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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.
    Maggi adulterated my memory, not foodOpinion
    Maggi adulterated my memory, not food

    Memory and sentiment often go together. Memory is a sensorium, a vista of smells, sounds, a nostalgia for the touch,...

    11 Jun 2015 10:24 AM IST

    Modi, the moral accountantOpinion
    Modi, the moral accountant

    Narendra Modi is a man who continues to fascinate his critics. The more we criticise him, the more he seems to grow. One...

    28 May 2015 12:51 PM IST

    Our Chinese complexOpinion
    Our Chinese complex

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to China has raised a whole array of anticipations and anxieties. As metaphor...

    14 May 2015 1:01 PM IST

    Dividing Lines: A house that Modi builtOpinion
    Dividing Lines: A house that Modi built

    BJP's membership has risen impressively in states like Kerala, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu

    16 April 2015 6:19 PM IST

    Dividing Lines: Rare & unseasonedOpinion
    Dividing Lines: Rare & unseasoned

    Maharashtra Beef ban is seen as a political move, more RSS than the Shiv Sena

    19 March 2015 7:29 PM IST

    Dividing Lines: AAP rises againOpinion
    Dividing Lines: AAP rises again

    Kiran Bedi behaves like a parcel dropped from heaven

    5 Feb 2015 7:44 AM IST

    Dividing Lines: I click, therefore I amOpinion
    Dividing Lines: I click, therefore I am

    Yearendings are odd times to write thoughtful pieces. As you write them, you want to look back, telescope views across a...

    28 Dec 2014 7:21 AM IST

    The return of AAPOpinion
    The return of AAP

    AAP needs to be back with the drama of new issues

    11 Dec 2014 12:57 PM IST

    The strange death of cricketOpinion
    The strange death of cricket

    As I grew, cricket became professionalised, narcissistic, self-centered about money

    1 Dec 2014 12:09 PM IST

    Congress: Wake up, own up, take chargeOpinion
    Congress: Wake up, own up, take charge

    A party in doldrums is always an invitation for analysis. The eerie aspect of the Congress’ decline is the...

    13 Nov 2014 6:17 AM IST

    Rituals of cleanlinessOpinion
    Rituals of cleanliness

    Governance as an art form and as a science usually levitates into pomposity of technocratic words. One smells the...

    30 Oct 2014 11:12 AM IST

    How Madison danced to Modi playlistOpinion
    How Madison danced to Modi playlist

    The career of Narendra Modi whets the appetite of any anthropologist. The way the man has been transformed from a...

    30 Sept 2014 8:32 AM IST

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