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⧧⧍,ā§Ļ⧝,ā§Ŧā§Ļā§Ŧ āϕ⧋āϟāĻŋ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āωāϧāĻžāĻ“

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, June 21st, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āφāϗ⧇āϰ āϘāϟāύāĻžāĨ¤ ā§§ā§Ŧ āϜāĻžāύ⧁⧟āĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŋāϰ⧋āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ‘āĻšāĻžāω āχāύ āĻĢāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻāχāϟ āĻ‡ā§ŸāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏ āĻ“āĻŦ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ­āĻ°ā§āύāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ, āύāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϰāϞāĻŋ āϰ⧁āĻĒāĻŋāϜ ⧧⧍ āϞāĻžāĻ– āĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϰ āĻĄāĻŋāϏāĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻŋ⧟āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĨ¤â€™ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āφāϟ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿ ⧧⧍ āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āϕ⧋āϟāĻŋ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āωāϧāĻžāĻ“ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āϞ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āϕ⧇āϰ ⧧⧍ āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āϕ⧋āϟāĻŋ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āύ⧋ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏāĻ‚āϏāĻĻ⧇ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ ‘āφāϟ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϏāĻŽā§ŸāĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡â€™āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āϝ⧇ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž extrapolation-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ⧇āĨ¤

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Finance and Economics āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ

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Caught Between Myth And Reality

[ Originally published in India International Centre Quarterly, Summer 2023, Vol 50, no 1, July 5th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

Few can deny that India is seared right through, over several vexing issues, among which is whether the two sacred epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, are actually history or just myths. There is hardly any middle ground, as rationalists and left- liberals are absolutely certain that the epics are only myths, while a large section of Hindus refuse to believe they are not historical.

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Ramayana āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§ŸāĻŖ
  • Election āĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Ram āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻŽ
  • SecularismāĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāύāĻŋāϰāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž
  • Bharatiya Janata Party āĨ¤ āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āϜāύāϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋ
  • Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧟āĻ‚āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻ• āϏāĻ™ā§āϘ
  • Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώāĻĻ

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āϞ⧁āĻ  āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, June 22nd, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύāĻžāĻĻāĻžā§Ÿā§€ āĻ‹āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāύāĻĒāĻŋāĻ-āϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāύāĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧇āĻžāĻœā§āϝ āϏ⧇āχāϏāĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻ‹āϪ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻžāϧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ ⧝ā§Ļ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰāĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻžāϧ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ ⧝ā§Ļ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĒ⧇āϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āχ āĻ…āύāĻžāĻĻāĻžā§Ÿā§€ āĻ‹āĻŖāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϗ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ–āĻžāϤāϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϏ⧇āχ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ⧇ āύāĻžāύāĻž āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āϏ⧇āϟāĻžāϕ⧇ ‘āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ’ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ“āχ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāϤāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āϛ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āϚāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϰāĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻ‹āĻŖ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‡āĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻĻāϞāĻŦāĻĻāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϝāϤāϟāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āϏ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āωāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰ⧟āĻžāϏ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Finance and Economics āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ

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Modi Government Must Answer for India’s Historic Bank Loss of Rs 12 lakh crores

[ Originally published in The Wire, June 18th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

Five months ago, on January 16, 2023, The Wire published an article on How in First Eight Years of Modi Government, Nearly Rs 12 Lakh Crore ‘Disappeared'. The humongous amount of Rs 12 lakh crore was calculated partly on the basis of actual numbers revealed by the government in parliament for five of the ‘eight-year period’ and on extrapolations and estimates where actual figures were not available.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Finance and Economics āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Bank NPA āĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• āĻāύ āĻĒāĻŋ āĻ

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A building with a design

[ Originally published in The Telegraph Online ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

Narendra Modi is in a hurry to tattoo his signature right across the chest of Delhi even after his costly gambit of redoing an already splendid Central Vista (Rajpath) flopped at the box-office. He had blocked the central artery of Delhi for almost three years, dug all around, pumped tonnes of pollutants into the city’s notoriously noxious air, sent traffic haywire, and blown up some 700 crore rupees. But when the new ‘Kartavya Path’ was inaugurated with orchestrated flourish, even the moles of the area yawned and went back to their burrows around the Boat Club.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Central Vista āĨ¤ āϏ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāϞ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž
  • Parliament building āĨ¤ āϏāĻ‚āϏāĻĻ āĻ­āĻŦāύ

