Articles by GPD

It is all one big confusion of lines. The opposition in Singur borrowed its lines from familiar left rhetoric, bombast that should have belonged to the other player in the drama over Tatas' small car project.

The Marathi Sahitya Sammelans have been the victim of the crass vulgarity that characterises our literary culture.

A code of conduct issued by the government of Maharashtra for the teachers in secondary, senior secondary schools and junior colleges is another example of the mindless distrust of people that currently dominates in the state. A discussion of the ridiculous dos and don'ts to teachers.

The recent Pakistani elections bring to mind the play called Teesri Dastak (Third Knock) that showed how after every so-called return to democracy in Pakistan, the military knocks on the door. Will there be a fourth knock this time?

In his election campaign, Narendra Modi provided a celebration of the anti-political in the highly urbanised state of Gujarat. The Congress, even in its use of the vernacular, showed how inept a party it was. But the worrying message from the elections is a collective failure to find a strategy for combating Hindu chauvinism.