Two letters from opposing ends have created a debate and raised larger issues. They have survived in a way few letters to the editor do; most disappear after the usual hiccup. The first was the one tr...

Three days after a group of eminent citizens wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the lynching of minorities and hate crimes, 61 celebrities from various fields on Friday responded with a counter ...

It is such a monumental disappointment when a celebrity plays the gender or race or caste card unjustly. We’ve seen it (mis)used twice in recent times, both occasions that ultimately diluted the cau...

Let’s imagine for a moment there is no context. That this is just a video of an aggrieved person addressing someone, anyone, who would care to lend a ear. Let’s imagine this is all spontaneous. Le...