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The price of compassion

New Delhi, July 6 -- On Muharram this year, a photograph from Kasaragod in Kerala travelled widely across social media. It showed Irfana Iqbal-a member of the Indian Union Muslim League and the Kasara... Read More


Bhagavad Gita's classroom test

New Delhi, June 29 -- The Madras High Court has held that the Bhagavad Gita is not a religious text. It is, the court says, a work of ethics-a treatise on moral philosophy. Teaching it, therefore, can... Read More


In defence of the self-criticising Hindu

New Delhi, June 23 -- "Self-hating Hindu". For some time now, one keeps encountering this phrase. It appears in speeches, social media posts, and political arguments. Yet it is rarely defined with any... Read More


What 12 years of Modi have done to India's soul

New Delhi, June 14 -- When we examine the record of a government, beyond its impact on GDP, we must also ask whether it has nurtured the nobler impulses within society or stirred and legitimised the b... Read More