What explains Modi’s waning magic and the rise of Rahul Gandhi? Darwin may hold a clue

Unfortunately for Modi, this one-time ‘part-time politician’ called Rahul Gandhi, the proverbial Pappu, was willing to dare.

Swami Agnivesh

· Dec 14, 2018 · 08:00 am

Fake news, paid news thrive in intellectual passivity – in India, blame it on the education system

Public opinion would not have been so decisive but for our willingness to be dumping grounds for other people’s opinions.

Swami Agnivesh

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Valson Thampu

· May 28, 2018 · 08:00 am

Narendra Modi diminished his office by selectively invoking Mahatma Gandhi in Parliament

If Gandhiji were alive today, rather than advocate an Opposition-mukt India, he would have advocated a Hindutva-mukt India.

Swami Agnivesh

· Feb 20, 2018 · 08:00 am

Good intentions are not enough for good governance, as Prime Minister Modi will ultimately find out

History will judge Modi not by bullet trains, demonetisation or GST, but by the reformation or deformation of the country’s character.

Swami Agnivesh

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Valson Thampu

· Oct 31, 2017 · 08:00 am

Why end world hunger by 2030? We have the moral obligation to end it now: Swami Agnivesh

The livestock and bio-fuels industry is snatching food from the plates of the hungry, the social activist told a UN World Food Programme meeting in Rome.

Swami Agnivesh

· Jul 04, 2016 · 06:30 pm