Daily Readings-2020

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Rishvanth Reddy Mucheli
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30/12/2020

  1. How a film become something more: https://www.mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org/short/ev43.htm#:~:text=Back%20in%201962%2C%20a%20Gujarati,Mr.&text=Attenborough%20to%20read%20Fischer’s%20biography.
  2. The aam aadmi behind Attenborough’s Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/the-aam-aadmi-behind-attenborough-s-gandhi/story-MnQTQj7haxzxtQoCAiEDkN.html
  3. Why I’m Losing Hope in India by Kiran Kumbhar: https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/why-i-m-losing-hope-india

29/12/2020

  1. Farmers accept govt offer for talks tomorrow; Anna threatens ‘last stir’ by Tribune News Service: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/farmers-accept-govt-offer-for-talks-tomorrow-anna-threatens-last-stir-190861 
  2. Farmers protest: Veteran of three wars fights his fourth by Basant Kumar Mohanty: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/farmers-protest-veteran-of-3-wars-fights-his-fourth/cid/1801932 
  3. Dushyant Chautala, the likely loser of the Farmers’ protest by Tarique Anwar: https://www.newsclick.in/Dushyant-Chautala-Likely-Loser-Farmers-Protest
  4. Abhay joins protesters at Singhu by Tribune news Service: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/abhay-joins-protesters-at-singhu-190851
  5. Power Supply to 3 more Jio towers snapped by Tribune News Service: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/power-supply-to-3-more-jio-towers-snapped-190710
  6. Anna Hazare threatens to launch his ‘last protest’ for farmers by PTI: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/anna-hazare-threatens-to-launch-his-last-protest-for-farmers/articleshow/79985817.cms
  7. Amartya Sen says space for debate shrinking; BJP hits back by PTI: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/amartya-sen-says-space-for-debate-shrinking-bjp-hits-back/articleshow/79989490.cms 
  8. The Year That was….people fight back a hostile government by Subodh Varma: https://www.newsclick.in/The-Year-That-Was-People-Fight-Back-Hostile-Government
  9. Naming game: No stadium for a cricketer by Rohit mahajan: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sports/naming-game-no-stadium-for-a-cricketer-190449
  10. Home Minister Shah unveils Arun Jaitely’s Statue on DDCA premises: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/home-minister-shah-unveils-arun-jaitleys-statue-on-ddca-premises-190564

28/12/2020

  1. ‘Tree Poets’ of Silent Valley: How Sugathakumari and other poets fought for the forest by Sreedevi Jayarajan: https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tree-poets-silent-valley-how-sugathakumari-and-other-poets-fought-forest-140335
  2. New Divisions: The cruel virtual interior by Saikat Majumdar: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/new-divisions-the-cruel-virtual-interior/cid/1801821
  3.  Unique problem with Arab World by Gwynee Dyer: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/unique-problem-with-arab-world/cid/1801848
  4. A political vacuum: The farmer’s protests are unlikely to dent the BJP’s appeal by Asim Ali: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/the-farmers-protests-are-unlikely-to-dent-the-bjps-appeal/cid/1801678
  5. Rising Spots: India’s leopard population by The Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/rising-spots-indias-leopard-population/cid/1801874

27/12/2020

  1. Sonia, sadly by Harsh Mander: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/sonia-sadly-congress-muslims-party-sonia-gandhi-5100506/
  2. Liberals, sadly by Ramachandra Guha: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/liberals-sadly-indias-liberals-must-take-on-both-hindu-and-muslim-communalists-5103729/
  3. NFHS data reveals large improvement in welfare for Indian children, women, and households, then why the deep angst? By Surjit S Bhalla: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/nfhs-data-misinterpretation-fact-check-ideology-7120341/
  4. Upper-caste Domination in India’s Mainstream Media and Its Extension in Digital Media by Dilip Mandal: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/46/perspectives/upper-caste-domination-indias-mainstream-media-and.html 
  5. A History of Contemporary Economic Theories by Alex M Thomas: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/45/book-reviews/history-contemporary-economic-theories.html
  6. Does Merit have a Caste by Suryakant Waghmore: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/46/book-reviews/does-merit-have-caste.html
  7. Conceptualising and Thinking about Subaltern Politics by Virginius Xaxa: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/46/book-reviews/conceptualising-and-thinking-about-subaltern.html

