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Shiv Visvanathan
About the AuthorShiv Visvanathan
The writer is a member of Compost Heap, a group of academics and activists working on alternative imaginations.
    Hillary Clinton addresses her supporters after her defeat in USElections2016Opinion
    Dividing Lines: Did Hillary's rise... lead to her fall?

    Ms Clinton as a cosmopolitan could have been an alien from Mars to this social category of voters.

    15 Nov 2016 12:57 AM IST

    A Border Security Force (BSF) person during a night patrol near the fence at the India-Pakistan International Border at the outpost of Akhnoor sector, about 40 km from Jammu. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The war within

    One has to understand that war is a temporary phenomenon with permanent scars of violence.

    17 Oct 2016 1:50 AM IST

    Use Gandhis ideas: Innovate & reinventOpinion
    Use Gandhi's ideas: Innovate & reinvent

    Gandhi wanted to be relived and reinvented.

    29 Sept 2016 12:48 AM IST

    A masked Kashmiri protester throws a rock at policemen during a protest in Srinagar, on Thursday. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Dividing Lines: The story of Kashmir, in pellets and stones

    The stone presents the anger of the individual body against the body politic.

    16 Sept 2016 12:25 AM IST

    PM Narendra ModiOpinion
    Dividing Lines: The difficulty of being Indian

    Indian is now a stencil you have to fit into to be declared Indian.

    2 Sept 2016 12:46 AM IST

    Amitabh, sensuality & the social sciencesOpinion
    Amitabh, sensuality & the social sciences

    One must first admit that Bollywood has been more insightful than social science in India.

    18 Aug 2016 12:37 AM IST

    Tribal activist Soni Sori (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dividing Lines: Sori's story - How an adivasi turns fugitive

    Ms Sori claims laws and policemen turn every adivasi into a poacher.

    5 Aug 2016 12:40 AM IST

    Its time for a debate on GM cropsOpinion
    It's time for a debate on GM crops

    Time for a more open debate where science and democracy in India will be under close scrutiny.

    21 July 2016 1:38 AM IST

    Perumal MuruganOpinion
    Dividing Lines: The power of a verdict

    Murugan declares the death of the author and it is the courts that resurrect him by emphasising his creativity...

    8 July 2016 2:29 AM IST

    The trial of Lionel Messi on charges of tax evasion opened in Barcelona on Tuesday, but injury prevented soccers five-times World Player of the Year from attending. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Defeats define Leo legacy

    A Messi must rise again.

    3 July 2016 2:00 AM IST

    A note, purportedly penned by one Damoder, secretary of Khammam, Karimnagar and Warangal district of the outlawed CPI (Maoists), was found on the spot. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Dividing Lines: Democracy's warning signals

    Despite all the violence, the Chhattisgarh syndrome needs a screen of normality.

    24 Jun 2016 12:49 AM IST

    Re-reading MathuraOpinion
    Re-reading Mathura

    The Mathura episode is being seen in isolation.

    9 Jun 2016 1:42 AM IST

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