Jun 21, 20206 minIs representation enough in politics?One of the significant moments that defined the structure of political representation in India was the 1932 Poona Act. It was about B.R....
Dec 24, 20194 minCurfewed Nights – Part IIThe protests and the violence along with it spread like wildfire. To make matters worse we had Akhil Gogoi, leader of the Krishak Mukti...
Dec 24, 20196 minCurfewed Nights – Part IThere was an easiness in the winter breeze that blew on December 8, 2019. I say that because nature always has its way of indicating...
Dec 17, 20194 minDude, You Can’t Just Shut Down the Internet in 2019If liberal democracy has been the most successful political idea of the last 400 years, then the internet and social media more...
Dec 14, 20192 minThe World’s GuiltThe following is a speech from the movie Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) delivered by the character Hans Rolfe played by Maxmilian Schell....
Dec 11, 20193 minFear and Loathing in AssamThings fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the...
Dec 10, 20191 minNoam Chomsky: For India, a hard struggle, but a necessary oneAs the country comes to terms with the passing of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, renowned political scientist and linguist Noam Chomsky...
Nov 6, 20192 minDonald Trump and the Banality of EvilIt is not surprising that Donald Trump is facing impeachment proceedings. It is surprising that he is finally facing impeachment...
Aug 11, 20194 minParag Das and the Search for Assamese IdentityIn contemporary history of Assam, Parag Das is the most important thinker and activist who provided the ideological foundation for...
Aug 9, 20192 minA Tale Of Two StatesFor a state so strategically situated and so economically vital, Assam has rarely ever found itself sharing any common history with the...
Jun 3, 201914 minThe Hindutva Rhetoric: History, Memory and LearningsThe Bharatiya Janata Party has done it again. Led by the popularity of Narendra Modi, it has once again won a majority in the Indian...
May 31, 20195 minAndrew Breitbart’s Hate MachineThe following is a hilarious excerpt from Bob Woordward’s recent book, Fear: Trump in the White House: In August 2010, six years before...
May 30, 20195 minThe TIMEs They-are-a-Changin’To be fair to TIME Magazine, they, while putting out Aatish Taseer’s ‘Divider-in-Chief’ cover article on Narendra Modi, did also put out...
May 29, 20193 minHow To Actually Change the WorldIf there has been a political figure with a legacy so untouched and untarnished, it has to be Mahatma Gandhi. Orwell wrote of Gandhi, a...
May 27, 20195 minCitizen Zuck: The Most Powerful Man in the WorldFacebook’s co-founder Chris Hughes’ recent testimony against Mark Zuckerberg was revealing and very agreeable for anyone who is concerned...
May 23, 20193 minOverthrow the Gandhi FamilyWhen Morarji Desai lay at Lutyens for two years with his grand mandate, he was told by someone, that “there are bitter weeds” in the...
May 1, 20195 minEarly and Often: Voting and Its DiscontentsIn the Summer of 1947, John F. Kennedy, then a young Congressman, visited his sister Kathleen in England. Kathleen, who had married into...
Apr 23, 20196 minWhy Do We Vote?As India votes in its 17th Lok Sabha, and maybe one of the most important ones in recent history, it is a good time to reflect on the...
Mar 27, 20193 minA Parody of All The President’s MenAfter over two years, the Mueller report has finally been sent in, and much to the chagrin of the Democratic party and the liberal media,...
Mar 21, 20194 minA Normal Nation in Extraordinary TimesThe Munich Security Conference, held every year in the Bavarian city, is like the Davos summit, injected with an extra shot of...