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Shiv Visvanathan

The big debate: Godmen or badman

Controversies involving godmen have raised some basic questions. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Shiv Visvanathan analyse the issue for DNA.
Section: India  | Tuesday, March 16, 2010 0:40 IST

India simmering

The recent surge in anti-minority violence in different parts of India represents a crisis of electoral democracy
Section: Mumbai  | Sunday, October 12, 2008 3:36 IST

The saint as madman

The intellectual world of psychoanalysis and psychology in India has been dominated by two contrasting and complementary figures.
Section: Lifestyle  | Saturday, August 16, 2008 23:24 IST

There’s something about Maya

‘Behenji’ is a word that evokes an ambiguity. In Hindi it is a term of respect. In colloquial slang it is a term of contempt for a person out of date or conservative.
Section: Lifestyle  | Saturday, July 12, 2008 21:49 IST

From soap opera to farce

One of the axioms of Indian life was the primacy of politics. The political might be dirty, but politics was vital.
Section: Analysis  | Friday, July 11, 2008 23:08 IST

An election of mixed metaphors

The time of shadow boxing is over and the politics of shadow boxing now appears as virtual rehearsals for the political drama that begins on December 11.
Section: India  | Thursday, October 11, 2007 4:44 IST


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