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‘To put it bluntly, these are the Babas and Babys of yesterday’s Baba Log – children of the middle class elite.’

The Independent asks Hobsbawm and others.

‘She is a serious, independent and provocative thinker,’ says chair of Demos trustees.

She fled India after she was raped and forced into an arranged marriage.

In our discourse on caste, Dalits’ marginality and exclusion does not get the attention it deserves.

Nussbaum points out that ‘gender justice cannot be successfully pursued without limiting male freedom.’

‘Even multiculturalism’s defenders often have little clue of what it really is, or does.’

Very carefully.

False convictions are a problem – but so are false acquittals.

‘We need a few high-profile cases of Asian parents being put in prison to make [forced marriage] a social stigma.’

‘Faith’ schools demand exemption from equality laws in order to keep teaching that homosexuality is a sin.

Newspaper scare stories rely on unpublished research, so informed debate is impossible.

Scares about mercury fillings get headlines; follow-up research suggesting they are safe is ignored.

Might be a good idea to educate some homegrown scientists.

Good idea but silly reasons.

Focus too much on organisation and attentiveness, not enough on explosions.

Accuracy, reliability, accountability matter.

‘This isn’t Brigham Young Seminary,’ says BYU alumnus.

Not enough Montaigne, no GH Mead, no Habermas; but still a useful book.

Luc Bovens of LSE argues that rhythm method may increase risk of early embryonic death.