Patriotism Vs Jingoism

Gandhian nationalism, enshrined in the Constitution, is based on ideals of equality and diversity. As a new...

Inspired By Outlook’s Own Vinod Mehta

Ramachandra Guha, Public Intellectual of the Year

Battlefield Banaras

Few, including sitting MP Narendra Modi perhaps, know of the Mahatma’s enduring relationship with the city

'The Man Who Gets Things Done'

Khushwant Singh has just entered his 100th year. Time to recall an essay detailing why he once extolled...

The Boer Battles

Historian Ramachandra Guha’s new book explores the critical formative years of Gandhi’s political life,...

Who Milks This Cow?

Tracking that species of Hindutvawadi, obsessively trolling the Net, looking for slights to the faith

'Need For A Judicial Enquiry'

We are deeply saddened at the indiscriminate killing of 18 adivasis in Kottaguda Panchayat of Bijapur...

'Release Both Alex Paul Menon And Jhina Hikaka Immediately And Unconditionally'

'We condemn the attack by the Maoists ...in which they killed two security guards and abducted the Sukma...

Debating Anna Hazare

Does the movement provide us a great opportunity for national regeneration? Could it grow by involving...

'As Much A Lesson For The Maoists As For The Government'

'Appeal to both the Maoists and the government to initiate peace talks on the basis of justice and...

A Nation Consumed By The State

Myriad corrosive agents—even the Indian State—are eating into the idea of India. This isn’t the...

Nehru’s House Needs A Fresh Discovery

The once venerable Nehru Memorial Library is in peril

'Violence Has No Place In A Democracy'

'Those that adopt violent means to express themselves cannot and should not be condoned in any manner...

Unacknowledged Victims

More deprived and dispossessed than the Dalits - or Muslims - the Adivasis remain not just marginal but...

Ambedkar’s Desiderata

In six decades of ‘progress’ India hasn’t realised our founders’ vision of social democracy

The Axis Year

When India was closest to being a non-functioning anarchy

The Past And Future Of Indian Elections

How the polity got fractured and how we can aid the healing process

A Frontier Malgudi

The Great Indian Chaos Theory

Was this the worst year experienced by India (and Indians) since the country was founded? Our annus...

Easy With Its History