Ram Mandir & Beyond: Why Secularism Needs To Be Saved From Secularists by Akshaya Mishra August 5, 2020 Why is explaining secularism so difficult in a country where secular tradition runs deep? That the idea stands thoroughly discredited... Read moreDetails
The Politics Of Cynicism: When Distance Breeds Distrust by Akshaya Mishra August 4, 2020 Tucked safely in his well-equipped home in the suburbs of the capital city Bhubaneswar during the pandemic, this young man,... Read moreDetails
How Institutions Lost Trust: Process Over Purpose In Justice System by Akshaya Mishra August 4, 2020 Social media, powered by networks and 'we' communities and armed with irreverence and belligerence, has exacerbated the popular distrust of... Read moreDetails
Truth Vs Unholy Noise: Why Sushant Singh’s Case Triggers The Been-There-Seen-It Feeling by Akshaya Mishra August 4, 2020 The raucous television debate and the explosion of outrage on social media over the death of Sushant Singh Rajput triggers... Read moreDetails
CORONA DIARIES 52: Stray Thoughts Amid Long Wait For Vaccine by Akshaya Mishra July 28, 2020 The furiously wriggling worm flung itself inches into the air, crashed on the floor, wiggled some more and went flat... Read moreDetails
Sushant Singh Rajput’s Death: Distractions Must Not Cloud Quest For Fair Probe by Akshaya Mishra July 26, 2020 What is Kangana Ranaut's fight about -- Sushant Singh Rajput or herself? This is getting more perplexing by the day.... Read moreDetails
Bijay Mohanty: The Film Industry Failed To Do Justice To His Talent by Akshaya Mishra July 22, 2020 With the passage of Bijay Mohanty, Odisha's film industry is close to losing a generation of actors passionate about cinema.... Read moreDetails
Kangana Ranaut vs Karan Johar: Why Budging Film Industry’s Power Nexus Is Mission Impossible by Akshaya Mishra July 21, 2020 This is one statement filmmaker Karan Johar would never make in response to actor Kangana Ranaut's vitriolic attacks on him.... Read moreDetails
Corona Diaries 51: A Million & More – Our Fight Against COVID-19 Is Set For The Long Haul by Akshaya Mishra July 19, 2020 There's a hint of despair in the air. One million plus cases already and nobody's sure where it is headed.... Read moreDetails
‘After Me, The Deluge’: The Congress & The Fine Art Of Self-Destruction by Akshaya Mishra July 15, 2020 "After me, the deluge." Madame de Pompadour, the profligate mistress of French monarch Louis XV, is supposed to have said... Read moreDetails