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Manu Joseph: Evaluate people by their worst qualities, not their best

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- People evaluate actors, singers, writers, directors and sports stars through their best works, even when such works are very few. Some artists are celebrated for a single work; t... Read More


Manu Joseph: Why all marriages are actually arranged marriages

New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Materialists, a delightful film, especially for people who are not wounded, wants to say that beautiful women want to marry wealthy and tall men, and wealthy men want to marry be... Read More


Manu Joseph: Why the poor remain unseen casualties amid India's raging dog debate

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Reformers take too much credit for reform. So often, good happens when upper classes collide in self-interest but ostensibly for a good cause. As we will get to see once again wh... Read More


Manu Joseph: The pressure on men to read novels can be insufferable

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Now and then, there is a lecture given to men about how they must read, chiefly novels. And why the fact that most of them don't read novels is yet another reason why they are no... Read More


Manu Joseph: Can anything save Indians from miserable urban lives?

New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- When I used to see images of Indians wading through flooded streets, or large crowds trying to squeeze into trains in Mumbai, or a mile-long queue of people in the rain waiting fo... Read More


Manu Joseph: Why drugs that eat our hunger won't cause a revolution

New Delhi, July 27 -- Two drugs are generating the sort of cultural excitement that only Viagra once did. Like Viagra, their effects are visible, and often not attributed to the medicine. Semaglutide ... Read More


Manu Joseph: Why there's a difference between power and influence

New Delhi, July 20 -- There is a difference between power and influence. Confusing the two lies at the heart of the gamble of several American billionaires who are covertly or overtly backing Donald T... Read More


Manu Joseph: The defeat of English is the defeat of Amateur Indians

New Delhi, July 13 -- A few weeks ago, Home Minister Amit Shah said at the launch of a book of Hindi poems, "In our lifetime, we will see a society in which those speaking English will feel ashamed." ... Read More


Manu Joseph: Try as you might, the human face cannot mask its age

New Delhi, July 6 -- When a man dies on a treadmill, people mutter that it's nature's warning against physical exertion. When a woman dies after injecting a potion of youth, it is market publicity for... Read More


Manu Joseph: What being in awe of Israel actually says about people

New Delhi, June 29 -- A few months ago, Hezbollah's operatives in Lebanon experienced something surreal-their pagers exploded. The next day, their walkie-talkies did the same. Israel, at first, said n... Read More