List of Posts

203. Perspectives on Kashmir
202. Beyond Anti-Americanism
201. More and Less of Imran Khan
200. Ghalib -29: On Being Modern
199. China – 2: Making Sense of China
198. Iran and the Dilemma of Democracy
197. On Cooperation and Team Work – 5
196. Ghalib – 28: Who’s Afraid of Multiple Meanings?
195. On Language and Communication
194. On Cooperation and Individualism – 4
193. On Cooperation and Competition – 3
192. On Cooperation and Competition – 2 
191. On Cooperation and Competition 
190. Obama and his Audience 
189. Obama in Cairo: Ten Weak Points 
188. Dissecting Hoodbhoy’s Logic 
187. Laws and the Rule of Law 
186. On Treason in the Subcontinent 
185. More on the Law of Inheritance 
184. Slumland South Asia? 
183. Democracy in India – 9: Who Speaks for India? 
182. On the Poverty of Indian Muslims 
181. Reflections: Go Mohammedans? 
180. Democracy in India – 8: Dissecting the Election 
179. China – 1: Why a Series on China? 
178. Them Versus Us 
177. Us Versus Them 
176. Reflections:  Indian Ink—Literary Insights into Colonialism 
175. The Peculiarities of Imran Khan 
174. The Confusions of Imran Khan 
173. On the Functions of Religion 
172. Hinduism – 7: The Wall of Amnesia 
171. What Makes Men Stupid? 
170. Reflections: Delhi – The City Remembered  
169. Reflections  
168. Education and the Rights of Children  
167. Similar and Different: Bengal Revisited  
166. Similar and Different: Black and White  
165. Similar and Different: Good and Evil  
164. Similar and Different: Common and Problematic  
163. Ghalib – 27: Rhetoric or Reality?  
162. Education in Pakistan: Ten Big Questions  
161. Similar and Different: Why Marriages Fail?  
160. Similar and Different: What Else?  
159. Similar or Different and Does it Matter?  
158. How Similar? How Different?  
157. Jinnah, Nehru, and the Ironies of History  
156. Ghalib – 26: A Tale Told by an Idiot?  
155. What’s With Movie Stars in South India?  
154. Gujarat: What Miracle?  
153. Governance in Pakistan – 7: Which Islam?  
152. After the Long March – What Now Comrades?  
151. Governance in Pakistan – 6: Advantages of Good Analysis  
150. Governance in Pakistan – 5: An Example of a Good Analysis  
149. Governance in Pakistan – 4: What is Good Analysis?  
148. Governance in Pakistan – 3: More Bad Analysis  
147. Ghalib – 25: On Resignation  
146. Hearts and Minds  
145. Governance in Pakistan – 2  
144. Governance in Pakistan – 1  
143. An Alternate Explanation for Existence  
142. Ghalib – 24: On Deceivers and the Deceived  
141. Darwin Meets Fresh Teen in Pakistan  
140. Ghalib – 23: Mirrors and Mirrors 
139. Kim Aashcharyam? (What is the most amazing thing?) 
138. Ghalib – 22: Against Indifference   
137. Ghalib – 21: Heaven Unto Hell  
136. On the Emergence of Pakistan  
135. Why Indians are Stressed and Unhealthy  
134. On God: Existence and Nature  
133. Ghalib – 20: Leaders and Followers  
132. Can a Computer be Aware Like a Human?  
131. Ahmedabad: Life in the City  
130. Ahmedabad: The Power of Labeling  
129. Singapore: Evidence from Bollywood  
128. Singapore: The Voice of Citizens  
127. Ghalib – 19: New Year Thoughts  
126. Is Singapore a Successful City?  
125. Pakistan: What is to be done in FATA?  
124. Hinduism – 6: Interactions in the Mirror of Sex  
123. South Asia – 1:  A Region in Trouble?  
122. Ghalib – 18: Beyond Symbols  
121. Corruption: Counterintuitive Conclusions  
120. Hinduism – 5: Impacts of Interactions with Muslims  
119. Ghalib – 17: On Mumbai?  
118. The Peculiar Nature of India-Pakistan Relations  
117. Terrorism – 5: What’s Your Religion?  
116. Terrorism – 4: Reaching Out  
115. Terrorism – 3: Turning In  
114. Hinduism – 4: Early Interaction with Muslims  
113. Terrorism – 2: Beyond Mumbai  
112. Terrorism – 1: How Do We Respond to Mumbai?  
111. Ghalib – 16: On Monarchy and Democracy 
110. Is Faith Necessary for Progress? 
109. Has Islam a Place in a Modern World? 
