Kabir Singh: Bollywood Reinforcing Inequality, Non-Egalitarian Aspects of Indian Culture
These are prime examples to explain how Bollywood reinforces non-egalitarian aspects of Indian culture because if a majority of a theatre audience laughs at...
‘Swadeshi’, Globalisation and ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’: Why India Fails to Learn...
To an average Indian, the very mention of the word ‘Swadeshi’ reminds of India’s independence movement and nationalistic leaders like Mahatma Gandhi; courtesy collective...
Political Elites of India: The Shifting Dynamics
The composition of power elites in India has significantly changed. Now, former businessmen like Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari are the key government functionaries...
India’s ‘Me Too’ Moment: Implications for Bridging the Power Differential and...
The Me Too Movement in India is certainly helping ‘name and shame’ sexual predators in work places. It has contributed in de-stigmatising survivors and...
Pathaan Movie: Games People Play for Commercial Success
Perpetuating myth of caste supremacy, lack of respect for religious sentiments of fellow citizens and cultural incompetency, the Sharukh Khan starring spy thriller Pathaan...
R.N. Ravi: The Governor and his Government of Tamil Nadu
The tussle between Governor and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is becoming murkier day by day. The latest in the series is Governor’s walk...
Season of Yatras in Indian Politics
The Sanskrit word Yatra (यात्रा) simply means journey or travel. Traditionally, Yatra meant religious pilgrimage journeys to Char Dham (four abodes) to four pilgrimage sites...
No Guns, Only Fist Fights: The Novelty of Skirmishes on India-China Border...
Guns, grenades, tanks and artillery. This is what comes to one’s mind when trained professional soldiers engage the enemies on the border. Be it...
Taliban: Has America Lost to China in Afghanistan?
How do we explain utter surrender of 300,000 strong Afghan Army fully trained and militarily equipped by US before ‘’volunteer’’ force of 50,000 strong...
The Offensive Verse from Tulsi Das’s Ramcharitmanas must be deleted
Swami Prasad Maurya, a leader of Samajwadi Party of Uttar Pradesh who champions the cause of backward classes, has demanded the deletion of "insulting...
