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Why the Delhi Result Matters Beyond Delhi

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Harish Khare

Let Us Not Overdo this ‘Triumph of Faith’

Let Us Not Overdo this ‘Triumph of Faith’
31.01.2025 10

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Harish Khare

Trump’s Washington Will Severely Test Modi’s India

25.01.2025 9

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Looking for a ‘Lapata’ Vinod Rai

15.01.2025 10

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Harish Khare

The Silent Strength of Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister Was His Moral Compass

It was just a few days after I had joined the Manmohan Singh PMO as media adviser. June 2009. There a small function at 7,RCR, an award-giving...

27.12.2024 5

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Hindutva Jurisprudence and a Gauntlet Thrown Down at Chief Justice Khanna

It certainly cannot be a mere coincidence that two sitting judges of the Allahabad High Court should have allowed themselves to be persuaded to...

10.12.2024 20

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The RSS Must Confront Its Crisis of Vision

It is arguably the most delicious irony of Naya Bharat that as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) approaches its centenary mark, it finds itself...

03.12.2024 8

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The Many Messages From Wayanad

24.11.2024 6

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Creating a Web of Sovereign Vulnerabilities

Businessman Gautam Adani’s indictment in the United States is a matter between him and the law in that country. Since Gautam bhai is now an...

21.11.2024 20

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Our Simple (and Low) Expectations from the New Chief Justice

The republic has a new chief justice. Since Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna will stay only for seven months in that designated house on Krishna Menon...

12.11.2024 1

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Harish Khare

Has Canada Bought Into the Reputation Cooked Up for Amit Shah by the Indian Media?

Four days after he was officially “outed” by a Canadian minister as the prime mover in this whole unpleasant business of alleged Indian...

05.11.2024 4

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Even at 100, RSS Remains Unwelcome in National Imagination

If Narendra Modi and Amit Shah had not depleted their political capital so extravagantly these last ten years, they could perhaps protest Mohan...

14.10.2024 20

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Harish Khare

On (Not Quite) Understanding Gujarat

It may sound a bit of a tautology but because Narendra Modi is quintessentially a Gujarat product, a proper analysis of Gujarat’s trajectory should...

26.09.2024 4

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In Defence of Chief Justice Chandrachud

Very many citizens would feel reassured to learn that the chief justice of India is a religious man in his private life. As a Maharashtrian, it is...

14.09.2024 10

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Harish Khare

Rumours of a BJP-RSS Rift Are Deliberately Exaggerated

The toxicity-soaked right-wing echo-system has predictably gone in its familiar overdrive about Rahul Gandhi’s so-called controversial formulations...

12.09.2024 10

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Harish Khare

Beyond the Rise of Jay Shah Rise is the Fall of Naya Bharat

Finally, the beginning of the end is here. At first glance, the “election” of Jay Shah as the next chairman of the International Cricket Council...

30.08.2024 10

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Harish Khare

Why Did We Perform so Poorly at the Paris Olympics?

First it was the outrage over “atrocities” against the Hindus in Bangladesh after the abrupt regime change in Dhaka, and, then, it was the slugfest...

21.08.2024 20

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Harish Khare

Natwar Singh: A Nehruite Who Lost Faith

Natwar Singh, who passed away on Saturday (August 10) at a very ripe age of 94, was undoubtedly the last of the Nehruvians, but he also personified...

11.08.2024 3

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Bangladesh crisis: The long cable

It could just be a coincidence. Barely 24 hours before Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was made to flee from Dhaka, India’s home minister...

11.08.2024 2

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Lessons of Political Arrogance from Dhaka Need to be Heeded in New Delhi

It could just be a coincidence. Barely 24 hours before Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was compelled to flee Dhaka, India’s home minister...

06.08.2024 40

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Harish Khare