Beyond the Dichotomy of Liberals and Conservatives

No love seems to be lost these days between liberals and conservatives, so-called left wing and right wing. For quite … More

“Keeping Up With the Joneses” – My Article in The Wire

My article “Keeping Up With the Joneses” has been published in The Wire

In ancient India, there was mobility between varnas, as people learned new skills and changed their actions and occupations. The … More

At the core of Susan Neiman’s new book Left is not Woke, which is an attempt to sever what she … More

Women’s Silent Sadness And the pioneering book of Mary Wollstonecraft in England, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, was … More

“Even as the Consumer Story collapses and threatens to take us down with it, the Citizen Story is rising, across … More

Rousseau’s philosophy can be summed up in four words: nature good, society bad. He believed in the “natural goodness of … More

Caste has affected my life in all of the tech jobs I have had, including now at Amazon. Once, at another … More

Similarly, a believer in ‘women should not recite Vedas’ usually also believes in ‘Sudras and untouchables should not enter the … More

“It [Kafir] has nothing to do with the absence of belief in the Islamic doctrine of divinity and prophecy. No … More