truth fall like gentle rain from heaven. From the mouth of others, idiocies pour…
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[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…
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[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,…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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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