Politics

Trying to ban a book is the ultimate sign of intellectual dehydration. If you can’t argue with ideas, cover your ears and cry “la la la la”

Our Indian “traditions” are the root cause of much continued suffering. Prejudices can die out over time, but traditions are deeply embedded thorns.

Is caste still a big deal in today’s world? What information do people gain from it, and why don’t people just “promote” themselves?

Somnath Barti is a textbook racist. Referring to “Africans” or “Nigerians” or “Ugandans” is vile. Stop doing it.

There’s a glaring hole in the arguments around Section 377. Everyone is so focused on whether homosexuality is “unnatural” and is “destroying Indian culture” that they’re missing the wood for the trees. Section 377 affects us all – both gay people and straight people. It makes illegal any so called “unnatural sexual” act which the … Read more

Even though India is a free country, our politicians and police force don’t understand what that means. They need a civics lesson.