A History Lesson
January 12, 2018 9:54 am Leave your thoughtsThe death of Khalid Mujahid in police custody, and communal clashes in UP, underscore the urgent need for Akhilesh Yadav-led... View Article
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Look Within
January 12, 2018 9:53 am Leave your thoughtsThe real challenge is not external. The Indian state and the J&K government would do well to first acknowledge the... View Article
Sexual Violence and Mental Health:Confronting the Paradox of the “Guilty Victim”
January 12, 2018 9:51 am Leave your thoughtsA central paradox that characterizes a woman subject to sexual violence in many cultures, including India, is that of the... View Article
The Futility of Common Sense: An Essay on Ahimsa
January 12, 2018 9:49 am Leave your thoughtsUpon hearing that I was to be the advisor for a documentary film on non-violence, one of my respected erstwhile... View Article
The Twenty – First Century: The End of History or the Beginning of Transformation?
January 12, 2018 9:48 am Leave your thoughts1. Introduction The dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War are events of great magnitude.... View Article
A Finer Balance: An Essay on the Possibility of Reconciliation
January 12, 2018 9:45 am Leave your thoughtsIntroduction I begin this address by a simple reflection on the key words in the title of this symposium –... View Article
The Enemy System
January 12, 2018 9:42 am Leave your thoughtsHe (Pontius Pilate) took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying ‘I am innocent of the blood of... View Article
The Mirror of History
January 12, 2018 9:42 am Leave your thoughtsThe Mirror of History The history of the Indian sub-continent over the past century unfolds like the chapters of... View Article
The Brains of the Living: A Discussion on Political Violence
January 12, 2018 9:41 am Leave your thoughtsNB: This is a revised version of a paper presented to a seminar in Patna in April 2003, under the... View Article
The Threads of Conscience
January 12, 2018 9:39 am Leave your thoughtsAmerican opinion columns after September 11 included the following recommendations: “The Afghans are responsible for the Taliban. We should not... View Article