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Elitism, populism, meritocracy...

Ajit Balakrishnan decodes the angst-ridden discourse of the day.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Not a day passes without encountering some serious thinker venting his/her angst on this......

The Maoist threat in Wayanad

The NDA candidate tells the Election Commission that the Maoists plan to kidnap him.Rediff.com's Nikhil Lakshman reports from Wayanad where Rahul Gandhi is contesting the Lok Sabha election.......

Fake news and its dimensions

Complicated social phenomena behind it, says Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Suddenly, the word on practically everyone's lips is 'fake news'. In a simpler, less......

The elusive search for truth in media

Is it likely that one of these days, a demand may rise that only truthful endorsement should be made in the media and that if it is discovered that she or he in real life does not use that brand,......

What Indian media can learn from US elections

Perhaps one aspect of the way modern media particularly print and news television works need some soul-searching: Their tendency to “frame” news stories as a conflict between two......

Doctors, lawyers and academics on strike

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to the angst of the professions.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I stare stupefied at headlines like these: One from last June said, 800,000......

E-commerce in India: To be or not to be

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to e-commerce controversies.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com If you have been befuddled by news headlines which alternately feature the......

Let's stop making cash the villain

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a New Year resolution for our policy-makers.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com As we step into 2020 and battle for new ideas on how to grow our economy and......

Is India's economy crashing?

Or do we need to retool our country, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Open any newspaper or news Web site and the bad news is unrelenting. It looks like a whole slew......

Au revoir, brands?

The current focus on data to measure marketing success could herald the end of an era -- or the beginning of a hype cycle, says Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. Ignore......

Why you must see The Good Road

Ajit Balakrishnan watches India's entry for the Oscars, The Good Road. A yuppie Bombay couple and their seven-year old son set out in their SUV, across the barren salt marshes of the Rann of Kutch.......

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