Category: Politics and Governance

Deja-vu: Remembering the Future*

According to this article, “Déjà vu — French for “already seen” — describes the experience of feeling that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously“. The author also mention that “the experience...

Remembering Tiananmen and the “Tank Man”

Twenty years ago on this day, a young unknown Chinese man became “immortal”. He was the “Tank Man”. On 5th of June 1989, he became a symbol of one man’s conviction and courage against...

Quote of the week

“Democracy is a device that insures that we shall be governed no better than we deserve…” – Adlai Stevenson Related: A few past quotes here.

Of Indian Media and Elections

Over the course of last few days, I came across two separate mentions regarding Indian media and the on-going elections. Both of them had a very disturbing underlying theme – which was – we...