FT.com Sanjukta Pandey quit her job as a hair and make-up stylist in March to devote herself to Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s re-election campaign on social media. Ms Pandey, a feisty 32-year-old wearing huge hoop earrings, neon pink lipstick…
Vidya Bhushan Rawat I Countercurrents.org Congress leader Pawan Khera says that ‘liberals’ abused the Congress party the most and at the same point of time, ‘expect’ it do the miracle. I dont claim to be one such person and…
Sugata Srinivasaraju I ET There is already a voluminous heap of analyses and commentary on the general election results. It may not be pragmatic to look back anymore, but to look ahead. In fact, the new Lok Sabha has…
By Dr Gideon Polya “Becoming” by Michelle Obama is an inspiring, feel-good story of how a working class African-American woman became a Harvard graduate, corporate lawyer, perfect mother and thence First Lady of the US. However “Becoming” has numerous extraordinary …
Are liberals and populists just searching for a new master? A book excerpt and interview with Slavoj Zizek , author of “Like a Thief in Broad Daylight” OPEN FUTURE by N.B The rise of populism, nativism and nationalism in recent…
Earlier this week, the Narendra Modi government, through attorney general K.K. Venugopal, informed the Supreme Court that a set of documents concerning the controversial Rafale deal were stolen from South Block. The usage and publication of those documents, the attorney…
Mark Zuckerberg’s recent opinion piece in the Washington Post is a monument to insincerity and misdirection. The essay offers proposals to address four important issues – harmful content, election protection, privacy and data protection, and data portability – but each…
Technology is a major part of our lives, and companies such as Facebook have immense responsibilities. Every day, we make decisions about what speech is harmful, what constitutes political advertising, and how to prevent sophisticated cyberattacks. These are important for…
In the last of a five-part series on opinion polls about the Indian elections, national security has overtaken the economy to become the main electoral issue, but things may change by the time the... The CVoter Tracker, an opinion survey…
In the fourth of a five-part series on opinion polls about the forthcoming Indian elections, pollsters concur that regional parties hold sway in the south, but disagree as to seat numbers. South India has a different historical memory to the…