In every nation’s history a moment comes suddenly when its people experience a moment that seems totally unreal, a moment of deja vu that people thought would never happen yet it does and does so with …
The Lessons of 19th January 1990 and Kashmiri Genocide
A young scholar, a Kashmiri Pandit once told me about this conversation he had in a conference on social justice and while being out of the country. There were several Kashmiri Muslims who were in the …
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Why Our Homes Are Not the Learning Space for Our Children? A Psychologist Reflects
Other day, I was taking a lecture on gender violence and trauma when the hand of a student went up to speak. She was from Kashmir valley she said and wanted to make a comment on what I had said on …
Why I stand for Arnab?
It was my friend from Mumbai who told me an anecdote that can be compared to what best describes what is happening in Maharashtra today. My friend’s daughter, aged eleven and his son, aged nine, were …
Why the French are angry?
I have several French friends. They are philosophers and psychologists who live and work in France. They are acutely aware of the crisis facing their society and when the psychologists listen to the …
Why Some Books are Rejected, the Silence of Higher Ups and the Unknown Reader
The book on Delhi Riots has been withdrawn by Bloomsbury after facing controversy. This should not surprise us. It is also perhaps for the first time that such a thing is happening. No books after a …