With the great betrayal in Kabul, the world has abandoned its promise to fight evil

Three moral communities that have been active in our public sphere pushing the boundaries of what is normal since 1945 seem to have gone AWOL.

Peter Ronald deSouza

· Sep 28, 2021 · 09:00 am

Dhirubhai L Sheth (1936-2021): An outstanding Indian thoughter

His was an original mind, desi in its insight but not nativist in its articulation.

Peter Ronald deSouza

· May 08, 2021 · 08:00 am

From the US to India, why do people collude with narcissistic leaders?

Putting the collaborators of Donald Trump’s toxic regime under the microscope.

Peter Ronald deSouza

· Jan 19, 2021 · 07:30 am

Contempt cases: Prosecuting comedians and cartoonists is no laughing matter

Courting a jester requires luck. Comedians are subversives.

Peter Ronald deSouza

· Dec 02, 2020 · 07:30 am

Duryodhana and Modi: Who will speak the truth to the ruthless, ambitious warrior-politicians?

Many questions. Few answers. Lots of bluster.

Peter Ronald deSouza

· Aug 12, 2019 · 06:30 am

The India of acceptance: What RSS backers could learn from 19th-century thinker Francisco Luis Gomes

Representing Goa in the Portuguese parliament, he argued in 1861 for the equality of the vote and fair representation. What would he make of this week’s mess?

Peter Ronald deSouza

· Jul 13, 2019 · 06:30 am

Opinion: Modi washing sanitation workers’ feet at Kumbh Mela lands a blow against Hindu social order

The prime minister’s act was symbolically very significant, but will it help effect any substantive change?

Peter Ronald deSouza

· Feb 27, 2019 · 09:00 am

The BJP should have lost the Gujarat election, going by conventional wisdom. Why didn’t it?

Anti-incumbency, social coalitions, religious polarisation and even Narendra Modi’s charisma do not fully explain the BJP winning a fifth straight term.

Peter Ronald deSouza

· Dec 20, 2017 · 06:30 am

Opinion: Four major issues that need to be debated on the EPW crisis

The events that led to the resignation of its editor on July 18 must be subjected to the strictest scrutiny.

Peter Ronald deSouza

· Jul 29, 2017 · 12:30 pm

In charts: How the BJP stole Goa against the wishes of its people

'Forget dharma. Forget shame. Just think power, and you get a picture of a New India very different from the one promised.'

Peter Ronald deSouza

· Mar 22, 2017 · 07:30 am

Furore over a handshake declined in a Swiss town holds valuable lessons for India

In public spaces, actions that discriminate against some groups must be opposed – even if such practices are sanctioned by religion.

Peter Ronald deSouza

· Apr 21, 2016 · 10:30 am

Banning release of the Godse book in Goa was an act of censorship and intolerance

While protests against a book are legitimate, threats to censor opinion one dislikes has no place in a constitutional democracy.

Peter Ronald deSouza

· Feb 03, 2016 · 11:30 am