Narendra Modi’s claim of good governance was shattered yet again by Delhi’s riots last week that took 40 lives and destroyed the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of overwhelmingly Muslim families. BJP leader Kapil Mishra had given advance notice of […]
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It’s time this noxious remnant from the British raj against Indians is dumped Last week, 19-year-old Amulya Leona Noronha was arrested for sedition for saying, ‘Pakistan Zindabad’, at a rally against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has made headlines by saying divorce is commoner in educated and affluent families “because with education and affluence comes arrogance, as a result of which families fall apart.” In the ancient days that Bhagwat reveres, India
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India is going through its slowest threeyear growth period since the Asian Financial crisis. GDP growth is now estimated at 6.1% in 2018-19, 5% in 2019-20, and (according to the IMF) 5.8% in 2020-21. Is India trapped in a new
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After his electoral sweep in May 2019, many called Narendra Modi the new hegemon of India, à la Indira Gandhi. That balloon has been burst by BJP’s thrashing in the Delhi state election. BJP’s strategy of labelling all dissenters as
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The government’s attempt to catch Bangladeshi infiltrators through an all-India National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has created communal poison. Social harmony, vital for economic progress has been bashed. An unexpected consequence will be a black
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There are implications from Shaheen Bagh beyond critiquing CAA Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar The Constitution is celebrated on Republic Day, January 26. But its celebration began in Shaheen Bagh, New Delhi, on December 15 in protest against police brutality in
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On Republic Day, it is worth asking, what was the greatest era in Indian history? An insightful but rare view came from William Dalrymple at a recent event to promote his latest book ‘The Anarchy’. He said the Golden Age
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Non-BJP states say they will not implement the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) or Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) or both. When the CAA was passed by both houses of Parliament, it induced little political resistance. But after student agitations
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India must buck up and increase its participation in global value chains The latest World Development Report (WDR; bit.do/fo3VE) of the World Bank focuses on global value chains (GVCs), which have become vital for production and trade. Items once designed,
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