More than self-determination for the disaffected, India as a whole needs a dispensation where individual rights and freedoms are truly respected
A version of the following was published in Mint today.
Public consciousness in India received a rude shock a few weeks ago when public demonstrations erupted first in the Kashmir valley, and then in Jammu. [...]
Of popularity contests and public intellectuals
Foreign Policy magazine, Rohit Pradhan alerts us, has published the results of their poll to find the top 100 public intellectuals.
And on top of that heap is Fethullah Gülen. Now that we know that he is the top public intellectual, we might perhaps get to know a little bit [...]
The bias shows in a Chennai-based national newspaper
The Darul Uloom at Deoband is one of the most influential Islamic institutions in India. Since Deobandi militants have been responsible for much of terrorism and violence, in Afghanistan, Pakistan and in India, it is natural to take notice when that institution organises an “All India Anti-Terrorism [...]
Kosovo’s independence is a product of the lazy belief that multi-ethnic secular states won’t work
The manner in which Serbia treated its province of Kosovo, the argument goes, leaves it with little legitimacy to retain control over it. Ergo, independence.
Forget that such concern for wronged populations is highly selective and exceptional. Underlying the West’s support [...]
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