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A Documentary Screening and a Stadium Event: Notes From Narendra Modi's Australia Trip

[ Originally published in The Wire, May 26th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

The BBC’s telecast in January immediately triggered highly inflammable memories of communal riots in Gujarat in 2002, when Narendra Modi was the chief minister. These wounds were just too raw to be touched, even after Modi’s professionals had adroitly managed to cover them up, with the assistance of several legal eagles and the indulgence of judicial officials and those even higher up. Modi has been pronounced “not guilty” on certain specific narrow charges, for the present and to the extent possible, but many other questions continue to fly, all around, thick and fiery. This riot, in which over a thousand people – mainly Muslims – were slaughtered simply refuses to behave and lie still in its grave.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • BBC documentary āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāϏāĻŋ āϤāĻĨā§āϝāϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ

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āύāϤ⧁āύ āϏāĻ‚āϏāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, May 23rd, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻļā§‹āύāĻž āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ ā§¨ā§Ž āĻŽā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻ•āϚāϕ⧇ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϏāĻ‚āϏāĻĻ (New Parliament) āĻ­āĻŦāύ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝ, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϕ⧇āω āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧀āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻ†ā§ŸāĻ•āϰ āφāϰ āϜāĻŋāĻāϏāϟāĻŋāϰ ⧧⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ āϕ⧋āϟāĻŋ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāχ āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϕ⧋āĻŖ āĻ—ā§ƒāĻšāϟāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ›āϟāĻĢāϟ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • New Parliament BuildingāĨ¤ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϏāĻ‚āϏāĻĻ āĻ­āĻŦāύ

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Is the Modi Government Helping Private Companies Benefit from the Russia-Ukraine War?

[ Originally published in The Wire, May 16th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

Having watched Narendra Modi for nine years, of which more than two were spent “in his government” – as head of a national organisation – I can state with certainty that every action of his has an ulterior motive of helping someone make huge profits. I guess these crony capitalists, in turn, look after Modi’s needs. But what is more important is how the state machinery is calibrated to suit the requirements of these beneficiaries

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Finance and Economics āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Russia-Ukraine War āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻļāĻŋ⧟āĻž āχāωāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āύ āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ
  • Crude Oil āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧāĻŋāϤ āϤ⧇āϞ

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āĻ…āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻ­ āĻŦāĻšā§āϚāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒ⧇āĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ

[ Originally published in Pratidin Robbar, May 14th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻŽā§ƒāĻŖāĻžāϞ āϏ⧇āύ⧇āϰ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āφāϗ⧇āχ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāϞāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāϞ ⧧⧝⧝⧭ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇āĨ¤ 'āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽ āĻĢ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϞ'-āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āĻ­ā§‚āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āχ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧇ āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻ“āϠ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āφāĻĄā§āĻĄāĻž āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ“āρāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§Ž āύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻ—ā§ŒāϤāĻŽ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāϕ⧇ āĻĄā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇āύ — āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āφāχāĻāĻāϏ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ āϕ⧀?

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The Origin and Evolution of May Day as a Workers’ Rights Symbol

[ Originally published in Enewsroom, May 1st, 2023 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

May Day was not born in the Soviet Union — but in Capitalist America, to become a universal symbol of the rights and might of the working class. On the 1st of May 1886, the American Federations of Labour organised large assemblies of workers in Chicago and other parts of the USA.

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The Utility of Futility: Requiem for a Washed-Out Parliament Session

[ Originally published in The Wire, April 10th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

For a government that constantly measures the ‘productivity’ of parliament in terms of hours or minutes wasted in non legislative business, this Budget session that has just ended ‘sine die’ would normally have been really heart-breaking. Data just released shows that Lok Sabha’s productivity had fallen from 83.8% in the first part of the Budget session that ended in February to just 5.29% in the second part in March-April. Over 96 hours and 13 minutes were lost to disruptions in the Lok Sabha, while they claimed 103 hours and 30 minutes in the Rajya Sabha. Whatever Modi and his captive media may propagate, Houses of parliament are not some sort of industrial assembly lines of production where machines and numbers matter the most. What is not noticed is despite its apparent futility, this latter part of the Budget session has been extremely productive in bringing the Opposition together.

