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Business News > Mint Authors > G. Sampath

G. Sampath

ARTICLES BY G. SAMPATH

Murugan has been added to the roster of free speech casualties: Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare, Avijit Roy. Photo: AP

The importance of being Perumal Murugan

9 min read . 20 Mar 2015

Commentators have argued that the rift in the AAP reflects an ideological divide in the party, supposedly between a pragmatic or libertarian politics represented by the Kejriwal camp and a more socialist orientation by the Yadav-Bhushan camp. Photo: HT

Arvind Kejriwal has a lot to answer for

6 min read . 19 Mar 2015

A file photo of Leslee Udwin. Photo: AP (AP)

‘India’s Daughter’ and the mythical persona of the rapist

7 min read . 09 Mar 2015

‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’ marks a cinematic departure in the way it takes the rom-com out of the urban cool register and refashions it for the Indian ‘aam aadmi’. (‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’ marks a cinematic departure in the way it takes the rom-com out of the urban cool register and refashions it for the Indian ‘aam aadmi’. )

‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’: A feminist fable about weight of aspirational manhood

6 min read . 04 Mar 2015

India should abandon its agrarian roots and rapidly make the transition to a manufacturing and services-based economy where the majority of the population would live in cities. Photo: HT (HT)

Land bill amendments: If only farmers were idiots

6 min read . 27 Feb 2015

The AAP’s massive mandate in the Delhi assembly polls has been seen by some, bizarrely enough, as heralding the rise of Communism in Delhi. On the other hand, the Communists themselves have been none too impressed. Photo: Mint

The populist reason of the AAP

6 min read . 18 Feb 2015

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal. Photo: PTI

AAP’s triumph in Delhi: Will the spark spread?

4 min read . 10 Feb 2015

The clamour for a ‘strong leader’ is really code for authoritarian leadership—since a truly functional democracy needs not a strong leader but a strong public that cannot be taken for granted by its elected representatives. Photo: HT

Are Indians ready for capitalism without democracy?

5 min read . 05 Feb 2015

As for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), it would be acutely aware that the contest has now reached the slog overs, with the party facing a barrage of mud-caked yorkers and beamers. Photo: PTI

Delhi poll campaign: Parties play out the slog overs

4 min read . 03 Feb 2015

Sandeep Jauhar provides innumerable anecdotes detailing the perverse ways in which the commercial imperative mediates the doctor-patient relationship, causing a terminal erosion of trust between the two. Photo: Bloomberg

Doctored: A pathology report that holds lessons for India

5 min read . 02 Feb 2015

Greece’s new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Photo: AFP

Europe and the Syriza conundrum

5 min read . 27 Jan 2015

Visitors at inauguration of the Jaipur Literature Festival 2015 in Jaipur. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint.

Literature festivals, authors, and the creative economy

9 min read . 23 Jan 2015

Is it really pertinent to compare AB de Villiers, on the basis of this knock, to Viv Richards and Don Bradman, or to call him the best batsman of all time ? Photo: Reuters

AB de Villiers’s 149: Batting reduced to primitive accumulation

6 min read . 20 Jan 2015

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Modi, Kejriwal, Naxals, and Vedic anarchism

3 min read . 15 Jan 2015

As the legal guardian responsible for the safety and security of all its citizens, it is the state’s duty to protect its citizens from mortality and morbidity caused by disease and illness as well. Photo: Praiyanka Parashar/Mint

Should India make health a fundamental right?

5 min read . 10 Jan 2015

Does the Internet of Things herald an era of digital feudalism?

5 min read . 06 Jan 2015

Liberal-secularist Hindus, who don’t mind being applauded for raising voice against the saffonization of this or that, and present themselves as protectors of constitutional secularism, have always taken care never to challenge Hindutva at its core: caste. Photo: AFP

All liberal-secularist Hindus should first convert to Hindutva

6 min read . 30 Dec 2014

The way the torture debate is being played out, the main argument of those critical of the CIA’s enhanced interrogation programme has been that it was unproductive in terms of generating useful intelligence, and detainees, when subjected to torture, typically provide only false or useless information. Photo: AFP

What do we say when we say torture is OK if it’s useful?

6 min read . 15 Dec 2014

As we debate passenger safety in the context of app-based taxi services, it is as absurd to expect Uber to invest in passenger safety as it is to expect Amazon to enforce literary standards in the novels it sells. Photo: AFP

If you don’t like Uber right now, don’t worry, you soon will

10 min read . 10 Dec 2014

A man who likes to speak of political revolution should know that building up individual leaders into larger than life personas is the opposite of whatever you may mean by “political revolution”. Photo: Mint

Katniss, Kejriwal and revolution in the age of celebrity

7 min read . 08 Dec 2014