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With A New Government In Dhaka, A Chance To Rebuild An Old Friendship

[ Originally published in Indian Express, February 18th, 2026 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

After the recent elections in Bangladesh, it is good to see India reconsidering the stand it had taken during Muhammad Yunus’s rule. We may now be on the way to regaining our only steadfast friend in the neighbourhood, as the Indian establishment has swung out of its fixation with Hasina and accepted the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) as India’s best bet. It took more than a year for our government to view the BNP with more kindness despite the party’s anti-India track record.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • International Politics & Diplomacy āĨ¤ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻ“ āϕ⧂āϟāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • 2026 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ

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Smell the Coffee, It's Time to Get Real – On Indian Foreign Policy

[ Originally published in The Wire, February 1st, 2026 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

The public ecstasy at India swinging two big trade deals, the India-UK FTA and the recent deal with the European Union (EU), reveals more skills at event management than in ensuring immediate economic survival after US President Donald Trump’s tariff terror. Even as we hope, privately or otherwise, that we have survived Genghis Khan’s devastation of our dear, comfortable world of free and open trade, we really need to get real.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
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  • 2026 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ

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Time To Shed Historical Baggage

[ Originally published in National Herald, January 3rd, 2026 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

Sheikh Hasina’s downfall on 5 August 2024 was a chronicle foretold by all, except NewDelhi’s ‘state operators’ who continued with their domineering agenda. A hastily put togetherinterim government under Muhammad Yunus as ‘Chief Advisor’ worsened matters and a‘reign of terror’ followed in Bangladesh.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Bangladesh āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ
  • International Politics & Diplomacy āĨ¤ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻ“ āϕ⧂āϟāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • 2026 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ

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Scrutinising the Sweep In Bihar Election

[ Originally published in Outlook India, November 20th, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

To learn to lose is an art, but it gets quite complex when winning becomes a crafty science. This came out in the elections to the Bihar Legislative Assembly, where the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured a massive number of 202 seats of the total of 243. Within the NDA, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bagged 89 seats, the Janata Dal (United) or JDU won 85, while the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) or LJPRV won 19. NDA allies such as the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) got five and the Rashtriya Lok Morcha won four seats.

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  • 2025 āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
  • Bihar Elections 2025

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āĻāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻž āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϰāĻž

[ Published November 19th, 2025 ][ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

⧍ā§Ē āϜāĻžāύ⧁⧟āĻžāϰāĻŋ, ⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§Ŧ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇ āϞāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĻ⧁āϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āϰ āφāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻšāύāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇā§€ā§ŸāĻžāύ āύ⧇āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϝ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁ āϰ⧋āĻ—āĻž-āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻžāĻšā§€āύ, āϤāĻžāχ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāρāϕ⧇ ‘āĻļā§‹āĻ­āĻžāĻŽā§Ÿā§€â€™ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰāĻžāχ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇āχ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§€āĻŖ, āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽ āĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻžāύ āύāĻŦā§€āύ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĻāϞ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ¨â€”āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖāĻŦ āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰāύ⧋ āĻ—ā§‹āĻˇā§āĻ ā§€āϰ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻļā§€āϞ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāϤāϟāĻžāχ āϏāϰ⧇ āφāϏāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ ⧧⧝ā§Ŧ⧝ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϕ⧇āĻ‡â€”āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āĻ•ā§‡â€”āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āϏ āĻĻāϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋āĨ¤

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  • 2025 āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
  • Indira Gandhi

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Why Indira Gandhi Remains India’s Most Influential and Most Debated Prime Minister

[ Originally published in E Newsroom, November 19th, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

Let us recall the achievements of Indira Gandhi, whose birth anniversary we celebrate today. She has undoubtedly been one of India’s most powerful rulers ever — with a baggage of controversy as well.

