Satisfaction does not have to come from a fancy job in posh surroundings. It can come from helping underprivileged children find their feet in the education system In the twilight years of his life, Sudhir Dar used too many words to say things that one could mistake as trite reactions of a political simpleton. His […]

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Kohli’s skillset may not include a sense of history, but he certainly shouldn’t maul history instead The historians of Indian cricket, especially those reflecting on the sociology of its changing demography, might not be able to defend Virat Kohli against charges of showing a lack of sense of history. Kohli had said India began to […]

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William Dalrymple’s new book narrates a riveting tale of the English trading company’s rise as the Indian subcontinent’s dominant political power, but neglects its sociocultural impact Nearly 15 years ago, Elizabeth Kolbert wrote an essay for The New Yorker to mark 100 years of the publication of German thinker and sociologist Max Weber’s seminal work […]

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Sushma Swaraj’s was a remarkable journey of emerging as one of the key women voices in the right-of-centre stream of Indian politics It was 2000, the turn of the present century. A leading Left-leaning academic in Delhi University was delivering the usual rambling lecture, meandering from Marxist theorist Louis Althusser’s work to radical feminist concerns. […]

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It’s a continuation of the ‘mythology’ of DU and the ‘IAS dream’ of students across the country For someone who graduated with a political science degree from Hindu College, Delhi University (DU), at the turn of the current century, these are confusing times. It’s difficult to decide whether to bask in the reflected glory of […]

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Ravindra Jadeja’s Twitter tirade against the former cricketer and one of the most recognisable voices of TV cricket commentary is ominous At first, it may seem like a harmless social media outburst from a member of the Indian team participating in the ongoing World Cup in England. The problem is that it isn’t. If the […]

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In a resource-scarce, insular India of the seventies, Gavaskar stood for the pursuit of excellence on a scale that wasn’t satisfied with anything less than world-class Among the many things said and written about Sunil Gavaskar’s craft, nothing is more edifying than what David Gower wrote exactly a decade ago. As Gavaskar turns 70 today, […]

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When in jail, get your wife a Lok Sabha ticket. This is the mantra in some bihar constituencies “Hum Munger ki bahu hain, Munger ki mahilaon ka vote aur aashirwad humko bonus ke roop mein milega (I am Munger’s daughter-in-law, I will get blessings and votes of women from Munger as a bonus),” says Neelam […]

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