Looking Forward to 80th Independence Day: Whither Democracy!
Ram Puniyani reflects on India’s 80th Independence Day, democracy, constitutional values, secularism, equality, fraternity, and the struggle to protect democratic ideals.
Ram Puniyani reflects on India’s 80th Independence Day, democracy, constitutional values, secularism, equality, fraternity, and the struggle to protect democratic ideals.
By Yogendra Yadav. Nirmal Verma (1929-2005) is an unlikely thinker to turn to for reclaiming our positive nationalism. Many would consider him unfit for this project, as his ideas could be appropriated by the other, narrow-minded nationalism. That is precisely why we need to revisit Verma, the thinker, when we mark this October the 20th…