26/12/2020

  1. Violation of ‘alliance dharma’, says JD(U) as 6 of 7 MLAs join BJP in Arunachal Pradesh by Karishma Hasnat and Dipak Mishra: https://theprint.in/politics/violation-of-alliance-dharma-says-jdu-as-6-of-7-mlas-join-bjp-in-arunachal-pradesh/573948/ 
  2. Negotiating Livelihood during COVID-19: Urban Tribal Women Vendors of Manipur by Hoipi Haokip, Arfine Haokip, Tingneichong Gangte: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/46/commentary/negotiating-livelihood-during-covid-19.html
  3. Ill Effects of Superstitions by Adfer Rashid Shah: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/46/letters/ill-effects-superstitions.html 
  4. The State of State Finances: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/46/editorials/state-state-finances.html

25/12/2020

  1. Sugathakumari: A poet who pioneered environmentalism in a state that never prioritised conservation by K A Shaji: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/environment/sugathakumari-a-poet-who-pioneered-environmentalism-in-a-state-that-never-prioritised-conservation-74779 
  2. 40 per cent of all ministers educated only up to school by Pushkar Banakar: https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/aug/17/40-per-cent-of-all-ministers-educated-only-up-to-school-2184312.html
  3. GHMC polls: Election rallies spell money to jobless workers by Maddy Deekdhith: https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/281120/election-rallies-spell-money-to-jobless-workers.html
  4. With loss of Trusted Aids Motilal Vora and Ahmed Patel, Road Ahead for Gandhis only tougher, lonelier by Pallavi Ghosh: https://www.news18.com/news/politics/with-loss-of-trusted-aides-motilal-vora-and-ahmed-patel-road-ahead-for-gandhis-only-tougher-lonelier-3201338.html
  5. Motilal Vora, the Gandhi family loyalist, ‘uncle’ figure & chronicler of Congress history by Fatima Khan: https://theprint.in/politics/motilal-vora-the-gandhi-family-loyalist-uncle-figure-chronicler-of-congress-history/571203/?utm_source=vdoai_stories
  6. The 2020 Hall of Fame: The people who shone in a difficult year by Shivam Vij: https://theprint.in/politics/motilal-vora-the-gandhi-family-loyalist-uncle-figure-chronicler-of-congress-history/571203/?utm_source=vdoai_stories

23/12/2020

  1. Bishan Singh Bedi to DDCA: Remove my name from Kotla stand, cancel my membership by Shamya Dasgupta: https://www.espn.in/cricket/story/_/id/30586568/bishan-singh-bedi-ddca-remove-my-name-kotla-stand-cancel-my-membership

22/12/2020

  1. Life of the compulsive protestor by Madhulika Liddle: https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/voices/2020/dec/20/life-of-the-compulsive-protestor-2237685.html

21/12/2020

  1. Why the Gandhis must go now by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/why-the-gandhis-must-go-now-by-ramachandra-guha-2336160
  2. Former vice-chancellor of Ashoka University’s call to reclaim Constitution by Umanand Jaiswal: https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/former-vice-chancellor-of-ashoka-universitys-call-to-reclaim-constitution/cid/1801193 
  3. Decline  fall of the Congress. Again by T J S George: https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/columns/t-j-s-george/2020/dec/20/decline–fall-of-the-congress-again-2238511.html
  4. Metro-Nizam who wants to be National Mughal by Prabhu Chawla: https://www.newindianexpress.com/prabhu-chawla/column/2020/dec/20/metro-nizam-who-wantsto-be-national-mughal-2238512.html
  5. Wistron saga and the state of states by Shamkkar Aiyar: https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/columns/shankkar-aiyar/2020/dec/20/wistron-sagaand-the-stateof-states-2238510.html

