Ravi Shanker Kapoor, Author at The Hindu Chronicle

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has weathered many a storm, often emerging stronger from the crises. Even the disastrous demonetization decision...

Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 23 Dec 2017, 11:34

Recently, something strange happened. A news item flashed on Google News: ‘Privatize ONGC, don’t sell off oil fields, say company...

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Public opinion, they say, is fickle. We, however, have redefined fickleness: changing one’s views on a subject without much discernment,...

Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 23 Dec 2017, 11:26

There is nothing surprising in Pakistan’s release of Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of 26/11 that left 166 people dead and...

Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 23 Dec 2017, 11:14

What Churchill said about buildings—we shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us—is equally true for ideas. Further, bad ideas always...

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In a country known for ignorance of and unconcern for history, it is not surprising that few, at least in...

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The controversy surrounding Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed Padmavati underlines a disturbing fact about India: it is impossible for a filmmaker to...

Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 20 Nov 2017, 11:08

It seemed another world, perhaps in another eon, about which the Hindi poet Dharamvir Bharati wrote his poem ‘November’s afternoon’—Apne...

Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 09 Nov 2017, 12:12

Child marriage is a social evil, so it should be eradicated. But what if everybody seeks to preserve it? It’s...

Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 02 Nov 2017, 02:08

Ravi Shanker Kapoor’s latest book, There is No Such Thing as Hate Speech, published recently by Bloomsbury, is a timely and...

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Author: Ravi Shanker Kapoor