WIDE ANGLE
… and people’s disempowerment continues!
Immediately after the September 2014 floods, when Election Commission of India decided to go ahead with the electoral exercise in...
We’re tolerant people!
“As a young man in early nineties, most of my actions were, instead of rational thinking or logic, programmed by...
Studying impacts of violence
Human life, which, those in the realm of the make-believe, developed world are so fond of taking for granted so...
‘Peace is won only by effort and resolve’
History has an uncanny habit of repeating itself. Unfortunately at a place like Kashmir, it is only the bad precedents...
Once the ‘lid effect’ is gone…
Human life, which those in the realm of the make-believe, developed world are so fond of taking for granted so...
Simplistic inferences lead to wrong conclusions
The “successful” conduct of recently held urban local body and panchayat elections has once again surprised many – though political...
Selling ‘differences’ as political myths…!
DIFFERENCE, though an inherently natural and important behavioral characteristic, is also a dangerous trait in socio-psychological make-up. Beginning as a...
When will our ruling class wake up?
Alfred North Whitehead was an English mathematician who became a philosopher. Having written on algebra, logic, foundations of mathematics, philosophy...
Using ‘national myths’ to polarize people
William Ury once said: “dealing with the differences is today one of the greatest challenges facing human beings.” True, what...
Finding meaning in meaningless political speeches
It is ‘promise time’. With elections round the corner, people are being treated to a whole lot of promises and...