20/12/2020

  1. Prejudice, not Pride: What the sangh parivar stands for? by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/what-the-sangh-parivar-stands-for/cid/1800988

19/12/2020

  1. A return to ethics by Shiv Visvanathan: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/45/alternative-standpoint/return-ethics.html
  2. Safeguarding Fundamental Rights by Madan Bhimrao Lokur: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/45/perspectives/safeguarding-fundamental-rights.html

16/12/2020

  1. Fault Lines in the Draft EIA Notification, 2020 by Eeshan Chatutvedi: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/45/letters/fault-lines-draft-eia-notification-2020.html
  2. Evidence-based Policy making by Shantanu Mishra: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/45/letters/evidence-based-policymaking.html
  3. The guru-shishya structure is inherently prone to abuse. It needs to be demolished by T M Krishna: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/gundecha-brothers-sexual-harassment-hindustani-music-tm-krishna-6601666/
  4. Unless the public spaces are freely available for demonstrations, we will remain a mute democracy by T M Krishna: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/shaheen-bagh-caa-protests-supreme-court-6716469/
  5. For those dividing Indians in order to rule them, Adivasis are clearly not farmers by Nandini Sundar: https://thewire.in/rights/farm-laws-protest-political-prisoners-support-adivasi-farmers

15/12/2020

  1. Asaduddin Owaisi’s success in carving out a Muslim constituency will benefit BJP and bleed the Congress by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/asaduddin-owaisi-aimim-hyderabad-muslims-rss-7103600/
  2. How Rahul Gandhi can prove Obama wrong by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/how-rahul-gandhi-can-prove-obama-wrong-kancha-ilaiah7073067/

13/12/2020

  1. COVID-19 in the Indian Context and the Quest for Alternative Paradigms by M A Oommen: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/45/commentary/covid-19-indian-context-and-quest-alternative.html
  2. Beyond a Culture of Debt: Reflections on Guru-Shishya Parampara by Anubhuti Sharma, Vibula Sonagra: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/45/postscript/%E2%80%8Bbeyond-culture-debt.html?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=Weekly_Newsletter__November_7_Issue_Version_6&utm_medium=email

12/12/2020

  1. The Language of Compensation by Gopal Guru: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/45/editors-desk/language-compensation.html
  2. Malpractice Stories – Where Are We Going Wrong? By Melwyn Pinto: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/45/postscript/%E2%80%8Bmalpractice-stories.html 
  3. Memory, Death, Friendship by Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/45/postscript/memory-death-friendship.html
  4. From 50 years ago: Growth by Exhortation: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/45/50-years-ago/50-years-ago-growth-exhortation.html

11/12/2020

  1. India’s three outrages by Rahul Jayaram: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/india-s-three-outrages-923937.html
  2. The malaise of the moderates by Rahul Jayaram: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/the-malaise-of-the-moderates-912733.html

09/12/2020

  1. How Modern are the Public Institutions in India by Gopal Guru: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/43/editors-desk/how-modern-are-public-institutions-india.html
  2. Pioneer of Marxist Social History by Pavel Tomer: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/43/book-reviews/pioneer-marxist-social-history.html
  3. Owaisi’s Entry, Left’s Shifting Votes, Communal Card, Corruption: BJP’s Make-or-Break Dream of Ruling Bengal by Plaban Gupta: https://www.news18.com/news/politics/owaisis-entry-lefts-shifting-votes-communal-card-corruption-bjps-make-or-break-dream-of-ruling-bengal-3156902.html

08/12/2020

  1. Read: the Poem for his mother that got Salil Tripathi suspended from twitter by The Wire Staff: https://thewire.in/rights/salil-tripathi-twitter-suspension

