Minding our languages

Thursday 24 April '08

With Tamil poised to enter the Chennai High Court, Neera Chandhoke looks back at the Indian state’s successful negotiations with linguistic demands. Lessons of political prudence have been learnt through trials by fire, she says

My right not to be censored

Thursday 8 February '07

As ‘Parzania’ is kept out of theatres in Gujarat, the question is: Can a ban on a book, play or painting ever serve a larger cause?