What Would John Stuart Mill Have Said About the Jantar Mantar Protests by CJP?

In Chapter 2 of his 1859 treatise On Liberty, John Stuart Mill argues that silencing any opinion—even a false one—inflicts … More

Gloria Steinem (1934–2026): Leading Thinker of the 20th-Century Feminist Movement

“For most of my life I was told that, due to fine motor skills that only women had, only women … More

In this extract are three short speeches by Viyay Prashad (nephew of Brinda Karat, who I was sort of in … More

Not knowing what to do I would go and drown myself to avoid facing this dharma sankat 🙂 … but … More

We reach out to the “Other”In all our relationships;The Other keeps appearingAlmost only as the Other;This otherness bothers usAlmost in … More

Derrida makes the distinction between the ‘who’ one loves – their singularity – and the ‘what’ – the specific qualities … More

That Naredranath Dutta (later to become Swami Vivekananda) went around asking “Have you seen God?” is itself a problem, though … More

Mohammad Gawdat (Mo Gawdat), former Chief Business Officer at Google X, warns that artificial intelligence is about to replace all … More

Lecture Notes: I. Richard Rorty may be viewed as an “Americanization” of Derrida: widely considered the postmodern thinkers (perhaps wrongly). … More