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Modi’s OBC Claim Is About Identity, While Caste Census Is for Social Justice

[ Originally published in The Wire, October 7th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

It took everyone by surprise when Narendra Modi, who never spares a trick to ‘elevate’ his standing, decided to deliberately ‘downgrade’ his social status and assert forcefully and unambiguously that he belongs to a socioeconomically backward caste. After years of studied silence on his caste status, Modi decided to claim the OBC mantle and attacked the Congress mercilessly for “hating” him for it.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Caste Census āĨ¤ āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋ āϏ⧇āĻ¨ā§â€ŒāϏāĻžāϏ
  • Social Justice āĨ¤ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžā§ŸāĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ

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āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧀ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧāĻŋāϤāĻž

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, October 3rd, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧀ āϜ⧟āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĒā§œā§‡ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧟āĻ‚āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻ• āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ˜ā§‡āϰ (āφāϰāĻāϏāĻāϏ) āφāϰ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻ­āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻ—āϤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āϤāĻžāχ āύāĻž, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāĻŦ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāϜāĻžā§Ÿ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ ⧧⧝ā§Ē⧍-āĻ āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧀āϜāĻŋāϰ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻž ‘āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ āĻ›āĻžā§œā§‹â€™ āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ, āϝāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϟāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ, āϏ⧇āχ āϏāĻŽā§ŸāĻ“ āĻāχ āĻĻ⧁āχ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻļ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰāχ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧀āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύ⧟āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻ­āĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻ­āĻžāϰāĻ•āϰ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āĻ“ āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāĻĻāϤ āϜ⧁āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

  • RSS āĨ¤ āφāϰ āĻāϏ āĻāϏ
  • M.S. Golwalkar āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽ āĻāϏ āĻ—ā§‹āϞāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϞāĻ•āϰ
  • History | āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ
  • Mahatma GandhiāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧀
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š

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āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϤāύ

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, September 29th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϏāĻ‚āĻ˜ā§‡āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ āĻ“ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āχāωāύ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϤāύāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ“ āϜāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻš āϝāϤ āĻŦāĻžā§œā§‡ āϤāϤāχ āĻŽāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ : āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϕ⧀ āφāϰ āϤāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ?

  • Shantiniketan āĨ¤ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϤāύ
  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • History | āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Unesco World Heritage Site āĨ¤ āχāωāύ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āĻšā§‡āϰāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϜ āϏāĻžāχāϟ

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A Highly Forgettable Day in the New Parliament Building

[ Originally published in The Wire, September 20th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

Some MPs say that a bulletin must have been issued but most of us seem to have missed it, if at all one was sent. Thus, till the afternoon before, no one knew for sure whether the entire apparatus of the parliament of India would shift, lock, stock and barrel, to the reportedly-swank new building next door on September 19.

  • 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
  • Parliament building āĨ¤ āϏāĻ‚āϏāĻĻ āĻ­āĻŦāύ

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‘āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ’ āφāϰāĻ“ āϭ⧟āĻ™ā§āĻ•āϰ

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, September 11th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāύāĻŋāϰāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āωāĻ—ā§āϰ āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāϤ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ…āύ⧇āϕ⧇āχ āĻ–ā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋ āϝ⧇ ‘āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ’ āĻšā§ŸāϤ⧋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϭ⧟āĻ™ā§āĻ•āϰāĨ¤ ‘āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ’ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ“ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āĻāχ ‘āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ’āĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇, āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āϤāĻžāχ āĻĻā§‹āώ āύ⧇āχ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Hindi Language āĨ¤ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž

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āĻ“āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻĒāϤāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŽāĻžāύāĻžā§Ÿ āύāĻž

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, August 22nd, 2023 ]

‘āφāϜāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•āĻž āĻ…āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻŽāĻšā§‹ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ’-āĻāϰ āĻĸāĻ•ā§āĻ•āύāĻŋāύāĻžāĻĻ āϚāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϚāϞāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ—āĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻāϏāĻŦ āĻļ⧁āύāϞ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻŸā§‹ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋ āϜāĻŽāĻžāύāĻž āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āϜāĻŽāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āϤāϰ āφāĻ—āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻž āϜāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§ŸāϤāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧁āχ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž āĻ­ā§€āώāĻŖ āĻļā§āϰāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻļā§€āϞāĨ¤

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Madhav Sadashivrao Golwalkar āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāϧāĻŦ āϏāĻĻāĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻ“ āĻ—ā§‹āϞāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϞāĻ•āϰ
  • Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav āĨ¤ āφāϜāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•āĻž āĻ…āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻŽāĻšā§‹ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ
  • Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav āĨ¤ āφāϜāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•āĻž āĻ…āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻŽāĻšā§‹ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ

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Modi Is Hell Bent on Building anAdministrative System That Treats Him as King

[ Originally published in The Wire, August 21st, 2023 ]

There is no doubt that the increasing politicisation of the bureaucracy has been corroding, for quite some time, the pillars on which fair and efficient administration rest. The pains taken by the founding fathers of our constitution to protect and insulate the civil service from political interference had ensured a large degree of neutrality, for several decades — except perhaps during the Emergency. What is more important is that it created a culture of looking down at any suspiciously close liaison between politicians and bureaucrats (for mutual personal gain) to be illicit and adulterous.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Delhi Services Act āĨ¤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŋāϏ⧇āϏ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϟ

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How the Hindu Right Opposed the National Flag and the Quit India Movement

[ Originally published in The Wire, August 15th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

As the Modi government’s much-hyped ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ ( immortal celebration of our independence) gathers momentum, one is likely to fall prey to two impressions that are sought to be conveyed. The first is that the present regime is more firmly wedded to the principles of nationalism than others and the second is the utter devotion with which it remembers the nation’s struggle for independence.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Hindu Right āĨ¤ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻž
  • Quit India Movement āĨ¤ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ āĻ›āĻžā§œā§‹ āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ

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KS James' Suspension Shows Indian Govt Shudders at Surveys That Mirror Reality

[ Originally published in The Quint, August 3rd, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

The suspension of Professor KS James, Director of the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) appears unwarranted, mischievous, and quite untenable. By shooting the messenger, the Narendra Modi government has also sent a message – the Centre does not want to face any reality.

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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¤

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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.

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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¤

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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¤

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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

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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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  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
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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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  • May Day āĨ¤ āĻŽā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāϏ

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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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  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
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  • Rahul Gandhi āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻšā§āϞ āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧀

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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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