Democracy Dialogues

Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, Ex Union Minister, author and eminent political personality will be delivering the 27th lecture in the  Democracy Dialogues Series,organised by  New Socialist Initiative (NSI) Theme : The Leaching of Constitutional Democracy Speaker : Mani Shankar Aiyar Former Union Minister, author of books, a Social Commentator,  Time : 6 PM ( IST) … Continue reading  The Leaching of Constitutional Democracy : Mani Shankar Aiyar →

Prof Pranab Bardhan,  Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley, delivred the 24th Democracy Dialogues Lecture on August 27, 2023, Sunday at 10 AM India Standard Time. Theme : The Erosion Of Liberal Democracy in India: An Analysis Speaker : Prof Pranab Bardhan Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley It was also live streamed … Continue reading The Erosion Of Liberal Democracy in India: An Analysis – Prof Pranab Bardhan →

– Dr Vinod Mubayi Dr Vinod Mubayi, Public Intellectual, Scientist and Activist will be delivering the 20 th Lecture in the Democracy Dialogues Series, organised by New Socialist Initiative on Sunday, 30 th October at 7 PM (IST) He will be speaking on  Partition Split Us Up: Can We Live in Peace as Neighbors? Future … Continue reading Partition Split Us Up: Can We Live in Peace as Neighbors? – →

 Eminent scholar of Modern Indian History Prof Aditya Mukherjee, ( Retd.) Centre for Historical Studies, JNU who is also editor of the ‘Sage Series in Modern Indian History’ will deliver the next (18 th) Lecture in the Democracy Dialogues series organised by New Socialist Initiative. He will be speaking on ‘Where Are We : 75 Years After Independence.’ … Continue reading Where Are We – 75 Years after Independence : Prof Aditya Mukherjee →

The 15 th lecture in the Democracy Dialogues Series will be delivered by Prof Achin Vanaik on Sunday, 27 th February at 6 PM (IST)  He will be speaking on  ‘Secularism, Communalism and Indian Politics Today‘  Speaker  Writer and Social Activist, Former Professor of Political Science at Delhi University Prof Achin Vanaik is a fellow … Continue reading  Secularism, Communalism and Indian Politics Today : Professor Achin Vanaik →

The13 th Lecture in the Democracy Dialogues Series  organised by New Socialist Initiative will be delivered by Prof Romila Thapar, Professor of Ancient History, Emerita, JNU, author of many books and a leading public intellectual on Sunday 19 th December 2021 at 6 PM (IST).Prof Thapar would be speaking on  ‘Voices of Dissent in Pre-Modern and … Continue reading Voices of Dissent in Pre-Modern and Present Times : Prof Romila Thapar →

The 11 th lecture in the Democracy Dialogues Series organised by New Socialist Initiative was delivered by Ashutosh, TV anchor, columnist, author and co-founder of satyahindi.com at 6 PM ( IST), Sunday, 31 st October 2021. Mr Ashutosh spoke on ‘Will India Survive as a Democracy ?’A highly acclaimed journalist and TV News Anchor, a reputed Columnist, … Continue reading Will India Survive as a Democracy ? : Ashutosh →

The 10 th lecture in the Democracy Dialogues Series organised by New Socialist Initiative was delivered by Prof Mridula Mukherjee ( Retd.) on Sunday, 12 th Sepember at 6 PM ( IST). She spoke on ‘Nationalism : Then and Now’ Prof. Mridula Mukherjee, was associated with Centre for Historical Studies, JNU for a long time … Continue reading Nationalism : Then and Now – Professor Mridula Mukherjee →

  The fifth lecture in the ‘Democracy Dialogues Series’ organised by New Socialist Initiative was delivered by Kumar Ketkar, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha at 6 PM (IST) on Sunday, 6 th December Theme : The Spectre of Evil…The world Since 1989 The Speaker : Kumar Ketkar, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha Has spent nearly … Continue reading The Spectre of Evil…The world Since 1989 : Kumar Ketkar →

      The fourth lecture in the Democracy Dialogues series organised by New Socialist Initiative was  delivered by eminent scholar Prof Aditya Mukherjee, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU who is also editor of the ‘Sage Series in Modern Indian History’ Theme : Jawaharlal Nehru and the Current Challenge to the Idea of India Sunday, … Continue reading Jawaharlal Nehru and the Current Challenge to the Idea of India : Prof aditya mukherjee →