Topic: New Yorker
In Rana Ayyub, the White West has found its next Arundhati Roy
Investigative journalist Rana Ayyub is the story and the storyteller of Modi's new India.
Zuckerberg does not know how to solve or even think about Facebook’s problems
New Yorker's Evan Osnos in his interview with Mark Zuckerberg found him to be completely unprepared to solve the issues his company was mired in.
New Yorker uninviting Steve Bannon is a lost opportunity to hear & see evil
Everyone gave the most obvious reasons for refusing to sup with The Man Who Created Trump.
Steve Bannon-New Yorker episode: Is engaging with those you abhor appeasement or liberalism?
After facing severe backlash for inviting Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s former adviser, to the New Yorker literary festival, the magazine dropped him.
Many argue that by doing so the magazine is only giving the far-Right a stick to beat it with.
ThePrint asks- Steve Bannon-New Yorker episode: Is engaging with those you abhor appeasement or liberalism?
Though disturbing, Bannon’s views should be heard and challenged
Ashutosh Varshney
Professor of Political Science, Brown University
Steve Bannon was first invited to the New Yorker festival and then dropped. What was the New Yorker afraid of?
According to the basic principles of liberalism, one should not only hear dissenting views, but also consciously seek them. Support for the first argument is often drawn from Voltaire’s famous statement: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” And the second argument rests on the belief that if we hear dissenting views,...
Where’s the sympathy for lonely young people hit by social distancing?
Younger people report higher rates of anxiety and depression when compared with the elderly, and the pandemic hasn’t changed that.
Allow us to restructure loans but no need for blanket recast, banks tell RBI
The Indian Banks’ Association has written to RBI, saying debt recast needs to be completed by September to prevent fresh bad loan creation.
Defence
Himachal’s plan to counter China — train personnel in Chinese, residents in guerrilla warfare
Plan with 12 ‘high points’, drawn up by Himachal DGP Sanjay Kundu at the behest of Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, sent to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for action.
Modi govt’s NEP is out of touch with reality, Indian voters want English-medium education
State leaders with their ear to the ground, like Nitish, Mamata and Yogi, have shown that the push for native language education is not what voters want.