07/12/2020

  1. ‘Canada will always stand for rights of peaceful protest,’ says Trudeau, after India summons Envoy by The Wire Staff: https://thewire.in/diplomacy/trudeau-canada-farmer-protest-internal-affair
  2. Why Justin Trudeau is supporting protesting farmers in India by Jaspreet Oberoi: https://thewire.in/rights/justin-trudeau-farmers-protest-india
  3. Narendra Modi is learning the perils of ‘My Way or the Highway’ Governance by Yashwant Sinha: https://thewire.in/government/narendra-modi-farm-bills-parliament-discussion
  4. Will he, or won’t he? Thiruvananthapuram awaits Tharoor’s arrival by Cynthia Chandran: https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2020/dec/06/will-he-or-wont-he-thiruvananthapuram-awaits-tharoors-arrival-2232404.html 
  5. JNU lab closed due to Covid, termites ruin students’ work by Aranya Shankar: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/jnu-lab-closed-due-to-covid-termites-ruin-students-work-7094575/

06/12/2020

  1. Modi’s Dangerous Isolation by Tavleen Singh: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/narendra-modi-farmers-protest-tavleen-singh-7093214/
  2. State has no language to understand dissent other than branding it criminal: Pratap Bhanu Mehta by Express News Service: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/state-has-no-language-to-understand-dissent-other-than-branding-it-criminal-pratap-bhanu-mehta-7092260/
  3. Thirty-two winters ago, the hookah, the hukumat by Rakesh Sinha: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/farmers-protest-mahendra-singh-tikait-rajiv-gandhi-7093241/
  4. Dr. Ambedkar’s Historical Speech at Agra by Dr B R Ambedkar: https://countercurrents.org/2016/08/dr-ambedkars-historical-speech-at-agra/
  5. A Fraud on the Constitution by P Chidambaram: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/constitution-law-modi-govt-p-chidambaram-7093190/
  6. Borderless Universities across the Bay of Bengal by D N V Kumara Guru: https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2020/nov/28/borderless-universities-across-the-bay-of-bengal-2229074.html

30/11/2020

  1. In memory of Frontier Gandhi, a plea for justice for Faisal Khan by Rajmohan Gandhi: https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/in-memory-of-frontier-gandhi-a-plea-for-justice-for-faisal-khan/story-Vzto6Dx07UrkVoriCGEHSP.html
  2. Tharoor-style non-stop stimulation by T J S George: https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/columns/t-j-s-george/2020/nov/29/tharoor-style-non-stop-stimulation-2229328.html
  3. No RSVP for Gandhis now by Prabhu Chawla: https://www.newindianexpress.com/prabhu-chawla/column/2020/nov/29/no-rsvp-for-the-gandhis-now-2229329.html

28/11/2020

  1. The government may ride out farmers’ protests. But simmering discontent will remain by Pratap Bhanu Mehta: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/punjab-farmers-protest-farm-laws-7071053/
  2. The charter of liberation by Pratap Bhanu Mehta: https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/the-charter-of-liberation-preamble-to-constitution-of-india-6189346/
  3. Stan Swamy, 83, waits as the buck is passed on his sipper and straw by Sadaf Modak: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/stan-swamy-sipper-and-straw-nia-uapa-elgar-parishad-7071253/

27/11/2020

Articles discussing Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s ‘SC was never perfect, but the signs are that it is slipping into judicial barbarism’ 

  1. Right to constitutional remedies is the Constitution’s soul. Surely SC is mindful of that by Upendra Baxi: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/protecting-article-32-7064324/
  2. The complicity of the SC is manifest in its recent actions and orders by Navroz Seervai: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/supreme-court-judicial-system-india-pratap-bhanu-mehta-7057802/
  3. Unjust criticism of SC ignores its stellar contributions, undermines public trust in institutions by Birendra Saraf: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/supreme-court-of-india-criticism-judiciary-system-7062949/
  4. Criticism of judiciary stems from ideological inclination and dislike of particular political leaders by Gaurav Bhatia: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/sc-judiciary-sudha-bhardwaj-umar-khalid-arnab-goswami-7059519/

