Avijit Pathak

Avijit Pathak teaches at JNU

In troubled times, walk with the poet

Wed, May 09, 2018

As militant nationalists create an environment of fear and violence, Tagore reminds us of the possibility of exploring India as a civilisation — not merely as a nation.

The presence of Nehru’s absence

Tue, Nov 14, 2017

We have lost what made his ‘discovery’ possible — a spirit of nuanced dialogue, decolonised cosmopolitanism and cultural syncretism.

Gandhi, the subversive

Mon, Oct 02, 2017

As people are reduced commodities and consumers, his moral engagement with self and society must be revisited as a protest ideology.

Hubris of science

Sat, Aug 12, 2017

It has become an ideology of the powerful. Democratic societies need a plurality of knowledge systems

A society that forgets its poet

Tue, Jul 04, 2017

Devaluing study of liberal arts and humanities could damage the fabric of civilisation

JNU’s enemy without, within

Mon, Nov 07, 2016

JNU is still a role model for other universities. Students still fight elections without money or muscle power and there is a culture of debate.

Jun 22: Latest Headline

Delhi must hold on to its cosmopolitan culture: Writer Rana Safvi

Writer-scholar Rana Safvi says it is imperative for Delhi to hold on to its cosmopolitan culture. Her latest book "The Forgotten Cities of Delhi" emerges at a time when there is a brazen attempt to re-write Indian history with demonisation of the Mughals.

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