She took over as the Prime Minister of India on 24 January 1966, following the unexpected death of Lal Bahadur Shastri. The senior leaders in the Congress assumed that, as she was a frail woman and quite inexperienced, they would continue to rule with her as an ornamental PM.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • 2025 āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
  • Indira Gandhi

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āĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇

[ Originally published in Sangbad Pratidin, November 17th, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻļāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻž āφāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻ“ āύāϤ⧁āύ āωāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻš āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄ āϘāϟāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦā§‡ā§œāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϜāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋ⧟ āϰāĻŦā§€āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āϤ 'āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏ⧋āύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž' āĻ—āĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϕ⧇ 'āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻĻā§āϰ⧋āĻšāĻŋāϤāĻž' āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻ—ā§œāĻžā§Ÿ 'āφāϏāĻžāĻŽā§€', āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧀āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āϏ āύ⧇āϤāĻž, āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāϰāϞ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻšāϜāĻžāϤ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇āχ āĻ—āĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āϰ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ — ⧧⧝⧭⧧ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāχ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ—āĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āϤ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰāĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāχ āĻ—āĻžāύ āĻ—āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻžāχ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ — āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϘāĻžāϤāĻ•āϤāĻžāĨ¤ (āĻ…āĻĨāϚ āϕ⧋āύ āύāĻĨāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāχ āĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ 'āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻĒāĻžāχāϟāϰāĻŋ āϰāĻžāχāϟ' āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋāϰāĻžāχāϟ āϕ⧇āύāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āωāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āϤāϰāĻĢ⧇, āϤāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĒ⧁ āϜāĻžāύāĻž āύ⧇āχ. āĻšā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇āϰāĻ“ āϜāĻžāύāĻž āύ⧇āχ — āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤) āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§ŒāϤ⧁āĻšāϞ⧀ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āϜāĻžāϗ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āϤ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϰ āĻ­ā§‹āϟāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻ•āĻŖā§āϠ⧇ 'āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏ⧋āύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž' āĻŦāϞ⧇ āφāĻšāĻŦāĻžāύ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĻ“ āϏ⧁āϞāĻ­, āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϤāĻžāρāϕ⧇āĻ“ 'āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻĻā§āϰ⧋āĻšā§€' āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇āύ?

  • Rabindranath Tagore āĨ¤ āϰāĻŦā§€āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāύāĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāϕ⧁āϰ
  • 2025 āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
  • Himanta Biswa Sarma
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When Tagore is Treason

[ Originally published in The Wire, November 2nd, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

Himanta Biswa Sarma is upto his reprehensible antics once again. This time, he has picked on a very popular Rabindranath Tagore song Amar Shonar Bangla (‘O! My golden Bengal’) to declare its singing as an act of treason.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Rabindranath Tagore āĨ¤ āϰāĻŦā§€āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāύāĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāϕ⧁āϰ
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  • Himanta Biswa Sarma
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From Nepal to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, a crisis of democracy that has lessons for India

[ Originally published in Indian Express, October 17th, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

The massive street protests in Sri Lanka (2022), Bangladesh (2024) and Nepai (2025) toppled three legitimately elected governments primarily because the demos, common people in Greek, were convinced that the “democratic” structure which was meant to reflect their will did not do so. Surprisingly, Plato was critical of Athenian democracy and considered it to be chaotic, prone to mob rule, which elevates unqualified leaders through oratory, not virtue, and risks tyranny. Aristotle saw democracy as a flawed system often swayed by emotion or demagogues, leading to mob rule.

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āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĢāĻžāϰāϏāĻŋ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ

[ Originally published in   "āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻž" āϏāĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻž ā§§ā§Ēā§Šā§¨ (⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ) āĻļāĻžāϰāĻĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ, October 25th, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏāĻ•āϞ⧇āχ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻˇā§āϟāĻŽ āĻļāϤāĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇āφāϰāĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻ“ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āχāϏāϞāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āφāϰ āĻāĻ“ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋ āϝ⧇⧧⧍ā§Ļā§Ē āϏāĻžāϞ⧇ āχāĻ–āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāωāĻĻā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻŽā§āĻšāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻĻ āĻŦāĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻ–āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻ–āĻŋāϞāϜāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāϰ āϏ⧇āύ āĻŦāĻ‚āĻļāϕ⧇ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ–āĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āχ āχāϏāϞāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ“āϠ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻŋāϰ āύāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āϏ⧁āϞāϤāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϤāĻŽāĻĒā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āĻļāĨ¤

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Universal Hinduphobia or Clanging Bells?