24/11/2020

  1. Tarun Gogoi Obituary | He steered Assam from Violence to Development by Sandeep Phukan: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tarun-gogoi-obituary-he-steered-assam-from-violence-to-development/article33163787.ece
  2. L.K. Mahapatra put Odisha on the global map of Anthropological Studies by Om Routray: https://www.thehindu.com/society/lk-mahapatra-put-odisha-on-the-global-map-of-anthropological-studies/article33149615.ece

23/11/2020

Articles 1 to 4: Scholarly exchanges between Aravind Panagariya and P Chidambaram on record of reforms in Modi’s government

  1. Six years of reforms: Modi has established his reformist credentials alongside PMs like Rao and Vajpayee by Aravind Panagariya: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/six-years-of-reforms-modi-has-established-his-reformist-credentials-alongside-pms-like-rao-and-vajpayee/
  2. Reforms without growth by P Chidambaram: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-economy-slowdown-narendra-modi-p-chidambaram-6759229/
  3. Defending Modi’s reforms record: Chidambaram shifted goalpost from growth delivered by a PM to growth in his tenure by Aravind Panagariya: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/defending-modis-reforms-record-chidambaram-shifted-goalpost-from-growth-delivered-by-a-pm-to-growth-in-his-tenure/
  4. Reforms for what- growth or glory? by P Chidambaram: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/reforms-for-what-growth-or-glory-7060652/
  5. Is it any wonder that in Modi’s India dissidence is being seen as sedition? by Tavleen Singh: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/dangerous-dog-whistles-7060666/
  6. Obama: Legacy of a civilised mind by T J S George: https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2020/nov/22/obama-legacy-of-a-civilised-mind-2226394.html
  7. Explained: This year’s Booker prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain, and its debutant author Douglas Stuart by Paromita Chakrabarti: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-a-look-at-this-years-booker-prize-winning-novel-shuggie-bain-and-its-debutant-author-douglas-stuart7058645/
  8. Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury attacks Kapil Sibal over introspection remarks by Zara Khan: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/congress-leader-adhir-chowdhury-attacks-kapil-sibal-over-introspection-remark/story-VOvGdlYHpIhvsP5DNqPZWP.html

22/11/2020

  1. SC was never perfect, but the signs are that it is slipping into judicial barbarism by Pratap Bhanu Mehta: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/supreme-court-arnab-goswami-bail-article-32-pratap-bhanu-mehta-7055067/
  2. Arnab Goswami and Varavara Rao, Unequal Citizens Before the Law by N Venugopal Rao: https://thewire.in/rights/arnab-goswami-varavara-rao-arrest
  3. Why Arun Shourie concludes that the ultimate preparation for death is simply love by Pratap Bhanu Mehta: https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/the-hawk-pulls-its-shadow-from-the-world-7060601/

21/11/2020

  1. Adani After gandhi: A book that shall never be written by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/adani-after-gandhi-a-book-that-shall-never-be-written/cid/1798089
  2. A muscular triumph for Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD in Myanmar by Pradip Phanjoubam: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/myanmar-elections-landslide-victory-for-national-league-for-democracy-led-by-aung-san-suu-kyi/cid/1797899
  3. Sacred and Profane: SC upholds Rabindra Sarobar Ritual Ban by the Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/sacred-and-profane-sc-upholds-rabindra-sarobar-ritual-ban/cid/1798099

20/11/2020

  1. Two faces: Manipulating Press Freedom by The Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/two-faces-manipulating-press-freedom/cid/1797986

17/11/2020

  1. The Other Nehru by Mahesh Rangarajan: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/the-other-nehru-dams-and-nature-economy/cid/1797589
  2. PM Narendra Modi unveils ‘Statue of Peace’ in Rajasthan, lauds nation for supporting local during Diwali: Pushkar Tiwari: https://zeenews.india.com/india/pm-narendra-modi-unveils-statue-of-peace-in-rajasthan-lauds-nation-for-supporting-local-during-diwali-2325034.html