108. Ghalib – 15: The Scream of Silence 
107. Ghalib – 14: Who Goes to Heaven?  
106. Pakistan: A Downward Spiral  
105. Ghalib – 13: On the Reality of Paradise  
104. Hinduism – 3: Interaction with Muslims  
103. In Defense of Lord Macaulay  
102. Hinduism – 2: Getting to Terms with Religion  
101. Hinduism – 1: What is ‘Hinduism’?  
100. Ghalib – 12: On the Object of Worship  
99. More Numbers on Poverty and Education  
98. Why Numbers are Important?  
97. Why are Political Parties Not Issue Oriented?  
96. Textiles: Can Pakistan Compete?  
95. Why is Pakistan Half Illiterate?  
94. What’s Happening in Small Towns?  
93. What is the Future of the City in South Asia?  
92. Ghalib Says – 11  
91. Who Wants Peace in the Subcontinent?  
90. What If India Were Not Partitioned?  
89. Ghalib Says – 10  
88. Are NGOs Relevant?  
87. Is Corruption Good or Bad?  
86. Individual or State: Who is Behind Violence?  
85. Are We Similar or Are We Different?  
84. Ghalib – 9  
83. Do Devotion and Brutality Go Together?  
82. Ghalib – 8  
81. How Far Behind is South Asia?  
80. What’s Happening in Nepal?  
79. Should Pakistan Receive More Foreign Aid?  
78. Is Poverty the Cause of Illiteracy?  
77. Ghalib Says – 7  
76. Ghalib Says – 6  
75. Governance and Morality  
74. Faith and Development  
73. Corruption and Development  
72. Ghalib Says – 5  
71. Is Overpopulation the Cause of Poverty?  
70. Is Illiteracy a Cause of Poverty?  
69. On Diversity 
68. Ghalib Says – 4 
67. The Search for Truth  
66. Ghalib Says – 3 
65. Democracy in India – 7 
64. Ghalib Says – 2 
63. Pakistan’s Leaders 
62. Democracy in India – 6 
61. Ghalib Says – 1 
60. The Politics of God 
59. Milton and Ghalib 
58. Hindu-Muslim or Muslim-Hindu? 
57. More on Fundamentalism – 1 
56. On Fundamentalism 
55. U.S. and South Asia: Transformations and Trajectories 
54. A Modern Fable 
53. Democracy – A Historical Perspective 
52. Building Democracy in Iraq 
51. Democracy in India – 5 
50. Democracy in India – 4 
49. The Art of Democracy 
48. Democracy in India – 3 
47. Democracy in India – 2 
46. Getting to True Democracy 
45. Straws in the Wind 
44. Reflections on a Very Large Cabinet 
43. Elections: Pakistan Style 
42. More on the Modern South Asian – 2 
41. It’s the Leadership, Stupid 
40. Dynastic Succession and the Culture of South Asian Politics 
39. The Middle Class Myth in India 
38. More on the Modern South Asian – 1 
37. Cricket and Politics   
36. Is There Such a Thing as a Modern South Asian?   
35. Time for Apologies 
34. Is There an Irrational Voter?   
33. The Politics of Identity in Pakistan   
32. The Politics of Identity   
31. Democracy in Japan – Electoral Rules Matter   
30. Governance in Colonial Hong Kong – Lessons from Experience 
29. Democracy in Malaysia and the Importance of the Second-Best   
28. Democracy in Sri Lanka   
27. The Dilemma of Democracy in Pakistan   
26. Democracy in India – 1   
25. Equality, Individual Rights, Modernity and Democracy   
24. Individualism, Social Contract, Governance and Modernity   
23. Hierarchy, Dependence, Equality and Democracy   
22. Monarchy, Religion, Hierarchy and Modernity   
21. “Modern” and “Stupid” 
20. Dynastic Succession: What is the difference between India and France? 
19. More on Dynasties and Modernity 
18. How Modern is Modern? 
17. The Degeneration of Politics 
16. Second-Best Institutions 
15. The Alternative to Unadulterated Democracy is not Dictatorship 
14. Leadership 
13. Idée Fixe 
12. The Cultivation of Democratic Governance 
11. There We Go Again… 
10. Pakistan Picaresque 
9. Ah, New York Times… 
8. Dynasty and the Price of Politics: Do We Get the Leaders We Deserve? 
7. And then there is China… 
6. The Power of the Idea and the Poverty of the Imagination 
5. Between the Idea and the Reality falls the Shadow 
4. A Middle Class ‘Revolution’ 
3. Cricket in the Jungle 
2. Helping Pakistan 
1. The South Asian Idea

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