Pushparaj Deshpande

How do ordinary human beings going about their lives abruptly become extremely antagonistic towards their Dalit neighbours?

It’s evident that the CAMPA is neither about conservation nor vikaas. It is a direct consequence of BJP’s deep ideological aversion to Adivasis (as also Dalits and minorities).

The issue is not just about Modi ji’s gaseous exaggerations. It is also about diversion of public funds and corruption.

For a country so fixated on growth and global leadership, it’s extremely counterproductive to suppress half our talent pool.

If the BJP were genuinely in love with the idea of India, as millions of Indians are, they would protect and uphold the constitutional idea of India, which defines who we are as a people.

If we sincerely claim to be a civilized and modern society, do we really think its justified for a mob to take the law into their hand to mete out what they believe is justice?

The BJP on its part conveniently ignored that the JNU Students’ Union, as well as all student groups (except ABVP) criticised the divisive sloganeering in a civilised and peaceful manner.

The NDA has made concerted efforts to dilute the MGNREGA, and evidence suggests this is solely because it was spearheaded by a Congress government.

For any educational institution to summarily suspend students for expressing their views (even if they were on Yakub Menon or Muzaffarnagar) is against the very concept of a free and open dialectic.

Hostility to diversity has become worryingly mainstream, and ‘tolerance’ is at the centre of that problem.

It would do the BJP well to gauge Jawaharlal Nehru on facts, rather than venal fabrications

From inflation to social sector spending to reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at the Delhi Economic Conclave has proved that Truth is dead.

What most Indians who voted for the BJP don’t realise (or accept) is that they were duped by Prime Minister Modi.

In lamenting PM Modi’s dilemma (damned if he does and equally damned if he doesn’t), Chandan Mitra, in classic propagandist fashion, first provides us with a cleansed version of what happened to Mohammad and Danish Akhlaq in Uttar Pradesh. A rejoinder is necessary.