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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.
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP President Amit Shah (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dividing Lines: Whither democracy?

    Electoral democracy has now become a choice of authoritarianisms.

    27 May 2016 12:22 AM IST

    The strange case of Kanak DixitOpinion
    The strange case of Kanak Dixit

    Mr Dixit and lawyer Shambhu Thapa were the most vocal among those opposing it.

    12 May 2016 2:01 AM IST

    Students affiliated to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) protest outside the office of the vice chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dividing Lines: The death of the university

    The university must challenge the concepts of officialdom.

    29 April 2016 12:47 AM IST

    Life and the theatre of violenceOpinion
    Life and the theatre of violence

    For the last few years, one has been a witness to extraordinary acts of violence and equally problematic responses to...

    14 April 2016 4:11 AM IST

    Dividing Lines: The Guru & the EgoOpinion
    Dividing Lines: The Guru & the Ego

    Sri Sri claimed that the world was his family.

    16 March 2016 12:18 AM IST

    Dividing Lines: A cameo to rememberOpinion
    Dividing Lines: A cameo to remember

    One wondered whether the BJP itself was using students as political football.

    4 March 2016 12:34 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he addresses at a function to celebrate Maharishi Dayanand Saraswatis Birth Anniversary at New Delhis Jawahar Lal Nehru stadium. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The notion of nation

    Mr Modi's idea of India thus represents a failure of scholarship.

    18 Feb 2016 1:20 AM IST

    Sarson Satyagraha (Representational Image)Opinion
    Dividing Lines: Does GM food pass scientific muster?

    The critique of GM is often unfairly presented as a critique of scientific progress.

    4 Feb 2016 2:13 AM IST

    Rohith VemulaOpinion
    Rusticating dreams

    Bureaucrats forget that the hostel is more than a residence.

    21 Jan 2016 2:06 AM IST

    The idea that united DelhiOpinion
    The idea that united Delhi

    A friend of mine once said, “Talk about any major reform in Delhi and the first objections will come from two...

    7 Jan 2016 2:44 AM IST

    Dividing Lines: 2015 – Wapsi of protestsOpinion
    Dividing Lines: 2015 – Wapsi of protests

    The movement from protest to debate is the next part of the democratic process.

    25 Dec 2015 7:36 AM IST

    The immediacy of loss & amnesia afterOpinion
    The immediacy of loss & amnesia after

    Narratives of disasters are virtually summoned by the urgency and intensity of the event. They convey the immediacy of...

    10 Dec 2015 1:00 PM IST

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