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Monday, November 4, 2024
TopicGeorge Orwell

Topic: George Orwell

People should practise ‘doublethink’, not be offended by opposing views — Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath

New Delhi: People today have developed a tendency to take things personally when someone does not agree with their point of view, Nikhil Kamath,...

Indian democracy starting to look like Orwell’s Animal Farm. Let’s not regress in history

We could have, in time, a situation in which the BJP has an impregnable majority at the Centre while the majority of states have opposition governments.

How Julia saw and felt: A feminist retelling of George Orwell’s 1984

Sandra Newman's ‘Julia’ reimagines Orwell’s dystopia from the perspective of Winston Smith’s lover. She understands Oceania “far better than Winston”, says publisher Granta.

In the age of Putin’s Russia, George Orwell’s 1984 is stiflingly relatable today

Just like Russia today, Winston Smith’s world is both lawless and full of rules, incomprehensible from a human point of view but perfectly logical as a system, indiscriminately cruel and privately lyrical or even heroic.

Trump’s 2019 and George Orwell’s ‘1984’ have too much in common

In '1984', Orwell describes 'Two Minutes Hate' — a political tactic of focusing on enemies, outsiders and foreigners. Or what Trump's world looks like.

George Orwell, Bihar-born novelist who predicted the digital pitfalls of our times

On his 69th death anniversary, ThePrint takes a look at the man who was deeply committed to the sorrows of his times, and beyond.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.