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How do we view Kerala, the land of Parashurama, nestled between the seas and the Western Ghats? While new evidence has crept of washed up pottery, saptamatrikas and other statues, that were discovered not far from Kaladi, points to very ancient civilisation, we really do not need archeology to tell us how ancient and how… Read more

The issue that simply refuses to die down is the controversy surrounding the Rafale Deal which was approved by Mr Modi. As a personal curiosity, I have been fascinated with how initially there was relief that a deal was announced by PM Modi and there was great jubilation that immediately some aircraft would come to… Read more

For too long people have tried to say that Mr Modi is not interactive enough, and perhaps to silence his critics this interview with ANI. Of course, when the PM speaks, the weight and expectations of his high office accompany him. So what if the interview seemed like an Indira Gandhi era one, where the… Read more

Nothing informs our politics than everything. If you view this as an asinine proposition, consider that any and every element of our mental makeup, and every input that is external to it, all of it form a part of what finally shapes our voter preferences. In an ideal situation, every voter should have ambiguous preferences,… Read more

Can the voters of the British Referendum actually demand a Fresh Vote? After all the last one held under the watch of David Cameroon, was expressly a one time affair. Leave versus Remain was bitterly contested. Spin was heavily used by both sides, while truth which was more in the middle and somewhere between the… Read more

No system is as perfect as the ideal situation. Given this basic premise, we can see how India’s democracy is far from perfect. Firstly as parties go, most of them do not adhere to their constitutions, and the amount of ‘personality’ heft that Indian politics cowers to, it would appear as though we remain feudatories… Read more