Do authoritarian regimes wish to be seen as crazily vindictive?

Assassinations carried out in foreign lands can chill dissent, offsetting their costs.

Girish Shahane

· Oct 10, 2018 · 08:00 am

Why I am with the minority opinion in the split verdicts on Aadhaar, Sabarimala, activists’ arrests

In these Supreme Court rulings, majority opinion favoured the state’s rights over those of individuals, corporations and belief systems.

Girish Shahane

· Oct 04, 2018 · 08:00 am

Why Donald Trump’s praise of India at the United Nations is a poisoned chalice

Being in Washington’s orbit comes with costs, as New Delhi will soon find out.

Girish Shahane

· Sep 26, 2018 · 08:00 am

Venkaiah Naidu is wrong. Demonising English will not solve problems caused by its dominance in India

Chauvinistic tokenism will not address the deep-seated inequities created by the dominance of English. We need a discourse based on practicality, not pride.

Girish Shahane

· Sep 21, 2018 · 08:00 am

Dark history: How Indian opium traders from Bombay helped the British Raj wreck China’s economy

Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, who helped build modern Bombay and was the first Indian to be knighted by Queen Victoria, was a prominent figure in the business.

Girish Shahane

· Sep 13, 2018 · 08:00 am

Why Hindutva is Out of Steppe with new discoveries about the Indus Valley people

Findings of DNA study at Rakhigarhi in Haryana bolster what we know from other disciplines like archaeology, linguistics and comparative religion.

Girish Shahane

· Sep 06, 2018 · 10:30 am

How Major Leetul Gogoi’s indictment embodies the paradox of AFSPA

The Supreme Court judges hearing the appeal by 300 soldiers against the act have a duty to uphold the rights of Indian civilians.

Girish Shahane

· Aug 29, 2018 · 08:00 am

As the endgame begins for Trump presidency, it is time to brace for a global crisis

Will Donald Trump launch a full-fledged trade war against multiple adversaries or a full-fledged armed war against Iran?

Girish Shahane

· Aug 23, 2018 · 08:00 am

Why Narendra Modi deserves not one but all the Nobel Prizes

The first Nobel that ought to have gone to our dear leader was the Peace Prize, for his efforts in Gujarat in 2002.

Girish Shahane

· Aug 15, 2018 · 08:00 am

‘Live-in relationship’ and five other terms the Indian media should stop using

They’re misleading, meaningless or plain annoying.

Girish Shahane

· Aug 09, 2018 · 10:30 am

Why I liked Emily Brontë’s distance from India (and why she might have an Indian connection)

On the 200th anniversary of the English novelist-poet’s birth, here’s what makes her work ‘Wuthering Heights’ special.

Girish Shahane

· Aug 02, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Indian artists are entitled to royalties from resale of their works. Why don’t they get them?

Though Section 53A of the Copyright Act is ambiguous, Intellectual Property Appellate Board is empowered to set the rate of royalties. It should do so urgently.

Girish Shahane

· Jul 26, 2018 · 08:00 am