by Mahendra Ved
The BJP leadership has to make a clear choice between Mahatma Gandhi and Nathuram Godse because the two are mutually incompatible
Now that dust has settled on the most contentious election India has ever had, it is time to look (...)
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Gandhi or Godse — Kindly Choose One
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A New Left for a New World Order
17 June 2019by Somdeb Lahiri
Historically, Leftist politics has been identified with socialist ideology—whether democratic or reformist or revolutionary. The socialist ideology emphasises the extension of democracy to the workplace. The process of production (...) -
Lest We Forget
17 June 2019In the last few days we have lost from our midst two outstanding creative personalities—Ruma Guha Thakurta, 84, who has been aptly described as a “cultural icon who straddled multiple disciplines with ease”, and Girish Karnad, 81, a Rhodes Scholar (...) -
Scale of NDA Victory: Doubts turn to Disbelief
9 June 2019, by SCEDITORIAL
Two weeks have passed since the results of the 17th Lok Sabha polls were announced on May 23, 2019. However, even now the scale of the NDA’s, and in effect the Modi-Shah-led BJP’s, victory is still being debated in various fora and the (...) -
Phantom of the Vedic Opera Returns in India
9 June 2019by Satya Sagar
In an era where national elections have become a strange cross between an episode of Big Boss and twenty-twenty cricket, it has become quite difficult to take the end results very seriously. This is even more so when there is (...) -
India’s Hardest Fall
9 June 2019by I.A. Rehman
The following piece appeared in the Pakistani publication, Dawn, on May 30, 2019.
By giving Modi’s BJP a landslide victory, the Indian electorate has dealt its country a blow that might take a long time to recover from. The (...) -
Amit Shah, India’s invisible Prime Minister, gets more Powerful — and Dangerous
9 June 2019by Rana Ayyub
On May 17, just before the end of the election season, Indian journalists were abuzz with news that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would give his first-ever press conference. Modi has been the only Prime Minister in the history of (...) -
Populism Plus
9 June 2019by Partha Chatterjee
The Narendra Modi triumph has been built on two projects: one, the representation of Modi as the unquestioned populist leader who could be trusted to defend the nation’s security, and two, the long-term project of a (...) -
Modi 2.0 — Pluralism is Out, Majoritarianism is In
9 June 2019by Mahendra Ved
Given majority in both Houses of Parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s second term in office may see a renewed push in the majoritarian agenda.
This must begin with an apology for failing to discern the Tsunami that has (...) -
Can Indian Democracy Survive another Five Years of Modi Rule?
9 June 2019by Ram Puniyani
The results of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls are out and the ruling BJP-led NDA has come back to power, with the BJP increasing its percentage of votes and the number of seats. This came as per the prediction of the BJP leaders, (...)
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