Corona Diaries 53: Of Three Million Plus & Diminishing Fear by Akshaya Mishra August 30, 2020 Three million plus, and now sky is the limit. Experts have stopped devising false ceilings after they were breached by... Read moreDetails
Protest Through The Lenses: People’s Alienation In Our Cinema by Akshaya Mishra August 28, 2020 In our movies many decades ago, the police landed on the scene after the hero was done with his heroics.... Read moreDetails
Is Democracy Dying? Ignore Doomsayers, It’s Self-Correcting by Akshaya Mishra August 23, 2020 Is democracy dying? The answer to this depends on whom you ask. The diehard supporters of the current dispensation in... Read moreDetails
A Nation In Churn: Being A Moderate In A Bristling Low-Trust Society by Akshaya Mishra August 20, 2020 "I am rediscovering myself. And I am indeed amused by what I am," says the friend without a trace of... Read moreDetails
The Crisis Of Trust: When Truth Loses Legitimacy by Akshaya Mishra August 20, 2020 The happy early childhood memories of this middle-aged friend comprises to a large extent experiences with a couple of Muslim... Read moreDetails
Goodbye Captain Cool: MS Dhoni Redefined Aggression by Akshaya Mishra August 16, 2020 Aggression, in the Indian imagination, has to be in your face. It has to involve a lot of explosive words... Read moreDetails
Modi Vs None: The Missing X Factor In New Generation Leaders by Akshaya Mishra August 15, 2020 Je ne sais quoi -- in French it means a unique, indecipherable quality. It roughly translates into 'X factor' in... Read moreDetails
Travesty Of Democracy: How Big Money Is Slamming The Doors On Free Politics by Akshaya Mishra August 11, 2020 Politics is a game multi-millionaires play. The entry gates are firmly shut for the poor and even the reasonably well-off.... Read moreDetails
The Rise Of Populists: Vision Of Dystopia Vs Logic Of Masses by Akshaya Mishra August 9, 2020 The rise of populism has led many to paint a dystopian vision of the future, for India and for the... Read moreDetails
Social Media Vs Democracy: How We Become Willing Pawns In Bigger Games by Akshaya Mishra August 7, 2020 Ever wondered why social media conversations turn nasty so quickly and why friends appear so different on social media from... Read moreDetails