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Alok Rai
The writer taught in the department of English, Delhi University.
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Ali Khan Mahmudabad — an arrest and its sub-storiesSubscriber Only
May 28,2025 07:15:07 AM
Not everything about the wrongful arrest of the academic is as it seems to be
Wed, May 28, 2025
Alok Rai writes | The rise of Advaitic democracy – one nation, one election, one leaderSubscriber Only
September 14,2023 07:20:43 AM
The ‘one nation, one election’ idea seeks to minimise the jostling and clamour of the democratic marketplace to one pan-Indian 'road show'
Thu, Sep 14, 2023
Alok Rai writes on Manipur: We, as a people, have no right to shameSubscriber Only
August 05,2023 07:15:26 AM
As atrocity count climbs, we don't meet the enabling conditions to feel ashamed
Sat, Aug 05, 2023
Why the government’s attempts at Oneness in India is dangerousSubscriber Only
June 01,2023 07:00:23 AM
The desire by some in government to make drafting of laws precise is of a piece with the long history of objections to the diversity and uncertainty of language.
Thu, Jun 01, 2023
Alok Rai writes | Salman Rushdie attack: Need to condemn, need to listenSubscriber Only
August 16,2022 19:30:42 PM
Alok Rai writes: To draw line between free speech and hate speech, you need to engage with inequalities of power -- and inequality of access to free speech.
Wed, Aug 17, 2022
Who is guilty — Stan Swamy or those who kept him behind bars?Subscriber Only
July 07,2021 03:21:35 AM
Alok Rai writes: The impunity of the state and its agents in destroying lives at will must be reined in. It cannot be legitimised by any electoral ‘mandate’.
Wed, Jul 07, 2021
What does the government’s endorsement of Baba Ramdev mean?Subscriber Only
June 03,2021 04:20:23 AM
Alok Rai writes: It is a signal to the Hindu savarna constituency that the dispensation is suitably equipped to defend an indefensible social order.
Thu, Jun 03, 2021
To interpret widespread condemnation in Hathras case as evidence of conspiracy requires geniusSubscriber Only
October 13,2020 02:00:18 AM
“Conspiracy” is the oxygen that keeps bankrupt regimes alive. Minus that, what one confronts is a miscellany of horrors, lies and incompetence.
Tue, Oct 13, 2020
Indian inflection of herd immunity’ has deep cultural rootsSubscriber Only
June 15,2020 03:00:40 AM
In its corona version, poor are infected in sufficient numbers to produce immunity which accrues to those who have done nothing to earn it.
Mon, Jun 15, 2020
As former CJI accepts RS berth, let’s say it again: Judges are not law, but its creaturesSubscriber Only
March 26,2020 04:40:40 AM
The dignity of the Law is not a matter of concern merely to judges — though I believe it should be a matter of concern to them, too.
Thu, Mar 26, 2020
Govt’s assurance on CAA-NRC-NPR ignores a basic moral principle: Humanity, humaneness begin with empathySubscriber Only
March 04,2020 00:32:25 AM
It is a concern for the rights of others that makes us human, humane beings. So, honourable (and dishonourable) apologists, please desist — I speak not merely although my rights are unaffected, but even because my rights are unaffected.
Wed, Mar 04, 2020
Azaadi is a dangerous wordSubscriber Only
January 02,2020 03:49:56 AM
Our language is tainted and crippled by being pressed into the service of inhumanity.
Fri, Jan 03, 2020
A call to honourSubscriber Only
December 29,2019 01:10:53 AM
Reflections on the Republic at 70
Sun, Dec 29, 2019
House for HistorySubscriber Only
August 03,2019 00:29:54 AM
Despite the centrality of the question of privilege, Anand Bhawan, the Gandhi residence in Allahabad, was also the place where the most influential vision of India’s modernity — and socialism — was born
Sat, Aug 03, 2019
A climate of impunity emboldens the perpetrators of public murder to post real-time videos online.Subscriber Only
July 02,2019 02:34:35 AM
Hate has consequences. And those who propagate and promote that hate must bear responsibility for its entirely predictable consequences.
Tue, Jul 02, 2019
Let me count the waysSubscriber Only
June 17,2019 00:24:58 AM
Girish Karnad’s phenomenal creativity was fuelled by the fact that he tapped into several different linguistic traditions, contexts and resonances.
Mon, Jun 17, 2019
In praise of khichdi or, as the general election draws closer, in defence of politicsSubscriber Only
March 26,2019 01:30:01 AM
Political parties will — and should — continue to compete, and jostle, and clamour, and do all the messy things that are internal to the practice of democracy. Provided that the one self-proclaimed “nationalist” party is not allowed to shut down politics altogether.
Tue, Mar 26, 2019
Forgetting partition, remembering partitionSubscriber Only
March 23,2019 00:32:16 AM
This memoir of a displaced person is not Krishna Sobti’s finest work, but it reminds us that ironically, the business of Partition is, indeed, unfinished and ongoing
Sat, Mar 23, 2019
A Study in LegacySubscriber Only
February 23,2019 21:43:18 PM
The colonial English idea of the canon, applied to Hindi at a time when Dalit and feminist literature challenge its unity.
Sat, Feb 23, 2019
Violence, theirs and oursSubscriber Only
November 22,2018 00:15:35 AM
‘Terror’ is an artifact of the theory of terrorism, a way of interpreting things in the world. Our eager embrace of the theory of ‘terrorism’ is deeply suspect
Fri, Nov 30, 2018
Imaginary homelandsSubscriber Only
November 05,2018 00:30:37 AM
Allahabad was the name of an aspiration to independent, secular, cosmopolitan modernity — a hope, a sensibility. Prayagraj is a pernicious, hurtful fiction
Mon, Nov 05, 2018
The spy who wasn’tSubscriber Only
September 20,2018 00:10:11 AM
Nambi Narayanan’s acquittal raises a crucial question: Who is responsible for the evils of the state?
Thu, Sep 20, 2018
The native colonialSubscriber Only
August 20,2018 00:36:22 AM
V S Naipaul gave writers in once-colonised countries confidence. But he also exonerated colonialism.
Mon, Aug 20, 2018
The soundtrack of democracySubscriber Only
August 02,2018 00:10:48 AM
Supreme Court order on Jantar Mantar frames an often-ignored reality: Protest is a part of polity and the inconvenience it causes an affirmation of our common humanity.
Thu, Aug 02, 2018
Blame the hatSubscriber Only
June 14,2017 00:00:12 AM
General Bipin Rawat has been far too eloquent on matters he ought to be quiet about. He did sound silly while elaborating on ways to deal with the Kashmir issue.
Wed, Jun 14, 2017Journalism of Courage
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