Interview: V.S. Ramachandran In the mind of the brainSASHI KUMARA conversation with Professor V.S. Ramachandran, world-renowned explorer of the human brain, on neuroscience, philosophy, consciousness and beyond. (P
Cinema On the silver screenSASHI KUMARThe creative urges of the pioneers and innovators of cinema in the Soviet Union surged in the heady aftermath of the October Revolution and through th
Comment Refusing to dieSASHI KUMARGauri Lankesh’s views will not die because they are intrinsic to freedom and humaneness. And her killers are confused because they do not know how t
Media Escape from freedomSASHI KUMARThe news media in India have become, variously, town criers, cheerleaders, abettors, apologists, and an advance guard of newshounds clearing the way,
The press and contempt Karnan vs KarnanSASHI KUMAREven where it is not a specific gag order as in the Supreme Court order against Justice Karnan, it exerts a nagging virtual pressure of pre-censorship
U.S .Elections Fig leaves and champagneSASHI KUMARThe American liberal media bemoan Hillary Clinton’s loss, but they do not, of course, bemoan the wanton death and destruction that she and her admin
Media All in the name of newsSASHI KUMARIn the out-and-out corporate media environment that exists today, market-friendly value systems are a natural consequence and crony capitalist behavio
Column Topsy-turvy journalismSashi KumarThe Marxist concept of the free press, as enunciated forcefully and at length by Marx himself, is not to be confused with the vitiated role of a nomin
Nationalism redefined The new nationalismSashi KumarNationhood under the BJP government, conflated with Hinduism, is defined more by what it excludes than what it includes. Anything that this regimented
Unmediated The tolerance testSashi KumarDo we need Aamir Khan to tell us that there is growing intolerance around us?
Freebie phobia: The BJP’s concerted attack on redistributive transfers Although the BJP is against ‘freebies’ in principle, in practice it has been forced to use a version of concessions and transfers to counter the o
SlideshowLiving on the edgeThey are river people, whose lives ebb and flow with the waters of the Brahmaputra in a timeless rhythm. But now, hydroelectric projects and homogenis