15/11/2020

  1. In Jail, humanity is bubbling: Stan Swamy by Pheroze L. Vincent: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/in-jail-humanity-is-bubbling-stan-swamys-letter-from-taloja/cid/1797528
  2. I’m a Journalist, That’s Why I Don’t Stand with Arnab Goswami by Arfa Khanum Sherani: https://thewire.in/media/arnab-goswami-arrest-free-speech
  3. Our Republic and That Republic by Harish Khare: https://thewire.in/media/our-republic-and-that-republic
  4. Emergency? Here Are 9 cases where BJP leaders Didn’t Jump to Arrested Journalists’ Defence by The Wire Staff: https://thewire.in/media/journalist-arrest-arnab-goswami-bjp-defence
  5. CAA Unrest: Historian Ramachandra Guha Dragged and Detained by Police by The Quint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnIgiH2zSbs

14/11/2020

  1. Remembering Nehru, the great communicator by Rahul Jacob: https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/opinion/remembering-nehru-the-great-communicator-111605271540159.html

11/11/2020

  1. Nitish Kumar- ‘political wizard’ with no sole election win set to become CM 7th time by Dipak Mishra: https://theprint.in/politics/nitish-kumar-political-wizard-with-no-solo-election-win-set-to-become-cm-7th-time/541729/
  2. ‘Vote-cutter’ Paswan lives up to his name as LJP eats into JD(U) votes in nearly 40 seats by Moushumi Das Gupta and Neelam Pandey: https://theprint.in/politics/vote-cutter-paswan-lives-up-to-his-name-as-ljp-eats-into-jdu-votes-in-nearly-40-seats/541663/
  3. “This is PM Narendra Modi’s Win”: Chirag Paswan on Bihar Results by Vaibhav Tiwari: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/chirag-paswan-on-bihar-results-this-is-pm-narendra-modis-win-2323559
  4. Bihar was Tajeshwi’s to lose- and lose he did by Shivam Vij: https://theprint.in/opinion/bihar-election-tejashwi-yadav-lose-and-lose-he-did/542248/
  5. ‘Nitish hatao’ chorus grows louder in Bihar by Shivam Vij: https://theprint.in/opinion/nitish-hatao-chorus-grows-louder-in-bihar/530976/

06/11/2020

  1. E S Reddy, historian and anti-apartheid campaigner, 1924-2020 by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.ft.com/content/a311951c-4688-4f20-a130-5826f245ecbd?shareType=nongift
  2. E.S. Reddy, Who Led U.N.’s Efforts Against Apartheid, Dies at 96 by Sam Roberts: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/05/world/africa/es-reddy-dead.html
  3. What It’s Like to Lose a Presidential Election by Chris Lamb: https://livewire.thewire.in/politics/what-its-like-to-lose-a-presidential-election/

03/11/2020

  1. A Sea of Red: Aung San Suu Kyi seems set to return to power in Myanmar by Larry Jagan: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/aung-san-suu-kyi-seems-set-to-return-to-power-in-myanmar/cid/1796294
  2. Past evils” Modi calls Tejashwi ‘jungle raj’ prince by The Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/past-evils-modi-calls-tejashwi-jungle-raj-prince/cid/1796297
  3. Short film: Looting farmers at the Mandi by Yashowardhan Mishra: https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/short-film-looting-farmers-at-the-mandi/
  4. Laws work: Death penalty for Rape by the Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/laws-work-death-penalty-for-rape/cid/1796330
  5. BJP’s Farming Policies: Deepening Agrobusiness Capitalism and Centralisation by Pritam Singh: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/41/commentary/bjps-farming-policies.html

