Decoding Democracy

Hate them as much as you like. Summon the choicest words to describe them - unintelligent, ill-informed, mean, malicious, bhakt,...

The stubborn refusal of the Congress top leadership to revive the party is confounding indeed. The recent fracas over a...

In our movies many decades ago, the police landed on the scene after the hero was done with his heroics....

Is democracy dying? The answer to this depends on whom you ask. The diehard supporters of the current dispensation in...

"I am rediscovering myself. And I am indeed amused by what I am," says the friend without a trace of...

The happy early childhood memories of this middle-aged friend comprises to a large extent experiences with a couple of Muslim...

Je ne sais quoi -- in French it means a unique, indecipherable quality. It roughly translates into 'X factor' in...

Politics is a game multi-millionaires play. The entry gates are firmly shut for the poor and even the reasonably well-off....

The rise of populism has led many to paint a dystopian vision of the future, for India and for the...

Ever wondered why social media conversations turn nasty so quickly and why friends appear so different on social media from...