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Disruption by the Ruling Party Signals a New Low for India's Parliament

[ Originally published in The Wire, March 23rd, 2023 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

Seventy-three years may not be enough to pronounce a judgement on whether parliamentary democracy has worked in India or not. In a democracy, it is the lowest common denominator that prevails, and hence, it is futile to accept only Pericleses in the rough and tumble of the demos. But it is this same Indian parliament that has managed, without doubt, to bring together under one roof, into some sort of dialogue, the incredibly diverse peoples, ethnicities, and religious denominations. Issues are settled in Sansad through debate – sometimes, a bit too loudly. But let us not forget that some of today’s participants had once favoured the gun rather than talk. In just seven decades, governments and the parliament have, indeed, succeeded in cooling off numerous intractable sectarian and secessionist passions. The first election to the Lower House (Lok Sabha) will go down in history as one of those wonders that only Indians are capable of demonstrating – maybe once or twice in a century.

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Does India really benefit from NRIs heading the world’s new-age empires?

[ Originally published in Scroll, March 23rd, 2023 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

The nomination of Indian-American businessman Ajay Banga as president of the World Bank has drawn praise and support from Nobel Laureates to global philanthropists and other personalities. Banga was nominated to the post by United States President Joe Biden on February 24.

It can be debated whether India qualifies as the world’s leader (“Vishwaguru”), or is home to the world’s longest queue – around 810 million – for free foodgrains. But some Indians have made it really big – overseas. They are the stuff of legends that struggling middle-class parents dream of as they hound their own children towards success.

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āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϜāĻŋ, āĻļ⧁āύāϛ⧇āύ?

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, February 8th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

āφāϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĒāϰ⧇āχ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϏāĻ‚āϏāĻĻ āĻ­āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦā§‹āϧāύ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āϏāĻĻāϰāĻžāχ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϜāĻžāύ⧇āύ āύāĻž āωāĻĻā§āĻŦā§‹āϧāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ-āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ ⧧⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ āϕ⧋āϟāĻŋ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāχ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ­āĻŦāύ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇āϰ āφāĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ•āϤāĻž āϕ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ? āĻ—ā§ƒāĻš āĻ“ āύāĻ—āϰ⧋āĻ¨ā§āύ⧟āύ āĻĻāĻĢāϤāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āύ āĻĒ⧁āϰāύ⧋ āϏāĻ‚āϏāĻĻ āĻ­āĻŦāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ”āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāϤāĻŦāĻ°ā§āώāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻœā§āϜāύāĻ•āĻ“ āĻŦāĻŸā§‡āĨ¤ āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āϜāĻ¨ā§€ā§ŸāϤāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦāĻžāϪ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āϜāĻ°ā§āϜāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āϏāĻĻ āϜāĻšāϰ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤

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āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ ⧧⧍ āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āϕ⧋āϟāĻŋ āωāϧāĻžāĻ“ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ !

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, January 31st, 2023 ]

āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āϏāĻĻ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āϘ⧁āϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡-āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇āĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϧāĻžāĻŦāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϏāĻšāϜ āύ⧟āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻžāĻĻāĻžā§Ÿā§€ āĻ‹āϪ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻžā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϗ⧁āϞ⧇āĻž āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻ“ āĻāχ āĻĻāĻĢāϤāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āϝ⧇āϏāĻŦ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āϏāĻ‚āϏāĻĻ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧇āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ ⧧⧍ āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āϕ⧇āĻžāϟāĻŋ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϗ⧁āϞ⧇āĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧇āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāχ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻŽā§‚āϞāϤ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĒ⧇āĻžāϰ⧇āϟ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧇āĻžāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‡āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϰ āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āφāϟ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āχāĨ¤

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India & Fake News: Can Govt Spare Extra Effort & Let Fact Checkers Do Their Job?

[ Originally published in The Quint, January 21st, 2023 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

The government’s concern at the circulation of patently false news items is quite understandable as there is a noticeable rise in the visibility of such items circulating on the social media. In fact, 2023 is the tenth year since this new weapon was added to the arsenal of India’s major political parties. These items stir up emotions, for or against the regime, and whip up rage at perceived attacks and insults on one’s religion. There are clear reasons to assume that several hordes of people or teams must be working overtime to disseminate them in order to raise the temperature in people’s minds with these distortions of the truth.

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Can Renewable Power Really Win in India?