[ Originally published in The Wire, October 9th, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

A couple of days ago, a 27-year-old Indian student, working at a gas station at night was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Dallas, USA. Another shooter had 'Nuke India' etched on his bullets. In July 2024, the Diaspora Engagement Division of the MEA said that over the preceding 3 years, 1,622 Indians died in accidents, 686 due to occupational hazards, 1,736 from suicide, and 136 from violence and murder. The last two are worrisome as they include several racial hate crimes.

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  • International Politics & Diplomacy āĨ¤ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻ“ āϕ⧂āϟāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Hinduphobia āĨ¤ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁āĻĢā§‹āĻŦāĻŋ⧟āĻž

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āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹

[ Originally published in Hindusthan Samachar, October 1st, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

āĻ“āĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋ, āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻžāĨ¤ āφāĻĻāĻŋ āύāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻŦāϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇, āϚ⧈āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āύāĻŋāσāϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšā§‡, āĻļāĻžāϰāĻĻā§€ā§Ÿ āύāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ•āĻžāϞāĻŦā§‹āϧāύāϕ⧇ (āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύāĻŦāĻŽā§€ āĻ…āĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŋ) āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ• āĻŦ⧃āĻšā§Ž āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

āĻāχ āĻ¨â€™ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻŽāĻž āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻž āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāϤ āĻšāϞ⧇āĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋāϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§Ÿāχ āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāĻŋāĻļāĻžāύ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āϚāϞ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻ“ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻ—āĻŦāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāĻŽāϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹ āϝāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āϘāϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻĻāĻļ⧇āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϰāĻžāĻŦāĻŖ āĻŦāϧ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡āĨ¤ āφāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻž āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻžāϰ āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āφāϰ āĻœā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻžāϧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāχ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻŽāϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϰāĻžāĻŦāϪ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻžāĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāϪ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Durga Puja āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹
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āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āφāϰ āĻļāĻŋāωāϞāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāρāĻĨāĻž

[ Originally published in Banglalive.com, September 25th, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

 āĻāχ āĻļāĻŋāωāϞāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āϞ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻ⧁āσāϖ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāύāĻŋ, āĻĒ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āύāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāύāĻŋ, āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āϧāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋ, āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻĢ⧁āϞ āφāϰ āĻĢāϞ āϤ⧁āϞāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ“āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ — āĻāĻ–āύ āφāϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāϞāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž, āωāĻĒ āĻļāĻšāϰ — āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āφāϞ⧋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āχāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž ⧧⧝⧭⧧āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāϕ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻšāϤāĻ­āĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϏāĻŦ āĻāϤ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇ — āĻ­āĻžāϞ āϤ⧋ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ — āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϰ⧇āύ āύāĻŋāĨ¤

  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
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London Dreams, Kolkata Nightmares: Why the City Deserves Better, Not Bigger Promises

[ Originally published in E Newsroom, September 18th, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

Fourteen years ago, the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had promised to convert Kolkata into London, and she also made a recent visit to the great city — to update herself. However, we really don’t know when this will happen, and, frankly, all we now hope is that our city sheds the stigma of being the world’s most unsightly capital. This is evident through heaps of garbage, ugly shanties right on main thoroughfares, and rags covering the pavement stalls.

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Kolkata āĨ¤ āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻž
  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ
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āϞāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāύ āύāĻžāĻšā§Ÿ āύāĻž-āχ āĻšāϞ

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, September 12th, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻž āϞāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāύ āĻ•āĻŦ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻž āϝ⧇āύ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻ•āϟ⧁ āϛ⧇āρāĻĄāĻŧāĻž-āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϰāĻžāϜāϧāĻžāύ⧀ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϞāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻāϟ⧁āϕ⧁ āϤ⧋ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϚāĻžāχāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāϕ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻāχ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύāĻ—āϰ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻĒāĻžāϤ-āĻ“ āύ⧇āχ, āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇ āϏāĻ•āϞ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāĻ•āĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻšāĻžāϟ-āϰāĻžāϏāĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϰ⧀, āύāĻŋāω āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϟ-āĻāϏāĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āĻĄ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āϏāϰāĻŖāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻ“āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϤ⧋ āĻ•āϤ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āφāĻ›ā§‡â€” āϏ⧇āχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϚāĻŸā§āĻŸā§‹āĻĒāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āφāϰ āϏ⧁āĻ­āĻžāώ āϚāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀āϰ ‘āĻ…āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĻļāύ āϏāĻžāύāĻļāĻžāχāĻ¨â€™-āĻ“ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻšāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ¸ā§āϟāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŦāϏ⧇, āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϞāĻŋāĻĄāĻžāϰ āφāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ⧇āϰ āϰ⧇āϟ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

