The national in the municipal

Democracy has its paradoxes and ironies, built as a system of differences. Its institutions are supposed to allow for dissent …

MCD election saw BJP scoring with Bhojpuri icon Manoj Tiwari and relief in Kejriwal’s loss

Elections, as events and even as narratives, have a tripartite structure. As dramas, they are like rites of passage which …

The Varsity’s Sadness

It’s high time the university reasserted itself as an institution. Karl Marx, much maligned today, was not only a great …