Indira Ghose

Hamnet: To Judge Or Not To Judge

The film raises the question, should we separate the artist from the art. Should we really let artists’ tarnished personal records disqualify their achievements?

Kimmel & The Free Speech Question

Civility is not about restricting freedom of expression. It’s about managing sharp disagreements, a reminder that we must show a modicum of respect even to those whose ideas we find offensive

Seas Are Dying. We Are At Sea

Global Plastics Treaty talks end today in Geneva. Nations keep bickering over output caps & recycling, as toothbrushes & water bottles dumped in oceans destroy marine life. Humans aren’t safe either

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What Price Liberty

We are not free merely because there happens to be no restraint on our actions. True freedom means we aren’t subject to the arbitrary will of one person or institution

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To Be Or Not To Be Far Right

What’s rotten in the state of Germany mirrors the rot eating into other countries: loss of trust in democratic institutions. It’s a warning shot for a vacillating liberal establishment

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Is Santa Indian?

A Christmas thought: it’s big political business to package culture as the expression of ‘authentic’ identity

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Battle of the memes

Catlady vs The Don: why laughter has become serious political business

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