Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Location

Manu Joseph: Why 'liberals' are often bad ambassadors of good ideas

New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- Since Wednesday, American intellectuals have tried to guess why Americans voted Donald Trump to power, even though they had discouraged them. They have given a host of reasons, e... Read More


Manu Joseph: Gifting isn't really the noble act it seems to be

New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- One evening, a few days before Diwali, it took me nearly three hours to travel 30km from Gurgaon to Delhi. The traffic congestion was, as usual, caused by amiable people who canno... Read More


Manu Joseph: Why Kangana Ranaut could be seen as India's Trump

New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- In June, a female constable at Chandigarh airport slapped the actor and politician Kangana Ranaut. The constable said it was in response to Ranaut's past statements on people who... Read More


Manu Joseph: The spectacle of SpaceX's rocket catch is how science has failed

New Delhi, Oct. 20 -- There is a way that people in Mumbai still gape at a new metro line-with rustic wonderment at automatic doors and air-conditioned coaches. A few days ago, the world appeared to ... Read More


Manu Joseph: Why Indians who didn't know Ratan Tata liked him

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- He made entitlement look good. And capitalism didn't look so bad when he was doing it. Ratan Tata, who died on Wednesday, had conveyed through the course of a whole public life t... Read More


Manu Joseph: The world is in the grip of some fierce delusions

Joker, Oct. 6 -- Folie a Deux, the second edition in the ongoing attempt at seriousness by Todd Phillips, director of The Hangover trilogy, released a few days ago. The film probably triggered a mass... Read More


Manu Joseph: How could a startup religion succeed in ancient times?

New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- In his latest book, The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World, William Dalrymple argues that India influenced the world immensely, even more than what some Indian... Read More