“History is replete with rulers who maintained stability at the cost of justice, humanity and morality. Everyone from Adolf Hitler to Saddam Hussein to Muammar Gaddafi managed productive economies, sophisticated bureaucracies and large populations whilst simultaneously generating simmering dissent.” — Sidin Vadukut Copy Share Image
“we need to stop asking the history of centuries past to vindicate our actions today. History is not a manifesto for action, a list of crimes to be avenged, a litany of positions to be reversed or a collection of… — Sidin Vadukut Copy Share Image
“Why are we so easily swayed by facts forwarded by email? Why do so many Indians believe that the Taj Mahal was originally a… — Sidin Vadukut Copy Share Image
“History is replete with rulers who maintained stability at the cost of justice, humanity and morality. Everyone from Adolf Hitler to Saddam Hussein to… — Sidin Vadukut Copy Share Image
“Some of India’s most stellar appointments include H.D. Deve Gowda as prime minister, A.K. Antony as defence minister and Sharad Pawar as anything at… — Sidin Vadukut Copy Share Image
“The valuable capacity of the human mind to simplify a complex situation in a compact characterization becomes dangerous when not controlled in terms of… — Sidin Vadukut Copy Share Image
“In the mind of the Indian public, journalists currently occupy a position of respect somewhere between pond scum and Ebola virus.” — Sidin Vadukut Copy Share Image
“since they deal with matters that are the centre of conflict of opposing social groups where the effectiveness of an argument is often contingent… — Sidin Vadukut Copy Share Image
“we need to stop asking the history of centuries past to vindicate our actions today. History is not a manifesto for action, a list… — Sidin Vadukut Copy Share Image
“Measurements of national income are subject to this type of illusion” — Sidin Vadukut Copy Share Image