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  • Kolkata āĨ¤ āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻž
  • 2025 āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ

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Bangladesh Requires Not Petulance But Careful Handling

[ Originally published in The Wire, September 5th, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

In July-August last year, Indians were quite shocked at the scenes of street violence in Bangladesh, as police and armed forces strained to quell an unprecedented mass uprising against then prime minister Sheikh Hasina. What began as a students’ protest against the reimposition of hated quotas for families of ‘freedom fighters’ (of the 1971 war of liberation) turned into a all-out battle between forces for and against Sheikh Hasina. Lakhs of angry protesters moved their target from ‘quotas’ to her autocratic governance – and dragged India in, for propping up her unpopular regime.

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  • Sheikh Hasina āĨ¤ āĻļ⧇āĻ– āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāύāĻž
  • International Politics & Diplomacy āĨ¤ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻ“ āϕ⧂āϟāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ

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Assam’s identity crisis: history, fear and the politics of exclusion

[ Originally published in National Herald, August 28th, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

Assam, one of India’s most beautiful and bounteous states, is today troubled and in turmoil. The reason for this is deep-rooted anxiety among the indigenous Assamese of being swamped by ‘outsiders’, mainly Bengali Muslims — often automatically branded Bangladeshis. The problem is, however, more complex. 

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  • 2025 āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
  • Himanta Biswa Sarma
  • Assam

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āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ“ āĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āώ

[ Originally published in Sangbad Pratidin, August 3rd, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ…āύ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āύ, āĻŽāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻĒāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āϝāĻžāρāϰāĻž āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāύ āύāĻž, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĒāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§‚āϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϚāĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļā§āϝ āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āφāĻŽāϞ āύāĻž-āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϤāĻžāρāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϰ āωāĻĒāĻžā§Ÿ āϰāχāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āώāĻžā§Ÿ, ⧍⧧ āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ, āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ-āĻšāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰāĻžāĻ—ā§€ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ• āϤāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧋āĻ­āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ āϰāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ āĻžāϕ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻĒ⧁āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ 'āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ' āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύāĨ¤

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  • Mamata Banerjee
  • Amit Shah āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻžāĻš
  • 2025 āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ

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India Did Go to the G7, But It is Still Alarmingly Isolated in the World

[ Originally published in The Wire, June 20th, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

Now that the G7 summit is done and dusted, we may try to assess whether it has helped India break its disastrous isolation that Operation Sindoor revealed....PM Modi did get a last-minute invitation to join the G7, but not as a participant— only as an observer. There was jubilation among his lesser-informed fans, fanned also by his multi-million rupee IT cells and the enthralled majority in Indian media. The narrative was that he is too important not to be invited and that India is not isolated, or never was. It is, was and continues to remain the Vishwa-guru.

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  • 2025 āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
  • G7 summit

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Modi-Shah's Branding of Bengali Migrants as ‘Bangladeshis’ is Fraught With Dangerous Consequences

[ Originally published in The Wire, July 27th, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

One may or not take what Mamata Banerjee says very seriously all the time (provided one can unscramble her choice of words), but when she declares open war on the BJP for trying to finish off the Bengali people, it is time to take note. She takes up the challenge by leading countless thousands of protesters, oblivious of monsoon showers, along the main thoroughfares of Kolkata. It would be quite contemptuously Jinnahesque to dismiss them (as he did in East Pakistan) as excited Bengali-speaking rabble.

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  • Mamata Banerjee
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  • Bengali Migrant Labourer āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϝāĻžā§Ÿā§€ āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•
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What racists don't understand about Zohran Mamdani, biryani and the West's uncivilised' culinary history

[ Originally published in Indian Express, July 6th, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

Award-winning film director Mira Nair’s son, 33-year-old progressive Zohran Mamdani, is shaking up Trump’s America as few could. He swept the Democratic Party’s primary nomination process, defeating the redoubtable Andrew Cuomo and is contesting the New York city mayoral elections. This is historic, as he keeps shattering at least three of Donald Trump’s most aggressive planks.

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