Sardar Patel birthday: To honour a freedom fighter, UGC has ceded some of its autonomy to government

The apex body for higher education has allowed itself to become a mere messenger for the government’s ideas.

Apoorvanand

· Oct 31, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Opinion: Does Hamid Ansari need freedom to speak or is it Narendra Modi who craves it?

The prime minister’s speech at the farewell of the 12th vice-president was a dog whistle to his core constituency.

Apoorvanand

· Aug 14, 2017 · 10:30 am

Nehru was ‘authentically Indian’ and secular. Do not blame him for today’s communalism

His critics say India’s first prime minister made his countrymen feel guilty about their religiosity. They are wrong.

Apoorvanand

· May 27, 2017 · 08:00 am

The RSS idea of India is not just being spread in colleges but among the defence forces too

The RSS version of Bharat Mata made its way to a government event where senior military officers paid homage to it.

Apoorvanand

· May 03, 2017 · 06:30 pm

By conferring a doctorate on Erdogan, Jamia is celebrating a regime that attacks academic freedom

The Turkish president will be honoured by the university on Monday.

Apoorvanand

· May 01, 2017 · 08:00 am

Uttar Pradesh 2017: How Modi and the BJP beat the politics of social justice at its own game

The verdict in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand is definitely a decisive victory of the ideology of the saffron party.

Apoorvanand

· Mar 13, 2017 · 08:00 am

The BJP's communal strategy failed in Bihar. So why are Modi and Shah repeating it in Uttar Pradesh?

It is not desperation that has driven the prime minister towards communalism. It is ideology.

Apoorvanand

· Feb 22, 2017 · 10:30 am

Gandhi, who helped defeat the mighty British empire, struggled to win the battle with his own people

His efforts to stop the majority community in newly born India and Pakistan from targeting minorities led to his assassination on this day, 69 years ago.

Apoorvanand

· Jan 30, 2017 · 12:30 pm

The real problem with Jaipur Lit Fest is not the participation of RSS ideologues – it's the sponsor

It's time for writers and intellectuals to be reminded about Zee's recent campaigns against people they have branded 'anti-national'.

Apoorvanand

· Jan 18, 2017 · 08:30 am

The surgical strikes on Teesta Setalvad continue with the Bari report, and we should all be ashamed

The central-government committee holds the activist ‘culpable for hatred-filled, disharmony-spreading, ill-will generating, enmity-creating explosive writings’.

Apoorvanand

· Oct 24, 2016 · 08:00 am

‘Draupadi’ and the Haryana university fracas: There’s a hero in this story and it is not the ABVP

As long as we have teachers like Snehsata among us, universities will not die despite the cowardice of their leadership.

Apoorvanand

· Oct 04, 2016 · 06:30 pm

Why Pratap Bhanu Mehta's resignation from the Nehru Memorial matters

The government will find it difficult to dismiss his protest as yet another conspiracy of disgruntled left intellectuals.

Apoorvanand

· Aug 16, 2016 · 08:00 am