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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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  • 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¤

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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§€
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  • 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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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.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
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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.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ
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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¤

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
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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.

  • On Media āĨ¤ āĻ—āĻŖāĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡
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  • Fake News āĨ¤ āĻĢ⧇āĻ• āύāĻŋāωāϜ
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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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  • New Parliament BuildingāĨ¤ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϏāĻ‚āϏāĻĻ āĻ­āĻŦāύ

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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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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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The Ramayana tradition and Indian secularism

[ Originally published in The New Indian Express, January 21st, 2021 ] [ View PDF ]

Two recent news stories about Ram from two extremes of India, Ayodhya and Ram Setu, would have caught one’s attention. Where Ayodhya is concerned, the Pandora’s box had actually been opened long ago, in December 1949, when KKK Nair, the not-so-secular district magistrate of Faizabad, facilitated the sudden ‘appearance’ of Ram-Sita images inside Babri Masjid.

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The Modi Government’s Blatant Disregard for Regulations in the Making of Kartavya Path

[ Originally published in The Wire, September 20th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ]

Narendra Modi is not all oratory or glory with trumpets – he has a long track record of boasting and bungling, and sometimes just disregarding rules and conventions as well.

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'Agnipath' Adds To Modi's List Of Inglorious Blunders

[ Originally published in NDTV.com, June 20th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

As fire and protests rage across the country, one is reminded of the utter lawlessness that Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, the three classical political philosophers of the 17th and 18th centuries had referred to as the 'state of nature'. Things are not yet so bad, thankfully so, in spite of scenes of thousands of the unemployed young torching millions' worth of public property. They are up against the new Agnipath scheme that seeks to recruit some 45,000 short-time 'soldiers' into the army on a contractual basis. Modi's India has not seen such a worrisome breakdown of law and order, one that is so expressly violent and widespread in so many states.

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An Unrelenting Patriot

[ Originally published in Millennium Post, June 5th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

The Sangh's mouthpiece, Swaraj, in its issue of June 23, 2019, insists that Syama Prasad Mookerjee had actually saved Hindu Bengalis from "imminent annihilation", and its powerful social media repeats this claim incessantly. The PM renamed Kolkata Port Trust in his name and there appears a renewed interest in Mookerjee — the founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh that later metamorphosed into the Bharatiya Janata Party. As the son of the most powerful Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University — Sir Ashutosh Mookerjee — Syama Prasad's academic achievements were under a bit of a cloud in the 1920s.

  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
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The Bulldozer Is the Latest Symbol of Toxic Masculinity to Create Havoc in the Populace

[ Originally published in The Wire, May 13th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

The bulldozer style of saffron politics has provoked quite a few articles from different angles, but we may like to look at the juggernaut vehicle as the latest expression of toxic masculinity – something which was quite evident in its predecessors, the horse, the motorcycle and the speedster car.

So, let’s begin with the horse. From amidst the wealth of literature on the relationship between man and the horse, we zoom directly into Adrienne C. Frie’s report in the Oxford Journal of Archaeoolgy in October 2017, on an archaeological examination of burial ground culture at a site in Slovenia.

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There Is Much to Be Learned from Modi’s Electoral Strategy – Including How to Counter It

[ Originally published in The Wire, March 28th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

Now that we are slowly getting over the shock and disappointment over the recent results of elections to five state assemblies, it may be time to stop fooling ourselves.

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āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āϏ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏ⧁āύ āĻŦāĻŋ āĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧀ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻœā§‹āϰāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, March 12th, 2022 ]

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āĻļ, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāĻžāĻ–āĻ¨ā§āĻĄ, āĻ—ā§‹ā§ŸāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŦ, āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āϰ, āĻāχ āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ­ā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāχ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĒāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻŋ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤

āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āϏ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāχ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤āĻĒāĻžāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āϏ āϏ⧁āχāϏāĻžāχāĻĄ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āĻŸā§‡āύ āĻ…āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āϕ⧇ āφāϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟ āύ⧇āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āϏ āĻĻāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĒāĻŋāϕ⧇āĻ“ āĻ­ā§‹āϟ āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āφāĻŽ āφāĻĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻšāĻžāϤ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āφāĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

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āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻŸā§‡ āωāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, February 18th, 2022 ]

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[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, February 10th, 2022 ]

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