Author: Ravi Shanker Kapoor
All wells dry, or why there is no Islamic guilt
After countless acts of Islamic terror, the recent being the Paris massacre, one would have expected some introspection by...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 Jan 2015, 03:19The industry of crying wolf
One of the fastest growing sectors in India is the industry of crying wolf. Be it liberalization, privatization, or...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 Jan 2015, 02:09Poverty: A new deity
Once upon a time, might was right and justice was the interest of the strong. Whichever brigand became powerful...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 Jan 2015, 01:56Perversity of Indian intellectual
If you are not a communist before 30, they say, you have no heart, and if you are a...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 Jan 2015, 10:13The curious case of Dinanath Batra
What would Prime Minister Narendra Modi do to Dinanath Batra? An RSS apparatchik heading the Shiksha Bachao Andolan Samiti,...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 Jan 2015, 09:48Intellectuals encourage hypocrisy
Why is there a gulf between public discourse and private deliberations? Anything that is asserted, cherished, and promoted in...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 Jan 2015, 09:35Intellectuals refuse to see love jihad
When liberals and intellectuals do not see what they like to see, they don’t come to terms with the...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 Jan 2015, 04:24The myth of youthful exuberance
Jayalalithaa’s conviction in the disproportionate assets case has also brought into focus a woman lawyer, 87-year-old Lily Thomas. She...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 Jan 2015, 04:20Coal strike: Modi refuses to take a leaf out of Thatcher’s book
The five-day coal strike, which caused a loss of Rs 70 crore the very first day, epitomizes several ills of...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 Jan 2015, 04:14The indecency of decency
The duplicity of our politicians is astounding. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s accused Aam Aadmi Party chief and former...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 Jan 2015, 04:06