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Lt Kamalesan Dismissal: Armed Forces Deserve Secularism That Is Constitutional, Not Ceremonial

India, Dec. 8 -- The dismissal of Lt. Samuel Kamalesan and the courts' endorsement of it reopen a question India has sidestepped since Independence: Can a constitutional republic continue to run its a... Read More


USM Leadership Training Transforms Students

India, Dec. 8 -- "I have attended many training programmes at different centres, but the USM training is totally different from all the others. At USM, I experienced the practice of unity in diversity... Read More


Where We Show Up

India, Dec. 8 -- On November 29, a National Christian Convention was held at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, just before the winter session of the Parliament. It was not a festival or a spiritual retreat. It ... Read More


Youth to the Fore

India, Dec. 8 -- Modern-day anti-government campaigns have heavily banked on digital platforms to spread their message, mobilise support, and challenge existing power structures. In Goa, though, it ha... Read More


Mobile as Opium A Nation Sedated by Screens

India, Dec. 8 -- The late Prof MP Manmadhan (1915-1994) belonged to that rare tribe of public intellectuals Kerala once produced in abundance-men who combined scholarship with activism, conviction wit... Read More


The Evolution of Generational Identity: Understanding Gen Z

India, Dec. 8 -- The concept of generation was first developed by Karl Mannheim about a century ago. Mannheim viewed a generation as a product of rapid, disruptive change, in which individuals re-enco... Read More


The Future Rests on a Generation That Must Step Up

India, Dec. 8 -- India's democratic future now rests, more than ever, on the shoulders of its young. This may sound like a familiar refrain, but the circumstances today are sharper and more unforgivin... Read More


Double-Engined Hypocrisy!

India, Dec. 1 -- The last thing I ever want to do is to bring down the name of a film actor who has just passed away. I loved his charisma and admired the powerful screen presence he carried into ever... Read More


The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate

India, Dec. 1 -- Aeschylus, the Greek tragedian, wanted to know how he was destined to die. Hence, he consulted a fortune teller who told him the truth and nothing but the truth. "You would meet your ... Read More


Reclaim the Constitution!

India, Dec. 1 -- On November 26, the nation once again observed 'Constitution Day!' There will be the usual plethora of speeches (ad nauseam!) of "how important the Constitution is for all of us," "wh... Read More