Madhavan Narayanan
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New Delhi, DL, India
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Gulag Kalakshetra? Caste And Culture Policing Come To Chennai's Charmed Circles
If state-run Nehru Memorial can host launch functions of books on Jinnah and Savarkar, why can't Kalakshetra allow T.M. Krishna's work on Christians in Carnatic music to be released? → Read More
Haryana, Maharashtra election results have dented halo around Modi, show local factors, jobs and economy also matter
The Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly results have shown that BJP's cultural ideology or strongman leadership or things such as highway projects and ease-of-doing-business rankings matter less compared with here-and-now issues such as the price of onions or jobs for the youths → Read More
Not Modi. Not Gandhi. Ambedkar May Be The True Father Of India
No doubt Gandhi fought untouchability and Nehru followed his footsteps, but it was Ambedkar who shaped the progressive, futuristic idea of a modern India. → Read More
India Election Results 2019: Narendra Modi 2.0
Economic reform is the need of the hour, but Modi 2.0 has to find the way to balance Hindutva politics too. → Read More
Sonchiriya: The Golden Sparrow Foxes The Box-Office But May Yet Charm Historians
Abhishek Chaubey directed 'Sonchiriya' (Golden Sparrow) may be an understated Beti Bachao film in the year the country goes to the polls with many a slogan to live up to. → Read More
Rahul Gandhi and RSS should debate each other
The fact is that you cannot wish away the past, but it is equally true that young Indians need a modern India. → Read More
United In Grief But Divided Later? Karunanidhi's Demise May Usher In A Political Flux In The DMK And Tamil Nadu
There are striking resemblances between the DMK and the Shiv Sena, the demise of whose supremo, Bal Thackeray, changed the course of Maharashtra's politics. → Read More
The battle maybe won, but the unwise war remains for Arvind Kejriwal and AAP
Winning a Supreme Court case shows some class but scuffles with civil servants are just the opposite. → Read More
I’m A Politiculturist Who Wants To Challenge The Status Quo: Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan talks about his desire to usher in a new kind of centrist politics in the state as a constituent of an emerging non-Congress, non-BJP front and how he wants to achieve this desire. → Read More
Electronic voting is not perfect, but paper ballots can be worse. It is not wise to go back on EVMs
The EVMs or electronic voting machines are more secure and easier to measure ballots. But technology can scare people who cannot understand or control it. → Read More
It is so fragile! Karnataka politics shifts mode from 'Game of Thrones' to 'House of Cards'
Just a few days earlier, Rahul Gandhi had said the S in Janata Dal-S stood for "Sangh Parivar". Therefore, make no mistake: What we have here is a marriage of convenience. → Read More
Vantage Point - Justice vs pettiness in Kathua rape case: Why we need to separate good politics from the bad
The 8-year-old rape victim represents five layers of the underprivileged in India. → Read More
Vantage Point - Caste, communists, cinema, Cauvery: Why BJP cannot jump easily over the C factors in southern India
The southern states are miles ahead or miles away from most of BJP's pet poll planks: national security, law and order, Hindutva and the fight against corruption. → Read More
Vantage Point - Centrist, populist, charismatic: Can Kamal Haasan become Tamil Nadu's Macron?
Periods of turmoil typically favour the rise of charismatic leaders, and both Kamal and Rajni seem to fit that bill. → Read More
Third degree journalism: Sridevi is dead, so is self-regulation in media
Read more about Third degree journalism: Sridevi is dead, so is self-regulation in media on Business Standard. Celebrity death stories have three angles that editors would like to highlight: one is the news of the death itself, second is the manner of the death, and the third would be on obituary references → Read More
Let us give Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi companies to their employees, make them cooperatives
Let’s learn from Amul. It is a romantic idea for a corporate rescue but one that may deserve attention. → Read More
Valentine's Day blossoms in India, former protesters have change of heart
Read more about Valentine's Day blossoms in India, former protesters have change of heart on Business Standard. It might take a while for the love breeze from the upscale streets of south Bombay to travel to the interiors of Madhya Pradesh, but you cannot deny a new wind is blowing in India this Valentine's Day → Read More
Opinion: Budget 2018 was more than just about elections, it may lead to long-term growth
We may be looking at the Budget from the wrong angle. → Read More
Jeeves or digital Frankenstein? The AI genie came out of the bottle in 2017
Read more about Jeeves or digital Frankenstein? The AI genie came out of the bottle in 2017 on Business Standard. The idea is that when something that is already fast is getting to be smarter by the day, we have intelligence on steroids → Read More
Ola's Foodpanda acquisition underscores new-age deals driven by '3 Ds'
Read more about Ola's Foodpanda acquisition underscores new-age deals driven by '3 Ds' on Business Standard. Data, delivery, and digitalism will likely trigger more partnerships, buyouts and joint ventures in the new year → Read More