The TM Krishna column: Rajapaksa’s return as Sri Lanka PM is a warning for Indians ahead of 2019

It teaches us that unless we revolutionise our society, the Modis and Amit Shahs will always find fissures to claw their way back.

TM Krishna

· Nov 09, 2018 · 08:00 am

The TM Krishna column: Does it matter if Lingayatism is not philosophically distinct from Hinduism?

Over the centuries, new religions have always formed as the result of socio-political brawn.

TM Krishna

· May 07, 2018 · 08:00 am

The TM Krishna column: How the appointment of Dalits as priests is perpetuating casteist symbols

Why were they made to wear the sacred thread that symbolises Brahmin privilege?

TM Krishna

· Nov 27, 2017 · 08:00 am

The TM Krishna column: Why the Hindu majority must push back against the BJP’s politics of hate

The ruling party and the Sangh Parivar at large have launched an unrelenting blitz on minority identities, cultures and their rights as equal citizens of India.

TM Krishna

· Jul 25, 2017 · 08:00 am

The TM Krishna column: The human shield incident is a regrettable stain on the Indian Army

The Army must protect every tenet of the Constitution, irrespective of whether the other side is doing so.

TM Krishna

· May 28, 2017 · 10:30 am

The TM Krishna column: Should the ‘collective conscience’ override the spirit of the Constitution?

The principle of justice demands that law cannot rely on or be influenced by any delusionary sense or mood of the people.

TM Krishna

· May 15, 2017 · 08:00 am

The TM Krishna column: News flash, Tarun Vijay critics – we South Indians are racist too

‘We conveniently hide behind the narrative that victims of racism cannot be perpetrators.’

TM Krishna

· Apr 14, 2017 · 08:00 am

Through Yogi Adityanath's rise, democracy has held up a mirror to us. Now, it's our turn to reflect

TM Krishna on how the selection of the UP chief minister is not a flaw in the democratic process but an insight it is offering.

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· Apr 04, 2017 · 08:00 am

The TM Krishna column: Whose India is it anyway? Only of those who toe the establishment line

By curbing dissent, we run the risk of making people apathetic.

TM Krishna

· Mar 10, 2017 · 08:00 am

The TM Krishna column: What our disdain towards Sasikala tells us about ourselves

It's not so much the way she became chief minister-designate as the fact that she is not believed to be cultivated that bothers us.

TM Krishna

· Feb 08, 2017 · 06:30 am

The TM Krishna column: I am uncomfortable with jallikattu but I am not a votary of bans

If this ban needs to be revoked, it has to be on the premise that all stakeholders will reframe the discourse.

TM Krishna

· Jan 20, 2017 · 08:00 am

Silent disquiet: What explains the lack of large-scale public anger in the face of oppression?

We believe in servitude and obedience, constantly adjusting to the powerful, applying exactly the same oppressive techniques on those weaker than us.

TM Krishna

· Dec 26, 2016 · 08:00 am