Essays The Dignity Deficit: When Leaders Stopped Being Serious There was a time when the men and women who led nations understood the office demanded something of them. That seriousness — imperfect, sometimes hypocritical, but real — has largely gone. What replaced it is performance. The world is run by people who confuse visibility with leadership. 6 min read
Essays The Ground India Lost India had a democratic tradition worth defending. What has been surrendered — press freedom, judicial independence, minority protections — was not lost in a coup. It was given away incrementally, each compromise justified by the next election. The ground, once lost, is hard to recover. 3 min read
