M. R. Pai’s ‘The Legend of Nani Palkhivala’ is an account of Nani Palkhivala’s achievements, contributions, conversations, and a sneak peek into his views. M.R Pai was closely associated with Nani Palkhivala for over four decades from 1957 and this book is his tribute to ‘God’s gift to India’ as Rajaji referred to the latter....

The Essence of Democracy was authored by Indian Parliamentarian and liberal thinker, Minoo Masani. It was originally published by the Harold Laski Institute of Political Science, Ahmedabad in March 1989. In the essay, Masani discusses several necessary conditions of a liberal democracy. In the Indian context, he discusses ideas of majority rule, limited government, sharing…

This booklet contains the textual reproduction of the sixth Nani A Palkhivala Memorial Lecture delivered by P Chidambaram, the then Home Minister, on the topic ‘The Emerging Challenges to Civil Society’. It was published by the Nani A Palkhivala Trust in October 2009. Mr. Chidamabaram identifies the need for the emergence of a common idea...

This booklet contains the textual reproduction of the eighth Nani A Palkhivala Memorial Lecture delivered by Mr. Kapil Sibal, the then Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Communications and Information Technology, on the topic ‘The Emerging Scenario in Education’. It was published by the Nani A Palkhivala Trust in June 2011. The Minister talks about...

The Liberty Institute was a non-profit, independent public policy research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi. This booklet was published in 2012 by the Institute in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom. Titled ‘Freedom to Express and Offend’, this publication was authored by Ravi Shanker Kapoor. The author argues for absolute freedom...

The Young Liberals and Democrats of Asia was a federation of liberal youth organizations and young liberal individuals in Asia, formally established in 2003. The organization was founded following the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats Young Leaders’ Workshop in 2002. This publication is a compilation of essays aided by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy...

The Liberal Institute of the Friedrich Neumann Foundation published this booklet in 2008. It is a volume in a series called ‘Ideas of Liberty’. This booklet was authored by Bibek Debroy and is called the ‘Handbook of Transformation to Market Economy’. In this comprehensive handbook, Debroy explains the various types of economies and compares them...

‘Globalisation and the Poor’, authored by Johan Norberg, was contributed to the workshop Campaigning for Free Trade which was organized in November 2003 by the Liberal Institute of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. He examines the anti-globalisation sentiments that came to the fore at the turn of the century, rooted in the beliefs that globalisation causes...