Business
Swarajya Mag
Are Bitcoins The Future For GST?
How blockchain technology and cryptocurrency can make the goods and services tax system simpler, quicker and safer.
8 min |
October 2017
Swarajya Mag
The Myanmar Dilemmas
New Delhi should not jettison its hard-won strategic space in Myanmar because of self-righteous moral posturing.
5 min |
October 2017
Swarajya Mag
The Right Opposition
THE FUNCTIONING OF PARLIAMENTARY SESSIONS HAS DEGENERATED TO SUCH AN ABYSMAL LEVEL THAT CITIZENS HAVE STARTED WONDERING WHETHER INDIAN DEMOCRACY IS COLLAPSING.
7 min |
October 2017
Swarajya Mag
The Ocean Threat
The challenge emerging from China’s naval rise means that India needs to find ways to mitigate that threat with some urgency.
5 min |
June 2017
Swarajya Mag
The Epochal War
This month also marks the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War. An evaluation of how it changed Israel and the world.
10+ min |
June 2017
Swarajya Mag
The Unknown Community
India is perhaps the only country in the world where Jews have not faced discrimination or persecution at the hands of the majority community.
6 min |
June 2017
Swarajya Mag
The Vrindavan Years
Danseuse Daksha Sheth’s experiments with indigenous dance forms in the holy town of Vrindavan.
7 min |
June 2017
Swarajya Mag
Artificial Life
India must create an ecosystem—biohackspaces—so that our biohackers can lead, not just follow, the herd into the future.
6 min |
April 2017
Swarajya Mag
Terms Of Engagement
Sino-Indian relations have entered uncharted territory as New Delhi seeks to engage Beijing strictly on reciprocity.
5 min |
April 2017
Swarajya Mag
After U.P
THE BJP HAS emerged as the nation-al consensus in a time of post-iden-tity politics, with the NDA footprint now covering 17 states, collectively accounting for two-thirds of India’s population.
10 min |
April 2017
Swarajya Mag
We Don't Need The Uniform Civil Code
SINCE BJP IS the only political party that has made a longstanding commitment in its manifestos to intro-duce a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) when in power, all those parties that are desperate to bring down the BJP-led government at the Centre have found a convenient tool to mobilise anti-BJP hysteria among Muslims and Christians using fear of “Hinduisation” through UCC.
10+ min |
April 2017
Swarajya Mag
Many Macbeths
Jayaraj’s Veeram is a fresh new adaptation of Macbeth and merges the tragedy with the fable of Chandu Chekarvar, warrior in 13th century North Malabar.
8 min |
April 2017
Swarajya Mag
Nuclear Discontents
All doctrines require regular reappraisals and the Indian nuclear doctrine will inevitably have to respond to contemporary challenges.
5 min |
May 2017
Swarajya Mag
Techno-Sceptic Thoughts
We are being told every day that technology will solve all our problems. But will it also create more hazards?
10 min |
May 2017
Swarajya Mag
Cow Slaughter Ban Industry
Uttar Pradesh’s drive against illegal slaughter of buffaloes and goats has led to widespread corruption and confusion.
5 min |
May 2017
Swarajya Mag
The Horror Called RTE
THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION ACT, FAR FROM HELPING REALISE A DREAM, IS A NIGHTMARE. THE GOVERNMENT IS INACTIVE ON THIS AND OUR CHILDREN ARE PAYING THE PRICE.
10+ min |
May 2017
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Possible Solutions
The RTE Act, in conjunction with the 93rd Constitutional Amendment, is bad for the country, and especially children. So what can be done?
4 min |
May 2017
Swarajya Mag
Inimitable
Legendary vocalist Vidushi Kishori Amonkar passed away on April 3, leaving behind the key to many musical mysteries in her experimental singing.
8 min |
May 2017
Swarajya Mag
Mistress Of The G-Spot
To all those men and women who believe in gender equality, it’s time to take equality to bed. In celebration of the female orgasm.
5 min |
May 2017
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asimov's children
we need self-learning robots to take human civilisation to its next— and inevitable—stage.
6 min |
january 2017
swarajya mag
where is the brahmin?
is it time that we stop demonising brahmins, vilifying one caste for the ills of the whole system, for which everyone is responsible?
4 min |
january 2017
swarajya mag
a letter to mr trump
take up a public position that is the opposite of what the nyt/cnn/ bbc/economist pundits support—and you are likely to be doing the right thing for your voters.
9 min |
january 2017
Swarajya Mag
A Whole New Space Age
The possibilities are mind-bending. Isn’t it time India started thinking seriously about being a space-faring nation?
7 min |
November 2016
Swarajya Mag
The Deadly Endgame
The failure of Pakistan reverberates throughout the Indian subcontinent and beyond, especially among the Muslims.
5 min |
November 2016
Swarajya Mag
Time To Shift The Paradigm
To survive the cognitive revolution sweeping the world, our IT engineers need to move out of their zones of comfort.
6 min |
August 2017
Swarajya Mag
It Is All Connected
Cartesian science posits that data is everything. But history is full of examples where intuition created major knowledge breakthroughs.
8 min |
August 2017
Swarajya Mag
Purushartha And Parampara
Only a society entirely constituted by enlightened beings can afford to dispense with smriti. All other societies need both sruti and smriti.
9 min |
August 2017
Swarajya Mag
Whose Kashmir Is It Anyway?
Do those seeking azaadi know of the great writers and scholars who came from the region? Do they realise the value of this ancient land?
9 min |
August 2017
Swarajya Mag
Dharma And The Manager
In Order To Live Your Dharma, You Will Need To Be Your Dharma. In Every Decision, You Will Have To Weigh The Scales Of Justice, Evaluate The Moral Impact On Your Department, Company—And Most Of All, Yourself.
10+ min |
August 2017
Swarajya Mag
A Modern Indic Manifesto
THE CHALLENGE FOR WOMEN IN INDIA’S 70TH YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE IS TO LEARN FROM THE WOMEN OF THE PAST, AND TAKE INSPIRATION AS IT IS DUE AND APPROPRIATE.
7 min |