BY MARIA POPOVA “Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul,” Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819–March 26, 1892) wrote in offering his timeless advice on living a vibrant and rewarding life in the preface to Leaves of Grass. When Whitman first published his masterpiece in 1855, it was…

The CPI(M) says PM Modi’s alternative will emerge after polls Jomy Thomas Updated: April 25, 2024 13:09 IST You have travelled throughout the country, what is your take on the election mood? Each place has its own distinctiveness. Particularly in the South, wherever I’ve been to, particularly Tamil Nadu and Kerala, there’s a very, very distinct anti-BJP, anti-Modi sentiment that…

An Injudicious Judicial Opinion In a constitutional democracy, there is a certain baseline expectation that citizens have from their courts. This expectation is that a judge hearing a challenge to the actions of a State organ shall confine themselves to analysing the substance of the claim, and provide transparent and public reasoning to back up their…

AN INTERVIEW WITHMICHAEL DENNING The Italian communist Antonio Gramsci left behind a rich and complicated legacy of thought on socialist strategy for transforming the world. Historian Michael Denning guides us through the great — and misunderstood — thinker. DAVID JAMIESONINTERVIEW BYDANIEL DENVIR Few thinkers on the Left loom as large as Antonio Gramsci. He’s cited…

Karan Thapar 25/Apr/2024 N. Ram says the Election Commission should punish Modi by barring him from campaigning, as they did during the 2014 election in the case of Amit Shah. 5 min read In an interview about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election speeches, N. Ram, the former Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of The Hindu, has said they…