[ Originally published in R K Dutta Memorial Lecture, The Research Centre for Eastern and North Eastern Regional Studies - Kolkata (CENERS-K), January 19th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

1. Three fourth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions result from burning of fossil fuels for energy and everyone agrees that the world must rid itself of these fossil fuels that endanger human and other forms of life. Half a century ago, we were told to produce energy at any cost, but in this century, the mission is to move to cleaner renewable energy resources. The important question now is by when will we be able to use only or mainly renewable resources for energy generation. By we, I refer to both India and the world, but in this talk we shall restrict ourselves only to India.

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  • Electricity āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž
  • Biogas āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžā§Ÿā§‹āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāϏ
  • Geothermal Energy āĨ¤ āĻ­ā§‚-āϤāĻžāĻĒā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

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How in First Eight Years of Modi Government, Nearly Rs 12 Lakh Crore ‘Disappeared'

[ Originally published in The Wire, January 16th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

There are reasons to believe that some 12 lakh crore rupees have been systematically siphoned off from banks in the first 8 years of Narendra Modi’s rule — mainly by big corporate borrowers,. This was/is done quite ‘legitimately’ by taking loans for units and then getting them written off as unrecoverable non-performing assets (NPAs) The scale of that is 4 to 6 times higher than the internationally accepted norm. Obviously such a massive but smooth operation is simply not possible without complete political backing. Every GM, ED or CMD of a bank knows that when he is told by someone representing the core of political power “to lend to X”, he jolly well does it.

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A Few Questions from an MP to the Prime Minister About the New Parliament Building

[ Originally published in The Wire, January 30th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

Like many other ordinary Members of Parliament, we wait with bated breath for the day that we shall all be herded in silence into the august presence of the interior of the new Parliament building. We shall gaze with yokelish amazement at the latest wonder that you are bestowing upon India.

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āφāϞ⧋āϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ“ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤāϤāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāύāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‹āĻ—

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, December 2nd, 2022 ] [ View PDF ]

āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāύāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻ—ā§‹ā§Ÿā§‡āϞāϕ⧇ āϝ⧇āϰāĻ•āĻŽ āϤāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻĻāĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϞ, āϤāĻž āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤāĻ“āĨ¤ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋ āϜāĻŽāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āφāϰāĻ“ āϕ⧀āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋ ‘āϏ⧁āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽâ€™ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āϖ⧇āĨ¤ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āϛ⧇āύ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āϏāĻĻ āϜāĻšāϰ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ

āϝ⧇āϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻ…āϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻ—ā§‹ā§Ÿā§‡āϞ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‹āϗ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ, āĻāχ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧟āĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āϰ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āϝ⧇āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāχ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‹āĻ— āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇, āϏ⧇āϟāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻ•āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžāϰāĻšāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻŦā§Ž āĻĒāϰāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ āĻāχ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ…āϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻ—ā§‹ā§Ÿā§‡āϞ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāϚāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āχāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻĢāĻž āĻĻ⧇āύāĨ¤ āχāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻĢāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āĻ­āĻŋāϜāĻŋāϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒāĻžāύ āφāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āϏ⧇āχ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϰ āύāĻĨāĻŋ āĻ˜ā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ—-āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāĻž-āĻ–āϤāĻŋ⧟āĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•ā§‡ā§ŸāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžā§Ÿ, āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ• āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻļā§āϰ⧀ āĻ—ā§‹ā§Ÿā§‡āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧇āύāĻļāύ, āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϚ⧁āχāϟāĻŋ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻŋāĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĢāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ-āϏāĻš āϤāĻžāĻŦā§Ž āĻŦāĻ•ā§‡ā§ŸāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ āĻāĻ• āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻž āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ŸāϜāύāĻ• āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§€ā§ŸāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšā§Ÿ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋ āĻļā§āϰ⧀āĻ—ā§‹ā§Ÿā§‡āϞ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ ā§Šā§Ŧ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋āĻŦāĻž āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āĨ¤

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  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€

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In Arun Goel’s Appointment, Paperwork Can’t Paper Over Surgical Strike on Due Process

[ Originally published in The Wire, November 29th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

They are caught playing around with the time-tested established principles and procedures of good and fair governance.

In a democracy, public affairs are no one’s personal fiefdom, though those in power often get their way in, say, getting someone into a position. But even here, the rules of eligibility must permit or be stretched to cover the executive’s will, or be vague enough not to stand in the way.

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  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ
  • Arun Goel āĨ¤ āĻ…āϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻ—ā§‹ā§Ÿā§‡āϞ

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