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Shiv Visvanathan
Shiv Visvanathan is a regular Scroll.in contributor
Opinion: Why can’t India take a joke anymore?
Today, laughter has become anti-Indian and anti-national.
Shiv Visvanathan
· Jan 12, 2018 · 08:00 am
Gujarat bishop’s plea to save India from nationalist forces is an act of citizenship we must support
The Election Commission has asked Thomas Macwan to explain his letter calling for prayers for the victory of ‘humane leaders faithful to the Constitution’.
Shiv Visvanathan
· Nov 27, 2017 · 07:30 am
Proposal to remove M from AMU, H from BHU shows that India doesn’t really understand secularism
Merely renaming Banaras Hindu University and Aligarh Muslim University won’t reform these institutions.
Shiv Visvanathan
· Oct 11, 2017 · 06:30 am
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After Republican senator mocks Kamala Harris for her name, Indian Americans strike back on Twitter
Oct 18, 2020 · 06:15 pm
France: Tens of thousands protest beheading of teacher for showing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad
Yesterday · 12:41 pm
Scientists discover a new Aloe species in Rajasthan’s deserts that locals were using to make pickles
Oct 18, 2020 · 09:30 pm
Watch: American rapper arrested after boasting about unemployment fraud in this music video
Yesterday · 01:30 pm
Republic TV to sue Mumbai Police chief for Rs 200 crore for ‘damage to reputation’ in TRP scam
Yesterday · 10:26 pm
Once the arena of creative ideological battles, the politics of survival now blights Tamil Nadu
The lack of creativity displayed by its current crop of politicians could well open the door for the BJP’s entry into the southern state.
Shiv Visvanathan
· Sep 28, 2017 · 12:30 pm
Question for the BJP’s Ram Madhav: How Indian are his party’s ideas of nationalism and development?
In a recent op-ed, the BJP spokesperson argued that for the first time after independence, the dominant idea of India was rooted in India’s genius.
Shiv Visvanathan
· Aug 20, 2017 · 05:30 pm
Opinion: Is Modi the Mahmud Ghazni of the Nehruvian nation state?
Modi realised only when Nehru as a paradigm and exemplar of nation building was erased, could his era begin.
Shiv Visvanathan
· Aug 02, 2017 · 08:00 am
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Yesterday · 04:00 pm
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Yesterday · 01:30 pm
Watch: Little boy adorably sings Indian classical song with grown-up leading him
Yesterday · 01:02 pm
Watch: British royals Kate Middleton, Prince William play Pictionary with Islamabad school students
Yesterday · 12:45 pm
Shiv Visvanathan: Four ways I was wrong about Narendra Modi three years ago
The Indian prime minister has contempt for intellectuals because they got him wrong. They did.
Shiv Visvanathan
· May 26, 2017 · 08:00 am
From human being to 'human shield': The tragic (and fragmented) story of Citizen Farooq Dar
The sadness of Kashmir politics from Abdullahs to the army is that it has created a democracy as an empty forum without values.
Shiv Visvanathan
· Apr 19, 2017 · 05:30 pm
Yogi Adityanath and Ramdev are the new BJP model of development-plus
The Modi-Adityanath-Shah syndrome needs to be confronted ethically, aesthetically, conceptually.
Shiv Visvanathan
· Mar 22, 2017 · 08:00 am
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Yesterday · 07:25 pm
‘Ludo’ trailer: Crime and comedy in Anurag Basu’s anthology film
Yesterday · 12:34 pm
SD Burman to AR Rahman: A playlist of Hindi film composers who can sing (and those who shouldn’t)
Yesterday · 10:30 am
Vishal Bhardwaj to direct a film franchise based on the works of Agatha Christie: ‘Variety’ report
Oct 18, 2020 · 11:39 pm
Sunita Mani interview: ‘We’re having a moment, there will be more equalised seating at the table’
Oct 18, 2020 · 02:30 pm
Elections 2017: It is time to write an obituary for ideals like socialism, secularism and justice
The power of the BJP as a party lay not in creating a new universe of concepts but in undermining the old ideals.
Shiv Visvanathan
· Mar 14, 2017 · 06:30 am
Making sense of Ramjas violence: When Left snobbery met Right populism
The campus has become a site for a civil war of interests rather than a battleground of ideas.
Shiv Visvanathan
· Mar 07, 2017 · 08:00 am
It is fitting that Gandhi's assassination is being used to widen the democratic imagination
The information commissioner's ruling to make public Nathuram Godse's statement could not have come at a better time.
Shiv Visvanathan
· Feb 26, 2017 · 06:30 pm
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Yesterday · 11:33 pm
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Yesterday · 11:00 pm
Cricket: Gayle, du Plessis, Afridi among marquee names picked in Lanka Premier League draft
Yesterday · 10:49 pm
Coronavirus: Athletics Federation of India indefinitely postpones National Throws Championships
Yesterday · 09:32 pm
Cricket: New Zealand’s Gregor Barclay and Singapore’s Imran Khwaja to contest for ICC chairman post
Yesterday · 09:18 pm
