Feudalism

Corruption, it increasingly appears, is inseparable from authoritarianism. It's not just that people who run or are willing to join would-be autocratic regimes lack any kind of ethical principle. It's that the money greases the wheels of the machine. Vladimir…

Once the Congress had become a family-led party, with no elections for the top post, the entire party political system got poisoned. (Photo: PTI/File) Dear Rahul Gandhi, You may not recall but I wrote you an open letter in this column some months ago. I req…

The month of June 1904 has been monopolised in Irish memory by James Joyce, whose first date with Nora Barnacle on the 16th later became the setting for Ulysses.  But within a few days of that rendezvous, there was at least one other notable meeting, also in…

The advocacy for good governance is so pronounced in many countries and that is a story in itself. Advocacies are initiatives meant to counter imbalances caused by too much or too little of something. In other  words, there must have been a context of bad gov…

Fully Automated Luxury Communism (FALC) was a slogan in search of a movement, and now it has its manifesto. The aim: to accelerate capitalisms positives (technological progress), curb its negatives (neoliberal globalisation), and to re-invent communism for th…

China has begun five-day Confucian culture immersion courses for religious leaders in the sages hometown as part of a campaign to extend government control over faith communities through a process of sinicization. The ruling Communist Partys United Work Fron…

BEIJING China is running five-day Confucian culture immersion courses for religious leaders in the sages hometown as part of a campaign to extend government control over faith communities through a process of sinicization. The ruling Communist Partys United …

BEIJING (AP) China is running five-day Confucian culture immersion courses for religious leaders in the sage’s hometown as part of a campaign to extend government control over faith communities through a process of sinicization. The ruling Communist Party’s …

BEIJING China is running five-day Confucian culture immersion courses for religious leaders in the sage's hometown as part of a campaign to extend government control over faith communities through a process of sinicization. The ruling Communist Party's Unite…

Do you know how hard it is for young people in Europe to find a permanent job? Seriously! Jobs in Europe used to be fairly steady things. You'd get hired after you graduated from university, stay with your employer for all or most of your career, and then end…