Vir Sanghvi

Current Affairs


Medium Term: Dr Faustus seems to be the template for modern Indian politics (NEW)
	Such was the UPA’s desire to cling to power that it did a deal with the Devil: in this case, the allies. More	Posted On: 03 Feb 2012 Comments (2)


Medium Term: The whole principle of freedom of speech is predicated on the right to offend
	Consider a society where everyone said nice things about everyone else. Would such a society ever need the right to freedom of speech? More	Posted On: 27 Jan 2012 Comments (17)


Medium Term: Both India and democracy itself have failed the Kashmiri Pandits
	They have put their faith in Indian democracy, hoping that politicians will recognise that injustice has been done to them and offer some recompense. More	Posted On: 20 Jan 2012 Comments (12)


Medium Term: The demand to deny Salman Rushdie an Indian visa has to do with politics
	Each time we ban a book or blacklist an author, we betray the principles that our society is founded on. More	Posted On: 13 Jan 2012 Comments (15)


Medium Term: The government behaved with an utter and complete lack of grace
	The problem as always is that this is a government in which the leading party deludes itself into believing it has a mandate. More	Posted On: 30 Dec 2011 Comments (7)