10 Oct 2020
Chitra Subramaniam
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No, the system is not broken. For most Indians there never existed a system except one that took the subjugation and acquiescence of millions of Indians for granted. From one generation to the next, the obligation to obey has been transmitted without words as if genetically coded. The instructions were and are in the air.…
28 Sep 2020
Chitra Subramaniam
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Deontology. It’s a word that constantly speaks to the journalist in me. Rules, ethics, respect and language must guide an editor 24/7 as s/he examines evidence, facts, leads and stories. There comes a time when journalists who respect their work and that of their colleagues seek to secure the hard won gains of free speech…
16 Aug 2020
Oommen C. Kurian
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For long, Western commentariat has treated poverty in the global South as a spectator sport, where improvements didn’t usually bring about the same enthusiasm that a perceived worsening of the situation would. For the same reason, India lifting a mammoth 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016 led to only some muted…