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By Poulasta Chakraborthy On Friday, September 5th, 2014
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State of intellectuals in Contemporary India

Who is an intellectual? The renowned economist Fredrick Hayek defined intellectuals as persons who transmit the ideas of specialized scientists to the general population.This definition included “journalists, More...

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By Ravi Shanker Kapoor On Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
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Indian intellectual mafia in panic mode

Once upon a time, India was so good from the perspective of intellectuals. Which means Nehruvian. Socialism, secularism, and non-alignment—the key ingredients of the Nehruvian consensus—were flourishing. Of More...

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By Ravi Shanker Kapoor On Thursday, December 19th, 2013
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Indian Intelligentsia’s war against commonsense

With the liberal-secular establishment busy trying to prove that the Modi factor was not at work in the recent state elections, a couple of facts have largely gone unnoticed. First, measures like populist schemes, More...