Technology Can Replace Tasks, Not Human Judgment Every generation has its favourite machine. The steam engine promised strength. The railway promised speed. The computer promised…
There is a moment in every sting operation when the viewer feels the thrill of justice arriving secretly. A hidden camera enters the room where power has relaxed its public face.…
A democracy without a questioning press is not a democracy. It is a performance of democracy, a staging of the institutional forms, elections, parliaments, constitutions, without…
When the Yamuna floods, politicians speak of acts of God. When cities choke under a blanket of pollution every winter, commentators discuss atmospheric conditions. When groundwate…
The phrase cooperative federalism has been used by every Indian government of recent memory as a description of the relationship it seeks with states. It suggests a partnership be…
A Democracy Without Disagreement Stops Thinking Democracy is often praised as the rule of the people, but that is only its surface. At its best, democracy is the discipline of di…
In the Age of AI, Mathematical Thinking Is Civic Power There was a time when mathematics entered public life only during budgets, board exams and the occasional argument over inf…
Power Does Not Corrupt Everyone; It Reveals Everyone Adversity has a way of making people look noble. A leader out of office speaks of freedom. A party in opposition speaks of in…
