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Journalism of Courage

M Rajivlochan

The writer is at the department of history, Panjab University, Chandigarh

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India’s foreign policy paradigm may be shifting — PM’s Kutch speech is proofSubscriber Only

June 16,2025 17:30:44 PM

Breaking with India’s historic restraint, the Prime Minister struck a more assertive posture toward Pakistan’s aggressive ideology

Mon, Jun 16, 2025

Imagine a society based on trustSubscriber Only

January 06,2025 06:55:43 AM

It will unlock so many possibilities and efficiencies. Societies with high levels of trust have lower costs of doing business. If we can create institutional systems that inspire trust between people, we can be so much more effective, prosperous, efficient

Mon, Jan 06, 2025

Himachal Pradesh mosque flare-up: When government is disconnected from citizensSubscriber Only

September 24,2024 05:23:10 AM

We have created a system in which citizens have been taken out of governance. Every once in a while, they push back, seeking some say in how a locality is governed. In the absence of formal powers to govern, they create conditions of chaos, and find new ways of hurting each other

Tue, Sep 24, 2024

If the government were to provide equitable access to good and reliable facilities in education, health, housing and public transportation for all people at nominal rates or free of cost, it would go a long way to make self-employment an attractive option.

Why India’s youth is chasing the sarkari naukriSubscriber Only

February 29,2024 07:03:19 AM

It isn't the money but perks, respect and job security that drives people to seek public sector employment

Thu, Feb 29, 2024

Why Rahul Gandhi got what he deserved and what the outrage against his disqualification doesn’t getSubscriber Only

March 29,2023 18:55:47 PM

Trust in the judicial process is the foundation of civility in society and to undermine that because we do not like a particular judgment is an attack on civility

Fri, Mar 31, 2023

Veer Bal Diwas: For the nation, a story from PunjabSubscriber Only

December 27,2022 18:00:19 PM

Embedding the story of the sacrifice of the sons of Guru Gobind Singh in the national calendar makes it accessible to the entire country

Thu, Dec 29, 2022

Unity and diversity: Our obsession with diversity misses the pointSubscriber Only

July 05,2022 19:18:39 PM

Meeta Rajivlochan and M. Rajivlochan write: All nations have diversity. It is only by overcoming narrow identities that they flourish

Wed, Jul 06, 2022

Indic texts never valorised acts of desecration as bringing glory to godSubscriber Only

May 28,2022 04:00:25 AM

M. Rajivlochan writes: The idea that god takes multiple forms is ingrained in Indic religions, but not in Abrahamic faiths

Sat, May 28, 2022

The rising worth of Dalits in Punjab’s electoral politicsSubscriber Only

February 12,2022 03:25:13 AM

M. Rajivlochan writes: It could mean the end of Jat dominance in the state’s public life

Sat, Feb 12, 2022

Can’t blame the gods: Discovering free will during Covid-19Subscriber Only

June 09,2021 03:41:46 AM

For individuals to be held accountable is not only very new for Indian society, it goes against the most dominant grain in the history of thinking and decision-making in the Indian subcontinent.

Wed, Jun 09, 2021

China, unlike India, has adapted western ideas to suit its needsSubscriber Only

February 25,2021 03:20:10 AM

Indians, despite all the furore about Independence from the West, seem to have fully imbibed those norms and ideas — not in substance but certainly in form.

Thu, Feb 25, 2021