India, Oct. 17 -- A striking feature of global surveys on democracy is the disconnect between how democracy is viewed in theory and in practice. In its 2023 survey of 24 countries, Pew found that the ... Read More
India, Oct. 3 -- Last month saw the 154th birth anniversary of Ranjitsinhji, the first Indian to play Test cricket for England. Later this month, the 92nd edition of the tournament named after him - t... Read More
India, Sept. 19 -- It seems that scarcely a week goes by without Indian Americans becoming targets of abuse. Whether they are attending a football game or building a temple, their place in the US is u... Read More
India, Sept. 5 -- The Artificial Intelligence (AI) race has a new victim - second-hand books. Over the past summer, reports have emerged of AI developers around the world purchasing vast quantities of... Read More
India, Aug. 22 -- In 1972, S Rajaratnam, Singapore's first minister of foreign affairs, delivered a prescient speech entitled "Singapore: Global City". Drawing on Arnold Toynbee's Cities on the Move (... Read More
India, Aug. 8 -- In his famous essay, On Bullshit, philosopher Harry Frankfurt wrote that the "essence of bullshit" is a "phony" statement that is "disconnected from a concern with the truth". It come... Read More
India, Aug. 8 -- In his famous essay, On Bullshit, philosopher Harry Frankfurt wrote that the "essence of bullshit" is a "phony" statement that is "disconnected from a concern with the truth". It come... Read More
India, July 25 -- On October 15, 1857, a havildar and a sepoy were marched onto the Esplanade in Bombay. Each was tied to the mouth of a cannon. The verdict - that they were guilty of plotting a "risi... Read More