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Opinion Sep.14.19

Shankar Guha Niyogi: Marxist, Ambedkarite, Gandhian

In these dark times, it is obligatory for those Indians who knew or knew of him to keep his memory alive
By Ramachandra Guha
Opinion Aug.17.19

Gandhi in Kashmir, Gandhians on Kashmir

"If anyone can save Kashmir, it is only the Muslims, the Kashmiri Pandits, the Rajputs and the Sikhs who can do so.” Gandhi noted
By Ramachandra Guha
Opinion Jul.20.19

How many rivers will Bengaluru drink

A reservoir 20 miles away; then a river 60 miles away; now, a river 180 miles away. The city has had to forage further for water
By Ramachandra Guha
Opinion Jul.5.19

Insiders and outsiders in India's Northeast

The region is threatened by much else besides the NRC and the citizenship amendment bill
By Ramachandra Guha
Opinion May.25.19

What should worry us is the insidious recasting of the Republic of India as a Hindu State

The election that has just concluded bears a notable resemblance to the elections of 1971
By Ramachandra Guha
Opinion Apr.27.19

Surgical strike against science and scholarship

Since May 2014, the Modi government has waged an almost continuous war against the intellect, by wilfully undermining our best universities and research institutes
By Ramachandra Guha
Opinion Apr.13.19

Jallianwala Bagh: Revisiting the 'tipping point' under British rule

The centrepiece of the first part of Martyrdom to Freedom is an interview of the veteran historian of modern Punjab, V.N. Datta, by his daughter Nonica Datta
By Ramachandra Guha
Opinion Mar.30.19

Our love for the Dalai Lama should be affirmed by the government

Recent Indian governments have been too wary of openly honouring him, for fear of offending the Chinese
By Ramachandra Guha
Opinion Mar.16.19

A world of learning: the journey of Padmanabh Jaini

An appealing feature of Jaini’s autobiography is the acknowledgment of debts to his intellectual mentors, loving sketches of his teachers
By Ramachandra Guha
Opinion Mar.2.19

After Pulwama, a writer's dilemma

While we may all wish to be patriots, writers must never become propagandists
By Ramachandra Guha

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