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How Exit Polls Devastated Indian Economy

[ Originally published in E Newsroom, June 13th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

The 4th of June will be remembered in the history of stock markets in India for the biggest single-day fall in share prices in 4 years. The benchmark stock indexes, Sensex and Nifty, crashed by almost 6 per cent on this day when the election results to the 18th Lok Sabha started revealing that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party may not be headed towards an absolute majority on its own.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • Finance and Economics āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • 2024 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • Loksabha Elections 2024 āĨ¤ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϏāĻ­āĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • Exit Polls āĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āϜāĻŋāϟ āĻĒā§‹āϞ

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āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāϟ āĻĒ⧇āĻžāϞ

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, June 13th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇āϰ āĻļā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ—āϤ ā§Ē āϜ⧁āύ āϝ⧇ āĻĒāϤāύ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇, āϤ⧇āĻŽāύ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϤāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āϚāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇ āĻšā§ŸāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇ āĻļā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āĻāϤāϟāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻļā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏ⧂āϚāĻ• āĻšāϞ āϏ⧇āύāϏ⧇āĻ•ā§āϏ āĻ“ āύāĻŋāĻĢāϟāĻŋāĨ¤ āϝ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻĒ⧇āϞ āϝ⧇ āĻ…āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāĻĻāĻļ āϞ⧇āĻžāĻ•āϏāĻ­āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āϜāύāϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰāĻ™ā§āϕ⧁āĻļ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻ—āϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āϤāĻž āύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāϗ⧇āĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇, āϏ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϏ⧇āχ āĻŽā§‚āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏ⧇āύāϏ⧇āĻ•ā§āϏ āĻ“ āύāĻŋāĻĢāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿ ā§Ģ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻĒāϤāύ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϞāĨ¤

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • Finance and Economics āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • 2024 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • Loksabha Elections 2024 āĨ¤ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϏāĻ­āĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • Exit Polls āĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āϜāĻŋāϟ āĻĒā§‹āϞ
  • Stock Market Scam āĨ¤ āĻļ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āϕ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ

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Modi is Back in Power: The Opposition Needs to Watch Out and Hold Its Flock Together

[ Originally published in The Wire, June 11th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

As I switched on the TV for a brief while to watch Narendra Modi’s third swearing-in ceremony, my mind flashed back to his first, in 2014. I was a bit nervous as I was sure to be the fall guy, as the CEO of Prasar Bharati, if any glitch occurred in the television and radio coverage. A few days earlier, he had alleged that Prasar Bharati had mischievously cut off parts of his last interview on Doordarshan.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • 2024 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • Loksabha Elections 2024 āĨ¤ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϏāĻ­āĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) āĨ¤ āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ⧟āĻžāύ āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāύāĻžāϞ āĻĄā§‡āϭ⧇āϞāĻĒāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āχāύāĻ•ā§āϞ⧁āϏāĻŋāĻ­ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžā§ŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ ( āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ⧟āĻž)

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āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻŖāϤāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇, āωāĻ—ā§āϰ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧāϤāĻž āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ āφāϰ āύ⧟

[ Originally published in Khabar 365 Din, June 8th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ ⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§­, ⧧⧝⧭⧭ āĻŦāĻž ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ē-āĻāϰ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϏāĻ­āĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϤāĻŽ āϚāĻžāĻžā§āϚāĻ˛ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĒā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϤ⧇āĻŽāύāχ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖā§€ā§Ÿ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇ āĻāχ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āϏāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϏāĻ­āĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύāĨ¤ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻš āύ⧇āχ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋ āϜāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏ⧂āϚāύāĻž āϘāϟāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϞāϞāĻŋāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāρāϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇ āĻ•āϤāϟāĻž āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻž āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇āχ āĻŦāϞāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • Election āĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ
  • 2024 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • Ayodhya āĨ¤āĻ…āϝ⧋āĻ§ā§āϝāĻž
  • Loksabha Elections 2024 āĨ¤ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϏāĻ­āĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • Amit Shah āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻžāĻš
  • Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) āĨ¤ āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ⧟āĻžāύ āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāύāĻžāϞ āĻĄā§‡āϭ⧇āϞāĻĒāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āχāύāĻ•ā§āϞ⧁āϏāĻŋāĻ­ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžā§ŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ ( āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ⧟āĻž)

