From inauspicious beginnings to a superpower in the making
Harish Alagappa looks back at the political and economic developments of the last 70 years.
LSE South Asia Blog / March 2017 / History
My prose may be bad, but my poetry is verse.
Harish Alagappa looks back at the political and economic developments of the last 70 years.
LSE South Asia Blog / March 2017 / History
'If you believe in gender equality, you are a feminist, that’s what the word means.’
Jaipur Literature Festival Blog / January 2017 / Politics
Is it the beginning of the end for one of the all-time greats?
Sportskeeda / September 2013 / Sports
Complexity and Vulnerability in Modern Cities: How do we make them more resilient?
Terra Green / May 2013 / Climate Change / [Pdf , 5.89 MB]
A confluence of corporate champions and civic campaigners consider contrasting courses for the conduct of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in India.
LSE South Asia Blog / April 2017 / Business
With the election of Narendra Modi in India in 2014, the victory of Donald Trump in the United States in 2016, and right-wing political leaders ascendant all over Europe, many political commentators around the world have been writing obituaries for the le
Jaipur Literature Festival Blog / January 2017 / Politics
Harish Alagappa and Sonali Campion report from the second day of India @ 70: LSE India Summit 2017, which saw an engaging panel that featured some of India’s leading legal experts explore the history and future of the longest written constitution in the w
LSE South Asia Blog / April 2017 / Politics
Sanskrit is seen by many Indians as not just a holy language, but as an almost perfect language, possessing a clear, unambiguous, and logical series of rules that is as flexible as it is structured. Yet, for all this reverence, Sanskrit is hardly, if ever
Jaipur Literature Festival Blog / January 2017 / History
The role food plays in creating fictional worlds, whether utopian, dystopian or something in between.
The Goya Journal / July 2017 / Miscellaneous
Harish Alagappa gives dudes the dope on dates: how to choose the venue, what your date's order says about her, and why you must always have french fries on a first date.
The Goya Journal / May 2016 / Relationships
Ahead of India @ 70, presented by Apollo Tyres Ltd, Harish Alagappa outlines the context of the second LSE India Summit and introduces the themes that will be discussed by academics, policymakers, activists and other experts.
LSE South Asia Blog / March 2017 / Politics
The tenth edition of the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival ended not with a whimper but with a bang, as nine vociferous and passionate speakers engaged in a spirited debate on truth, post-truth, and everything in between.
Jaipur Literature Festival Blog / January 2017 / Politics
‘Sanskrit’ literally translates to ‘refined, or well-ordered, speech’, which is a rather apt description of a language loved by linguists around the world for its near-perfect structure and organization.
Jaipur Literature Festival Blog / January 2017 / History
The Baahubali team’s vision to create an extended universe.
Jaipur Literature Festival Blog / January 2017 / Cinema
It was ladies’ night on day three of the Clarks Amer Music Stage at the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival, as two very different bands with two very different frontwomen enthralled the crowd with equal passion.
Jaipur Literature Festival Blog / January 2017 / Music
Harish Alagappa looks at the past, present, and future of alternative energy, exploring lesser-known fuels, scouting their potential, and looking at how they can contribute to the energy mix and help us build a more secure and sustainable energy future.
Energy Future / January 2015 / Energy / [Pdf , 651 KB]
A short piece on attempting to define India
Jaipur Literature Festival Blog / May 2016 / History
Will 2014 be the year Lewis Hamilton takes his place with the pantheon of F1 greats?
Sportskeeda / April 2014 / Sports
We stand at the precipice of a watershed moment in the history of our species. For tens of thousands of years, climate change has influenced the way human beings live; it has wreaked havoc, been responsible for our colonizing the world, and sometimes, has
Terra Green / September 2012 / Climate Change / [Pdf , 264 KB]
As one of India’s most famous states with a substantial agriculturally-inclined population, and with some of the most fertile land in the country, the state of Punjab is an ideal candidate for projects in bioenergy. With power shortages now rampant in the
Energy Future / April 2013 / Energy / [Pdf , 259 KB]
The impacts of climate change and energy crises on humanity
Terra Green / April 2012 / History / [Pdf , 6.37 MB]
A collection of my articles as one of the Official Bloggers of the Jaipur Literature Festival 2015.
Jaipur Literature Festival Blog / January 2015 / Miscellaneous
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