In this issue

Into The Void We’ve reached a point where our idealism sits in a waiting room, watching the mischief of politics, waiting to be released. Ashis Nandy analyses our ‘post-normal’ condition.

Mahatma and The Modernist Irfan Habib on the differences between two schools of thought that raised a republic— Gandhi and Nehru Power Can Do Good Entrepreneurs have agency, says N.R.

Narayana Murthy, to be virtuous and caring of the society. The Tireless Banks of Justice Medha Patkar, the indefatigable crusader of the decades old Narmada Bachao Andolan, talks to Outlook about her unshaken belief in people’s movements The Fate of All Structures Dilip Simeon writes on the absence of instinctive functions of compassion and empathy that make the Left more like its counter ideologies, far from any utopia Bramhacharis vs Breadwinners Puranas and shastras hint at a constant tension between hermits and householders.

Does spiritual quest ideally warrant celibacy? Devdutt Pattanaik explores the terrain—from monks to political leaders. And Then, ‘Us’ Turned to ‘Me’ From imagining an ideal modern India
to disillusionment. Indian cinema’s journey is tied to the journey of its ambitious project— socialism.

C.S. Venkiteswaran writes. The Heart Is Still Ideal It’s perhaps the exhaustion of our imagination in the face of an overwhelming world that says ‘idealism is dead’. Natasha Badhwar narrates true stories of hope.

Hibernating Idealism

The sly interplay between idealism and ideology keep excess at bay. In these times of total politics' in India-Characterised by a jam-spread of hatred that leaves isolated, targeted individuals meekly facing a garagntuan State-that healthy mutual vigil has been summarily suspended.

8 mins

On Parallel, Shining Paths

Gandhiji’s vision of India—a moral, secular version of village life and economy—was the opposite of Nehru's ideals of socialism, democracy and science. Both made compromises in their stands.

10+ mins

Ideals Know No Boundary

Any business has a direct effect on the social condition. In a society such as ours, where the divide between the rich and the poor is gigantic, it becomes the responsibility of entrepreneurs to act ethically and give back in some way.

6 mins

Empowering And Employing Rural Jharkhand

Empowering And Employing Rural Jharkhand

4 mins

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