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Peter Ronald deSouza
The writer is the DD Kosambi Visiting Professor at Goa University.
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Perils of Trump, the maverick, for the US and the rest of the worldSubscriber Only
January 09, 2025 07:01 IST
A maverick is a person whose choices and behaviour are unpredictable. This can have both creative and destructive consequences
Thu, Jan 09, 2025
I was told to ‘go back to Portugal’. Is this Indian modernity now?Subscriber Only
November 13, 2024 17:29 IST
If my story is unique to me then it need not go any further. But I believe it is symptomatic of the mindsets that have grown not just across the country but also in families and neighbourhoods
Sun, Nov 17, 2024
Indian political imagination is far from dead. It’s thriving in new spacesSubscriber Only
September 02, 2024 07:42 IST
This is the challenge of political imagination: India is too big, too layered, too conflicted, too diverse for political thought to offer a comprehensive account. At best, only partial descriptions are possible. But such limited stories are being told
Mon, Sep 02, 2024
What Ashoka University founder needs to realise: Andolans are at the heart of knowledge, creativity and politicsSubscriber Only
September 16, 2023 15:07 IST
The extent of negative liberty – the minimum area in which no external authority should be allowed to interfere because it would violate that which is essential human – is a measure of freedom in that society. Ashoka allowed interference by external authority in that minimum area
Tue, Sep 19, 2023
Maharashtra’s political vacuum, NCP drama is an opportunity for Supriya SuleSubscriber Only
July 18, 2023 07:40 IST
Can she fight for her father’s honour, for the state’s pride, and for a different national politics, or will she get dragged down by the diminished imaginations that prevail?
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
Peter Ronald deSouza writes: Why I withdrew my name from NCERT booksSubscriber Only
June 16, 2023 17:05 IST
Peter Ronald deSouza writes: NCERT’s revisions ignore the goals with which textbooks were written. It needs to be called out
Sat, Jun 17, 2023
Why Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are both winnersSubscriber Only
October 31, 2022 03:45 IST
Led by Kharge, provoked by Tharoor, enthused by the two-month media coverage the election produced, the Congress is back. It may be the pivotal moment of restoring the practice of genuine competitive succession in the party
Mon, Oct 31, 2022
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Reaching the journeySubscriber Only
September 07, 2022 18:57 IST
Peter Ronald deSouza writes: The Congress's yatra has much to learn from the previous yatras
Thu, Sep 08, 2022
Across democracies, supreme courts’ legitimacy, autonomy are under questionSubscriber Only
July 06, 2022 18:59 IST
Peter Ronald deSouza writes: The primary responsibility of supreme courts is to serve as checks against executive over-reach, and make sure that the state maintains the crucial distinction between the rule of law and rule by law
Thu, Jul 07, 2022
A win for constitutional values in Pakistan and KenyaSubscriber Only
April 18, 2022 03:30 IST
Peter Ronald deSouza writes: The supreme courts of both countries had their own H R Khanna moments, showing judicial independence in the face of executive excess.
Mon, Apr 18, 2022
What one viral video says about Ukrainians’ defiance of Russian occupationSubscriber Only
March 18, 2022 04:00 IST
Peter Ronald deSouza writes: The internet is awash with such visuals of resistance. No autocrat can manipulate such widespread resistance.
Sat, Mar 19, 2022
The 2022 polls in UP show deepening of democracySubscriber Only
February 18, 2022 04:00 IST
Peter Ronald deSouza writes: The state is moving away from a one-party dominant system, with BJP too experiencing dissent and dissatisfaction within.
Fri, Feb 18, 2022
Can we eat our way to a more tolerant society?Subscriber Only
September 15, 2021 03:00 IST
Peter Ronald deSouza writes: Fanaticism often comes from the rigid rules we apply to food, with those who eat the food proscribed for us being viewed as the hostile other.
Thu, Sep 16, 2021
Us vs them: the battle for state culture in recent assembly pollsSubscriber Only
May 06, 2021 03:00 IST
The competition was between an ‘outsider’ who is threatening that which is valuable in the state, and an ‘insider’ who is going to protect it. This is how it worked in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Kerala.
Thu, May 06, 2021
Sreedharan offering to be CM candidate of the BJP in Kerala is astounding Subscriber Only
February 26, 2021 04:31 IST
Is E Sreedharan being naïve or arrogant or both to think that his engineering solutions will solve the problem of “love jihad” and “beef eating”?
Fri, Feb 26, 2021
To heal itself, American democracy will need more than just the replacing of Trump with BidenSubscriber Only
January 11, 2021 03:00 IST
America will need to examine why a narcissistic leader, with plebiscitary power, was able to expose the fragility of its institutions and push them to the brink.
Mon, Jan 11, 2021
Maradona was a rebel against a system that oppressed you by its rulesSubscriber Only
November 28, 2020 03:00 IST
Maradona was a rebel against a system that oppressed you by its rules, created them to hold you down and tore them up when the calculus of power changed.
Sat, Nov 28, 2020
Google employees’ personal politics helped dissolve their own ethics committee. Can India expect a similar scenario?Subscriber Only
April 27, 2019 00:57 IST
However, one wants to play it, this was a major goof up by the company — a failure of conception, planning and execution. Google could have avoided this huge embarrassment if they had only googled to find out what lay ahead.
Sat, Apr 27, 2019
The Pope, the DharmarajaSubscriber Only
February 09, 2019 00:10 IST
The pontiff’s UAE visit is historic in terms of inter-faith harmony and peace. But do the symbolic compromises he made diminish his moral sheen?
Sat, Feb 09, 2019
A good ally to invoke, difficult to walk withSubscriber Only
August 08, 2018 00:07 IST
Prime Minister Modi recently invoked Gandhi as he talked of capitalists. But Gandhi believed that owners must become trustees.
Wed, Aug 08, 2018
Much in a nameSubscriber Only
June 21, 2017 00:15 IST
The Margaret Court Arena controversy touches upon a key question plural democracies must deal with: What should be the correct response to the demand for the renaming of public places?
Wed, Jun 21, 2017
The banality of evilSubscriber Only
April 07, 2017 00:05 IST
The creation of ‘us’ and ‘them’ divisions is worrying. But, as the Alwar attack shows, what is more chilling is the ordinariness of violence
Fri, Apr 07, 2017
She knows which battle to fightSubscriber Only
March 10, 2017 00:00 IST
Maligning a young woman, especially the daughter of a soldier who died for the nation, is pure fabrication; it is designed to besmirch desh bhakts who do not do such things.
Fri, Mar 10, 2017
Exit governor, enter academicSubscriber Only
July 05, 2016 00:49 IST
With his return to the realm of ideas, Rajan has accepted the responsibility to speak out without the constraints of public office. This is where the fun begins.
Tue, Jul 05, 2016
The Limits of Good IntentionsSubscriber Only
August 17, 2013 05:47 IST
Can a citizen elite selflessly promote the greater good? This books answers are not sceptical enough.
Sat, Aug 17, 2013Journalism of Courage
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