Column: Learning from Jawaharlal Nehru
December 27, 2020The ability to be a giant tent under which a plethora of views coexist, has been gradually whittled away by the Indian National Congress
Column: The Age of Trump and the crisis in American Conservativism
December 27, 2020The term right wing was not always associated with bigots, misogynists, xenophobic, and others who want exclusionary policies to protect their inherited privilege. While there was fascism that was very clearly defined, it was never conflated with the conservative movement. Now, the distinction is not so clear
Column: France versus the Islamists – will fundamentalist secularism be able to defeat fundamentalist Religion?
December 27, 2020With battle lines being drawn between the fundamentalist secularists, and the fundamental Islamists – it looks a further period of strife in France, and in Europe.
Column: Breaking up Big Tech – The Way Ahead
December 27, 2020Fair Tax Mark, the organisation that certifies organisations on their good tax practises, estimates that in the decade between 2010 and 2019, the Silicon Six – Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, and Netflix – paid $100 billion less than they should have.
Column: Hunger And Starvation In 21st Century India
December 27, 2020Right now, we have a twin problem of excess supply of foodgrain (flagged by the RBI), and an excess number of very hungry people. There seems to be something fundamentally flawed with a system that allows the pile-up of food at one end and ignores the hunger of almost 200 million people at the other.
Column: The Chase for Ratings and the coverage of Sex, Scandal, and Fake News
December 27, 2020Never mind the murder of truth, never mind the spread of hate – the appeasement of the rating gods is paramount
Column: Time to raise non-rapist sons of India
December 27, 2020Rape is a male problem. Men Rape. They have done this through out history, and it is unlikely they will stop unless something is radically done to reform the way they are brought up and socialized.
Column: Making Social Media Platforms Pay for News
December 27, 2020In India it is estimated that 52 per cent of the total audience consumes news on Facebook and WhatsApp (also owned by Facebook). In the USA, this figure is 68 per cent. For Free
Column: Pressing need to look at the funding of journalism, for news that matters
December 27, 2020Journalism in Public Interest has to look at different methods of funding, beyond the sale of fleeting eyeballs to advertisers
Column: Universal Basic Income – the time is now
December 27, 2020The Indian economy needs a rapid infusion of disposable income in the hands of individual households to get out of the mess