Hamid Ansari

Hamid Ansari goes to bat for secularism

Rediff.com 5 Apr 2016

How has the Indian State, in principle and practice, given shape to the essential ingredients of the secular principle and composite culture?

'The idea of representation is thinning'

Rediff.com 11 Jul 2010

Does the current electoral system encourage a politics defined by 'who you are' and 'where you live' rather than 'what you believe in' and 'what you want to achieve'? What can be done to address the grievance of under-representation and unequal access to political power emanating from the Muslims, asks Hamid Ansari

'Bureaucracy should be apolitical in coalition era

Rediff.com 1 May 2009

"(The civil servant) needs on his own account, and his master who trusts and expects him, to be mild where mildness is needed, to be understanding where judgement is needed, to be enterprising where enterprise is needed, to be hesitant where hesitation is needed.

Stories by Hamid Ansari

Hamid Ansari goes to bat for secularism

'The idea of representation is thinning'

'Bureaucracy should be apolitical in coalition era