Category Archives: Interviews

Smoking Cigarettes After Sex

There have been rarely any band in the history of music whose music has been [...]

Limelight| The Dibakar Banerjee Interview: I have no idea who I am

Dibakar Banerjee is a widely celebrated filmmaker. His films Khosla ka Ghosla (2006) and Oye [...]

Limelight| The Sanjib Baruah Interview: It is important to not celebrate democracy in a sense that ‘We are democratic, somebody else is not’

Dr. Sanjib Baruah is a professor of political studies at Bard College in the US, [...]

Limelight | The Steven Pinker Interview: The power of the wealthy is a real problem in democracies, but it is not the same as income inequality

Dr. Steven Pinker is a Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard [...]

Limelight | The Gopal Subramanium Interview: The law is being controlled by politics whereas the law is meant to be independent.

Mr. Gopal Subramanium is a Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India. After completing [...]

Limelight | Avinash Dixit: The rest of WTO should expel the U.S. and preserve order among the remaining members

I think that the actual materials taught in most MBA programs – accounting, marketing, rudiments [...]

Limelight | Anand Jayprakash Vaidya: When I was looking up philosophy, and was transfixed by it

I can think of three distinct forces that led me down the path of philosophy. [...]

Limelight | Johanna Thoma: The main point of philosophy is to get people to think better – In Conversation

The main point of philosophy is to get people to think, and ideally think better.   [...]

Noam Chomsky: China’s constitutional amendment is another dangerous and unfortunate step towards autocracy

The constitutional amendment is another dangerous and unfortunate step towards autocracy and repression in China. [...]

Noam Chomsky: The danger of the #MeToo movement is confusing allegation with demonstrated action

The danger is confusing allegation with demonstrated action. [...]