There is a heightened sensitivity to everything we say. Only politicians are exempted.

How to identify an anti-national

In public discourse the middle ground is shrinking very fast, in part because no one has any use for it.

Why the space for dialogue in India is shrinking fast

The unrestrained wrong impressions perpetrated by the media, political commentators and academia are making mountains of mole-sized problems in India.

We cannot foster false narratives that degrade India's image

The art community should reflect on its own reluctance and fear of the state and not be shy of starting their own revolutions rather than joining the herd because that's easy.

Amol Palekar Interrupted: Why this should be a moment for the art world to introspect, rather than play blame games

Everyone's busy blaming the curator of the NGMa for having interrupted Amol Palekar mid-speech. But here's why the curator did it. And also, here's what the art community should in fact be doing.

Here are five recent instances when censorship trumped creative freedom.

Amol Palekar’s speech interrupted at Mumbai event: The show (of intolerance) must go on?

Here are five recent instances when political heavy-handedness, aided by angry street protests, trumped creative freedom.

Liberals and hardliners — white and black? Or is it black and white? In politics, it is neither —  it is often in shades of grey.

Are we mature enough as a society to agree to disagree?

The veteran actor has echoed the suppressed sentiments of millions of people, not just the Muslim minority community that he belongs to.

Stop bullying Naseeruddin Shah for speaking the truth. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro!

The veteran actor has simply echoed the suppressed sentiments of millions of people, not just the Muslim minority community. But we live in such a time of fear and loathing that his words have only caused more offence.

Making Bulandshahr about ‘intolerance’ only broad-brushes a great number of people as driven by ‘hate’.

Why I differ with Naseeruddin Shah

Making Bulandshahr about ‘intolerance’ only broad-brushes a great number of people as driven by ‘hate’. The truth is different.

Why can’t we respect someone else’s child and the path they choose to be on?

Intolerance