30/10/2020

  1. Masood Hussain is painting the grief and anger of the Kashmiri people by Majid Maqbool: https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/big-story/masood-hussain-is-painting-the-grief-and-anger-of-the-kashmiri-people-111603936810612.html
  2. Mayawati signals BJP; Congress can’t wait to twist knife by Sanjay K. Jha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/mayawati-signals-bjp-congress-cant-wait-to-twist-knife/cid/1795978
  3. The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Crisis of the Social Sciences by Shiv Visvanathan: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/42/perspectives/covid-19-pandemic-and-crisis-social-sciences.html
  4. The case of Kerala Agriculture University: Academic Administration and Academic Freedom by Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/41/commentary/academic-administration-and-academic-freedom.html

29/10/2020 

  1. Solar Panels and Solidarity by P. Sainath: https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/solar-panels-solidarity/
  2. It’s raining sand in Rayalaseema by P. Sainath: https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/its-raining-sand-in-rayalaseema/#
  3. Dirty Secret: India’s ‘filthy’ air by The Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/india-fight-against-air-pollution-is-floundering/cid/1795840

28/10/2020

  1. The Myth of Modi, The Economic Reformer by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/the-myth-of-modi-the-economic-reformer-by-ramachandra-guha-2316311
  2. “Stop Sowing Discord”: China on Mike Pompeo’s Visit To India, South Asia by Press Trust of India: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/china-tells-mike-pompeo-to-stop-sowing-discord-during-visit-to-india-south-asia-2316460
  3. Need for Autonomous Foreign Policy on China: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/38/editorials/need-autonomous-foreign-policy-china.html
  4. Lost Model: Bihar Election Campaign by The Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/lost-model-bihar-election-campaign/cid/1795721
  5. Caste Discrimination: India must disown parts of ancient texts that contradict the Constitution by Rajesh Kochhar: https://scroll.in/article/976824/caste-violence-india-must-disown-parts-of-ancient-texts-that-contradict-the-constitution

27/10/2020

  1. Is Truth-telling Self-defeating by Gopal Guru: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/36/editors-desk/truth-telling-self-defeating.html
  2. An Idea of a Prison by Gopal Guru: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/37/editors-desk/idea-prison.html
  3. Action on Prison Data: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/37/editorials/action-prison-data.html
  4. The Borrowed Gaze in Street Photography by Rahulnath: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/37/postscript/%E2%80%8Bborrowed-gaze-street-photography.html
  5. New Labour Codes and their loopholes: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/40/editorials/new-labour-codes-and-their-loopholes.html
  6. Unpacking Indo-Nepal Relations by Medha Pande: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/39/letters/unpacking-indo%E2%80%93nepal-relations.html
  7. Infrastructuring Floods in the Brahmaputra River Basin by Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/39/commentary/infrastructuring-floods-brahmaputra-river-basin.html
  8. New Labour codes and their loopholes: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/40/editorials/new-labour-codes-and-their-loopholes.html
  9. Much More than a Sport: Beginning of Cricket in India by Dinyar Patel: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/38/book-reviews/much-more-sport.html

26/10/2020

  1. Days of reckoning by Shah Alam Khan: https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/days-of-reckoning-arundhati-roy-book-6868939/
  2. Jean Dreze on why Amartya Sen is the original ‘argumentative Indian par excellence’ by Jean Dreze: https://scroll.in/article/976694/jean-dreze-on-why-amartya-sen-is-the-original-argumentative-indian-par-excellence

25/10/2020

  1. The Jinnah Question by S Irfan Habib: https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/sunday-eye-partition-the-jinnah-question-6870404/
  2. Opposition must think harder about political economy of protest to counter new political economy of reform by Pratap Bhanu Mehta: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/politics-of-economics-labour-laws-gdp-growt-agriculture-farmers-atmanirbhar-bharat-privatisation-6843217/

24/10/2020

  1. The Story of a Peasant Struggle in Jiwandesar, Rajasthan Origin, Evolution and the Current Status by Akhil Alha: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344475869_The_Story_of_a_Peasant_Struggle_in_Jiwandesar_Rajasthan_Origin_Evolution_and_the_Current_Status
  2. Damaging Legacy: Three Democracies and their demagogues by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/three-democracies-and-their-demagogues/cid/1795505
  3. Gentle Giant of Labour Economics: Lalit Deshpande (1933-2020): https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/40/commentary/gentle-giant-labour-economics.html

