InNew World OrderbyHindolSengupta·Apr 5, 2020Jawaharlal Nehru and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar: Ideological intersection in the origins of the idea…At the heart of the struggle of the idea of India lie two diametrically conceptions of the nation. Or at least that is what is most…
HindolSengupta·Dec 20, 2018Gandhi after Africa and the art of making mistakesNow that the students at the University of Ghana have removed the statue of Gandhi, and rightfully so if it causes them incessant pain…A response icon1A response icon1
HindolSengupta·Jul 31, 2018Making up your mind in the age of artificial intelligenceWhat if religion’s main argument was not heaven or hell, what if faith ignored sin and salvation, and focussed on the only question that…
HindolSengupta·Jul 22, 2018No, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was not the architect of Article 370The clause to give special status to Kashmir was created by Jawaharlal Nehru and his aide, and even B. R. Ambedkar hated it. This essay is…A response icon4A response icon4
HindolSengupta·Jun 26, 2018The truth about Sardar Patel on KashmirA blanket statement does the round, often, that “Sardar Patel was willing to give away Kashmir”. This has no nuance, ignores all the unique…A response icon3A response icon3
HindolSengupta·May 8, 2018Nine CommandmentsDuring a recent series of lectures I was giving in California on spirituality, mindfulness, and the dawn of the age of artificial…A response icon1A response icon1
HindolSengupta·Mar 12, 2018The farmer who went walking with a solar panel on his headThe financial capital of the world’s fastest growing economy suddenly has thousands of farmers protesting on its streets. What’s going on…A response icon6A response icon6
HindolSengupta·Mar 3, 2018How Asia’s first Nobel laureate added new song and colour to springFor as long as spring has arrived in India, so has the joyous festival of colour, Holi. The gods frolicked in it, the ancient epics…
HindolSengupta·Feb 2, 2018The Mindful Market: How the 1% can save the world(Ok, I’m exaggerating about ‘saving the world’ but hear me out: here’s how in the world’s largest democratic economy, India, the top 1% can…
HindolSengupta·Jan 24, 2018Why Oxfam is misleading (at least about India)Every year the global charity Oxfam releases reports about the inequality in wealth distribution around the world. Its reports are full of…A response icon5A response icon5