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The writer is director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. The views are personal.
VARIETY
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Why the triumph of RSS is unprecedented
No matter how much the RSS is misunderstood and demonised, whether by left liberals in India and abroad, its contribution to the making of modern India is indubitable.
POLITICS
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How Modi weaved magic in Houston
There has been no doubt that the Prime Minister is India’s greatest leader since Mahatma Gandhi.
POLITICS
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The contrasting legacies of two 9/11s
We have to choose between the contrasting messages. The one delivered by a Hindu monk in 1893 and the other by jihadi Muslim bombers in 2001.
POLITICS
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Shimla,the Raj & Bharat: Raising the Indian tricolour at the Viceregal Lodge made me realise the true meaning of Bharat Parv
After centuries of slavery, our freedom does not merely confer on us a cluster of rights, but a huge constellation of responsibilities.
POLITICS
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The Dalai Lama legacy: India needs diplomatic policy on the succession issue
Indo-Tibetan ties have never been as strong as they are today. A principled and strategic intervention in the succession issue is a challenge and opportunity not to be missed.
POLITICS
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Keeping up with Karnataka: Why the people of the state deserve better than 'rebels' and 'turncoats'
It is difficult to believe that all these resignations are politically innocent or unmotivated.
POLITICS
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Amit Shah has the will to thaw Jammu and Kashmir ice
Ultimately, the issue is not only legal but political. The government and the BJP must demonstrate the political will to eliminate Article 370. As the adage goes: “Where there is a will, there is a way.
POLITICS
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Can the media stop baiting the RSS?
The RSS was a threat to Indira Gandhi’s authoritarianism, but to accuse it of being fascist or anti-national is wrong and Indian media needs to realise this.
POLITICS
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Believe me, Tamil people have nothing against Hindi
Those who have are language chauvinists who can be found on either side of the Vindhyas. They are morally indefensible and politically corrupt.
POLITICS
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