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The Beginning of the End: Why a Predator Modi Can’t Run a Conciliatory Coalition

[ Originally published in Lokmat Times, June 7th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

History will look back at the 2024 elections to the 18th Lok Sabha as an exciting landmark— somewhat like 1967 or 1977 or even 2014. There is no doubt that it marks the beginning of the end of the Modi era, though one cannot predict how badly he may react to the writing on the wall or how or viciously he may tighten his stranglehold over a battered democracy. It is a major blow to Narendra Modi’s ego and his hold over his flock that he has fallen 32 seats short of the absolute majority figure of 272 seats.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ
  • 2024 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • Loksabha Elections 2024 āĨ¤ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϏāĻ­āĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • Amit Shah āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻžāĻš
  • Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) āĨ¤ āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ⧟āĻžāύ āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāύāĻžāϞ āĻĄā§‡āϭ⧇āϞāĻĒāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āχāύāĻ•ā§āϞ⧁āϏāĻŋāĻ­ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžā§ŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ ( āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ⧟āĻž)

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Modi Has Too Much to Lose and Much More to Cover up by Retaining Power at Any Cost

[ Originally published in The Wire, May 23rd, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

What started as a completely one-sided election has slowly but surely turned into an interesting one, with all sorts of possibilities. Liberals, rationalists, pluralists, democratic, leftists and all others who have not accepted a regime that is openly opposed to these values enshrined in the Indian constitution have suffered repeated defeat, demoralisation and humiliation for 10 long years.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • Election Commission āĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāύ
  • Election āĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ
  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ
  • 2024 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē

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Cultural Capital Without a Crown: The Case for Kolkata’s Modern Art Museum

[ Published May 19th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

I am sad that while every major city of India has a proper public-sponsored art gallery, Kolkata does not. Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore have great facilities called the National Galleries of Modern Art (NGMAs),

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ
  • 2024 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • Kolkata Museum of Modern Art āĨ¤ āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāωāϜāĻŋ⧟āĻžāĻŽ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻŽāĻĄāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ āφāĻ°ā§āϟ
  • National Galleries of Modern Art (NGMAs) āĨ¤ āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāύāĻžāϞ āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāϰāĻŋāϏ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻŽāĻĄāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ āφāĻ°ā§āϟāϏ

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āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŦā§€āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ

[ Originally published in Abhijan Samayiki, Bardhaman, May 2024 Issue, May 1st, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

āϰāĻžā§ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŽāĻ—ā§āϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϧāĻŽāĻžāύ (āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽ), āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧁āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§€āϰāĻ­ā§‚āĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāρāϕ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻŸā§‡āĻļā§āĻŦāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāĻŽā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āϜ⧈āύ āϤ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ—āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ āĻŽā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāϝ⧁āϗ⧇ āϜ⧈āύāϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻāχ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇āϰ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĨ¤

  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • 2024 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • Mahavir Jayanti āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŦā§€āϰ āϜ⧟āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧀
  • Jainism | āϜ⧈āύāϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Mahavir | āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŦā§€āϰ

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āϰāĻžā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŦā§€āϰāĻ—āĻžāĻĨāĻž

[ Originally published in Dainik Pratidin, April 22nd, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŦā§€āϰ āϜ⧈āύ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻ•āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āĻ“ āϝ⧇ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ—, āĻ…āύ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻž āϜāĻžāύ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻŽā§‚āϞāϤ, āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχ, āϝāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ 'āϰāĻžā§' āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤

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  • Festival & Celebrations | āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŖ āĻ“ āωāĻĻā§â€ŒāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ
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  • Mahavir Jayanti āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŦā§€āϰ āϜ⧟āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧀
  • Jainism | āϜ⧈āύāϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Mahavir | āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŦā§€āϰ

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Walking with Mahavira: Tracing the Jain Tirthankara’s Footsteps in West Bengal

[ Originally published in E Newsroom, April 21st, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

Today, as we celebrate the Mahavira Jayanti, I am reminded of his association with the western tract of Bengal, known since ancient times as the Rarh or Radh. When I served as the Additional District Magistrate of the Asansol-Durgapur belt of Burdwan (now known as Paschim Barddhaman district) in 1980-81, I had visited the ruins of a famous Jain temple at Punchra.

