Culture minister wants a caste system of artists

By proposing a 'POW' grading system based on popularity and profiling, Mahesh Sharma is creating avenues for more market and agenda-driven hackery.

#AwardWapsi: Where have all the writers gone?

Young authors say secular intelligentsia is engaged in the propaganda game.

Cannot justify murder of thinkers: Manmohan Singh on intolerance

Inaugural speech of former prime minister of India at the National Conference of RGICS in celebration of the 125th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru.

Tough times ahead: Anti-Modi is the new 'intellectual'

The people who were once revered and celebrated are today vilified.

Raghuram Rajan on the economics of tolerance

At the IIT Delhi convocation, the RBI governor underlined how political and cultural lenience takes the sting out of any debate.

What do historians do: They'll tell us how great Chetan Bhagat is

Celebrity writer was once again trolled on Twitter for offering some pearls of wisdom.

Chetan Bhagat asks what do historians do. Twitterati takes his class

We really feel the 'best-selling' writer needs a break from social media.

Creeping intolerance in India? Jay Panda is right

It is surely no coincidence that, real or exaggerated, this narrative has been peaking around elections.

Government supporting Sangh and Hindutva goons: SAHMAT statement in support of writers

The ideology of the ruling party has revealed its contempt.

This has been co-authored by Saswati Sarkar, Shanmukh and Dikgaj.

Writers Protest