Ashis Nandy, psychologist, author and social commentator, who is with the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, spoke to Rita Manchanda.
• Is there a validity in narrowing
The vernacular idiom expresses emotion far better than it does reason.
Indian and Pakistani media were state-dominated to begin with. Since most of the population is not yet literate, it
The leaders of India and Pakistan have now appropriated to themselves, as others had done before, the power that was God’s alone – to kill mountains, make the earth quake, bring the sea to boil, and destroy humanity.
Antonin Artaud could not have done better. The timing was so immaculate and surreal.
Celebrating the 50th year of our independence, Atal Behari Vajpayee erased in one stroke the legacy
One cannot really be sure as to what would have happened if the demand for political autonomy in Bangladesh´s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) had been taken up in the
Yankee Hindutva responds to the non-resident Indian's identity problem. Its rapid spread among NRIs is full of implications for society back home.
From its marginal and obscure origins
The South Asian Nation needs to re-invent itself before it is torn apart by internecine conflicts.
In South Asia, ´nation´, ´nationalism´ and ´nationhood´ are all products of colonial history. There
The prescription of nationalism which brought wealth and dignity to the imperial nations failed to produce for the countries of South Asia.
They were all staunch nationalists: Gandhi and Jinnah,
National unity will come from embracing diversity, rather than by imposing uniformity.
Some politicians call us dogs. But we Janajatis are not dogs, we are as much Nepali as anyone