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Festival & Celebrations | āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŖ āĻ“ āωāĻĻā§â€ŒāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ
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  • Mahavir Jayanti āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŦā§€āϰ āϜ⧟āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧀
  • Jainism | āϜ⧈āύāϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ

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āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋāϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧀āϰāĻžāĻŽ āφāϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϜāĻŋāϰ āϰāĻžāĻŽ-āϰāϏāĻžā§Ÿāύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ• āύ⧟

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, April 21st, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϜāĻŋ āĻšā§ŸāϤ⧋ āĻāϟāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤāχ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇, āϜāĻžāύ⧁⧟āĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖāϕ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āχ āĻšā§‹āĻ•, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻž āĻāχ āĻāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻŽāύāĻŦāĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ āϘāĻŋāϰ⧇āχ āĻšā§‹āĻ•, āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤ⧇āĻŽāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϗ⧇āϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻ“ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇ āĻāϏāĻŦ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻš-āωāĻĻā§āĻĻā§€āĻĒāύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇, āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āϤāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—-āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĒāĻŋ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŽāϤāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āϤāĻ˛ā§‹ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāϏ⧀ āĻļā§‹āĻ­āĻžāϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχāĨ¤

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Election āĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ
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  • Ram Navami āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŦ⧁āĻŽā§€

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Here's Why Modi Knows India Eats Meat But Speaks of Vegetarianism

[ Originally published in The Wire, April 17th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

When Narendra Modi attacked Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav recently for violating the ‘strict norm’ of vegetarianism during the Ram Navami period, he was directly inciting voters in the northern Hindi belt, and of course, in adjunct areas like Gujarat.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • Election āĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ
  • 2024 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • Vegetarianism āĨ¤ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāώāĻ­ā§‹āĻœā§€
  • Non-Vegetarianism āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋāώāĻ­ā§‹āĻœā§€
  • Rashtriya Janata Dal āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āϜāύāϤāĻž āĻĻāϞ
  • Tejashwi Yadav āĨ¤ āϤ⧇āϜāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€ āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŦ

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How the Dice Rolls

[ Originally published in The Wire, March 29th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

Nothing could sum up better the transactional relationship between big capital and authoritarian rule than these words of William E. Scheuerman, Professor of Political Science at Indiana University in the ‘Boston Review’, under the catchy title Why Do Authoritarians Win?

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ
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  • Bharatiya Janata Party āĨ¤ āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āϜāύāϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋ
  • Electoral Bonds āĨ¤ āχāϞ⧇āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§‹āϰāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ

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The Fact of the Matter: 'Fact-Check Units' Are Designed To Protect the State

[ Originally published in The Quint, March 25th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

In the last three years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has introduced and carried through, with lightning speed and his brute majority in parliament, a series of legislations that choke or restrict our freedom of expression, information, data and their transmission. We have reasons to believe that the apparatus of a surveillance state has been grafted, stealthily but surely,

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ
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  • Fact-Check Units āĨ¤ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϟ-āĻšā§‡āĻ• āχāωāύāĻŋāϟ
  • Freedom of Expression āĨ¤ āĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻž

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āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāώ-āϤāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŽāύāĻĒā§€āĻĄāĻŧāύ

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, March 12th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

āϜāĻžāύ⧇āύ āϕ⧀, āĻāχ āĻšāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāĻĒā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϏāĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦ⧈āĻ āϕ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϕ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ? āύāĻž, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ—āϰāĻŋāĻŦ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻŖ āϤ⧋ āύ⧟-āχ, āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻ“ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĢāϰāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϞ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ›-āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏ āĻŦāĻž āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āφāϗ⧇āχ āĻāχ āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧇ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ˛ā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄ-āĻĄā§‡ āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϞ⧇āύ āĻ…āĻĒ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āϖ⧁āĻŦāχ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝāĻ•āϰāĨ¤

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  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
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  • Food Habits āĨ¤ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϏ
  • Vegetarianism āĨ¤ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāώāĻ­ā§‹āĻœā§€
  • Non-Vegetarianism āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋāώāĻ­ā§‹āĻœā§€

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How Ameen Sayani Helped Unite the Soul of India

[ Originally published in The Wire, March 2nd, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

Just a couple of days after the sad death of the one and only Ameen Sayani, I stumbled upon a photo with him, taken by his son at the NCPA, Mumbai. ‘August 2019’ was scrawled on it and I had gone there to deliver the Jamshed Bhaba Memorial Talk on Indian Culture. I was his great admirer and came to know him well from the time I headed All India Radio and Doordarshan, as CEO, Prasar Bharati.

