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Opinion: Who Decides What Is "In Good Taste"?
The Supreme Court of India, as we know, has recently ordered a stay on Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from Parliament for a remark made in 2019 at a political gathering in Karnataka's Kolar district.
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Opinion: The Top 5 Words Of 2022 And What They Reveal About Us
In this sense, whether we 'like' these five-fingered offerings or not, they handily indicate that even at our loneliest, we are never quite alone.
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Opinion: A Forensic Examination Of Prashant Kishor's 'Agar Vote Hai'
The recent brouhaha over the comments of the political advisor to the Trinamool Congress, Prashant Kishor, on who will win the election in Bengal offers us a classic case of how a tiny particle of language, if ignored, can lead to major missteps in i
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Opinion: U.S. Shows Itself Up As "Nation Of Flaws"
The United States, has long taken pride in describing itself as a 'nation of laws', in the words of its sixth President, John Quincy Adams. Yet, under its forty-fifth President, Donald J. Trump, it's more apparent than ever that it is also a 'nation of flaws.'
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Opinion: Kamala Harris - The Power Of A Name
Every aspect of Kamala Harris's life as Joe Biden's historic Vice-Presidential pick will now be discussed threadbare in America and elsewhere. What will probably pass unnoticed, however, is something most Indians know by default. This is the meaning of the name 'Kamala'.
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Opinion: My Encounters With Stephen Hawking In Delhi
As a scientist, he exemplifies for me the best of the humanities, of what it can mean to be someone who lived almost his whole adult life entirely dependent on other humans for physical help but whose mind was ever independent, questing and transcendent.
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Opinion: When Words Like "Anti-National" Are Thrown Around
"Words matter", as a wiser and older George W. Bush has advised President Trump. Yes, they do here in India as much as in the US. Remember "Pappu" and "Feku"? Such labels stick. However, they are not half as problematic as invisible half-words and powerfully emotive discourse.
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Opinion: 3 Reasons Why Modi's 'Raincoat' Metaphor Is Brilliantly Bruising
Two seemingly lightweight utterances that prompt reflection on why "mere words" are so enduring.
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Opinion: What The Suicides At IIT Tell Us About Where We're Going Wrong
The youth of this country are, in effect, sending our planners and politicians a strong message. But is anyone listening?
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Opinion: Britain's EU Vote Is Really An FU Vote
The UK's recent decision to leave the EU seems to have about it a similar air of confusion- with perhaps similarly daunting long-term consequences as well.
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Opinion: Yes, Sanskrit At IITs May Be A Good Idea. But Conditions Must Apply.
Given the recent perturbations round an ancient language, this may be as good a time as any to review the possible contribution that Sanskrit, as well as the many languages of modern India, can make to intellectual paradigm-shifts in an age of virtual reality.
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Opinion: Analysis Of Rohith Vemula's Suicide Note
Rohith sees himself condemned to live in a world of mean and heartless human distinctions, including but not confined to caste, where personhood is reduced "To a vote. To a number. To a thing."
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Opinion: Bag Wapasi in Delhi
There's no denying that awful ills beset our capital and our country at large but, equally, a limitless resource that we can bank on without hesitation has to be the collective conscience and individual good sense of India's ordinary citizens.
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Opinion: IS and the Use of "Prostitution" Metaphor
Understanding the language and metaphors of terror could give us vital clues to its workings.
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Opinion: Why Aren't Scientists Returning Awards?
If the spate of Award-wapsi is a 'motivated protest' by persons who have been patronized by the Congress or the Left, that would be as true of the scientists. Why then have few, if any, scientists protested publicly?
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Opinion: Who Decides What Is "In Good Taste"?
The Supreme Court of India, as we know, has recently ordered a stay on Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from Parliament for a remark made in 2019 at a political gathering in Karnataka's Kolar district.
-
Opinion: The Top 5 Words Of 2022 And What They Reveal About Us
In this sense, whether we 'like' these five-fingered offerings or not, they handily indicate that even at our loneliest, we are never quite alone.
-
Opinion: A Forensic Examination Of Prashant Kishor's 'Agar Vote Hai'
The recent brouhaha over the comments of the political advisor to the Trinamool Congress, Prashant Kishor, on who will win the election in Bengal offers us a classic case of how a tiny particle of language, if ignored, can lead to major missteps in i
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Opinion: U.S. Shows Itself Up As "Nation Of Flaws"
The United States, has long taken pride in describing itself as a 'nation of laws', in the words of its sixth President, John Quincy Adams. Yet, under its forty-fifth President, Donald J. Trump, it's more apparent than ever that it is also a 'nation of flaws.'
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Opinion: Kamala Harris - The Power Of A Name
Every aspect of Kamala Harris's life as Joe Biden's historic Vice-Presidential pick will now be discussed threadbare in America and elsewhere. What will probably pass unnoticed, however, is something most Indians know by default. This is the meaning of the name 'Kamala'.
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Opinion: My Encounters With Stephen Hawking In Delhi
As a scientist, he exemplifies for me the best of the humanities, of what it can mean to be someone who lived almost his whole adult life entirely dependent on other humans for physical help but whose mind was ever independent, questing and transcendent.
-
Opinion: When Words Like "Anti-National" Are Thrown Around
"Words matter", as a wiser and older George W. Bush has advised President Trump. Yes, they do here in India as much as in the US. Remember "Pappu" and "Feku"? Such labels stick. However, they are not half as problematic as invisible half-words and powerfully emotive discourse.
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Opinion: 3 Reasons Why Modi's 'Raincoat' Metaphor Is Brilliantly Bruising
Two seemingly lightweight utterances that prompt reflection on why "mere words" are so enduring.
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Opinion: What The Suicides At IIT Tell Us About Where We're Going Wrong
The youth of this country are, in effect, sending our planners and politicians a strong message. But is anyone listening?
-
Opinion: Britain's EU Vote Is Really An FU Vote
The UK's recent decision to leave the EU seems to have about it a similar air of confusion- with perhaps similarly daunting long-term consequences as well.
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Opinion: Yes, Sanskrit At IITs May Be A Good Idea. But Conditions Must Apply.
Given the recent perturbations round an ancient language, this may be as good a time as any to review the possible contribution that Sanskrit, as well as the many languages of modern India, can make to intellectual paradigm-shifts in an age of virtual reality.
-
Opinion: Analysis Of Rohith Vemula's Suicide Note
Rohith sees himself condemned to live in a world of mean and heartless human distinctions, including but not confined to caste, where personhood is reduced "To a vote. To a number. To a thing."
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Opinion: Bag Wapasi in Delhi
There's no denying that awful ills beset our capital and our country at large but, equally, a limitless resource that we can bank on without hesitation has to be the collective conscience and individual good sense of India's ordinary citizens.
-
Opinion: IS and the Use of "Prostitution" Metaphor
Understanding the language and metaphors of terror could give us vital clues to its workings.
-
Opinion: Why Aren't Scientists Returning Awards?
If the spate of Award-wapsi is a 'motivated protest' by persons who have been patronized by the Congress or the Left, that would be as true of the scientists. Why then have few, if any, scientists protested publicly?