  • Vividh Bharati āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāϧ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧀
  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Akashvani āĨ¤ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§€
  • B V Keskar āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋ āϕ⧇āϏāĻ•āϰ
  • All India Radio (AIR)āĨ¤ āĻ…āϞ āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ⧟āĻž āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“
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  • Ameen Sayani āĨ¤ āφāĻŽā§€āύ āϏāĻžā§ŸāĻžāύāĻŋ
  • Radio Ceylon āĨ¤ āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āϏāĻŋāϞ⧋āύ

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The Man Who Made India Sing Together: A Tribute to Ameen Sayani

[ Originally published in ENewsroom, February 26th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

Just a couple of days after the sad death of the one and only Ameen Sayani, I stumbled upon a photo with him, taken by his son at the NCPA, Mumbai. ‘August 2019’ was scrawled on it and I had gone there to deliver the Jamshed Bhabha Memorial Talk on Indian Culture. I was his great admirer. And came to know him well from the time I headed All India Radio and Doordarshan, as CEO, Prasar Bharati.

  • Vividh Bharati āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāϧ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧀
  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Akashvani āĨ¤ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§€
  • B V Keskar āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋ āϕ⧇āϏāĻ•āϰ
  • All India Radio (AIR)āĨ¤ āĻ…āϞ āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ⧟āĻž āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“
  • 2024 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • Ameen Sayani āĨ¤ āφāĻŽā§€āύ āϏāĻžā§ŸāĻžāύāĻŋ
  • Radio Ceylon āĨ¤ āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āϏāĻŋāϞ⧋āύ

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āφāĻŽāĻŋāύ āϏāĻžā§ŸāĻžāύāĻŋ āϐāĻ•ā§āϝāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, February 27th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāύāĻŋāϰ āϏ⧂āϚāύāĻž ⧧⧝ā§Ģ⧍-āϰ āĻ…āĻ—āĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻšāϞāĻŋ āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āφāϗ⧇āχ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻ­āĻžāĻ—, āĻĻāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻ“ āφāĻžā§āϚāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāĻŦāϰāϪ⧇āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϟāĻž āϤāĻ–āύ āϏāĻ‚āĻšāϤ, āϐāĻ•ā§āϝāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āύāĻž āφāϛ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻžāύāĻ“ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āύāĻž āφāϛ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻžāύāĻ“ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĨ¤ 

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  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
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  • Akashvani āĨ¤ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§€
  • B V Keskar āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋ āϕ⧇āϏāĻ•āϰ
  • All India Radio (AIR)āĨ¤ āĻ…āϞ āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ⧟āĻž āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“
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  • Ameen Sayani āĨ¤ āφāĻŽā§€āύ āϏāĻžā§ŸāĻžāύāĻŋ
  • Radio Ceylon āĨ¤ āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āϏāĻŋāϞ⧋āύ

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January 26th: When People Were Urged to Celebrate it as Independence Day

[ Originally published in E Newsroom, January 25th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

The roots of the celebrations on the 26th of January as our Republic Day actually go back to a very significant development in our Independence struggle. Till 1929, Gandhiji and the mainstream of the Indian National Congress could not decide whether to demand complete independence from the British Empire.

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  • Republic DayāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻžāϤāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāϏ
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  • Independence Day āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāϏ
  • Indian National Congress āĨ¤ āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āϜāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āϏ

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On the Road to Amarnath

[ Originally published in Autumn Annual, Presidency Alumni Association Volume LIII, 2023-24, January 21st, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

As a normal human being who prefers not to jog or climb unless compelled to, it was rather foolhardy to agree to my wife’s persuasion to visit Amaranth. Once trapped, I did a bit of reading and panicked when I learnt that it is one of the most strenuous treks, with unnecessary exertions.

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Ram temple, hardening Hinduism and the strength of diversity

[ Originally published in The Indian Express, January 19th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

When PM Narendra Modi sent out his closest bureaucrat, Nripendra Misra, from the PMO to Ayodhya to head the Shri Ram Mandir Construction Committee in February 2020, he was clearly signalling that Ram Mandir was his highest priority.

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