22/10/2020

  1. Nine-Year-Old Environmental Activist Lincypriya Kangujam Detained by Delhi Police by Mathew Maniamkot: https://in.makers.yahoo.com/nine-year-old-environmental-activist-licypriya-kangujam-detained-by-delhi-police-030040039.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=tw&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFM943fOS6FeCURiohX6nPJHXEf1PEPJxaRnmrUDbUjZycZCX6bIUUGJpnC3rVqzKJc1dTCvryxwepxOurdQ3wZZuctOz7i7cJp8leVLAqqvOF1m2wBbScwUEnXch7UR8GMOSwtfbLcaoQ-yctzXR5QojVGiZ7AO28nYsztCoPkM
  2. Mahatma Gandhi: A Lasting Legacy by Bhikhu Parekh: https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20191007-a-lasting-legacy-1603310-2019-09-27
  3. Gandhi’s Enemies by Faisal Devji: https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20191007-gandhi-rsquo-s-enemies-1603311-2019-09-27

21/10/2020

  1. Two conspiracies and a cremation by Arundhati Roy: https://scroll.in/article/974758/arundhati-roy-two-conspiracies-and-a-cremation
  2. Prepared to be Unpopular: A Review of Arundhati Roy’s “Azadi” by Darshita Jain: https://lit.newcity.com/2020/10/15/prepared-to-be-unpopular-a-review-of-arundhati-roys-azadi/
  3. Azadi by Arundhati Roy review- at het passionate best by Ashish Ghadiali: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/19/azadi-arundhati-roy-review-kashmir-india

20/10/2020

  1. Book Review: The Life and Death of Indian Democracy by Ramachandra Guha: https://thewire.in/books/making-sense-of-indian-democracy-yogendra-yadav-book-review-ramachandra-guha
  2. Who is really the enemy of the People? by Suhit K Sen: https://www.newsclick.in/Who-is-really-the-enemy-of-the-people
  3. Isher Ahluwalia and Devaki Jain fashioned feminism out of lived experience by Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/women-equality-feminism-economy-their-quest-for-freedom-6792925/

18/10/2020

  1. Left parties, tribal activists join ‘Nyay March for Swamy’s release by Telegraph Correspondent: https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/left-parties-tribal-activists-join-nyay-march-for-swamys-release/cid/1795011
  2. Other brothers behind Stan Swamy by Jhinuk Mazumdar: https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/calcutta/other-brothers-behind-fr-stan-swamy/cid/1795039
  3. People’s President: K.R. Narayanan’s legacy of moral authority by Gopalkrishna Gandhi: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/peoples-president-k-r-narayanans-legacy-of-moral-authority/cid/1795025

17/10/2020

  1. Traditional Media shouldn’t ape digital by Harish Bijoor: https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2020/oct/13/traditionalmedia-shouldnt-ape-digital-2209495.html
  2. Join hands with other nations for Atmanirbhar+ by Amar Patnaik: https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2020/oct/13/join-hands-with-other-nations-for-atmanirbhar-2209496.html
  3. Karnataka Edu Experiment falls prey to Covid by Editorial: https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/editorials/2020/oct/13/karnataka-eduexperiment-falls-prey-to-covid-2209499.html

16/10/2020

  1. Varavara Rao’s wife urges Supreme Court to grant him bail by Legal Correspondent: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/varavara-raos-wife-urges-supreme-court-to-grant-him-bail/cid/1794906
  2. The slowly disappearing students of Sundarbans by Sovan Daniary: https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/the-slowly-disappearing-students-of-sundarbans/
  3. Mixed race not only lives but thrives. Withdrawing Tanishq ad means denying our reality by Sameena Dalwai: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/tanishq-hindu-muslim-ad-boycotted/
  4. Low costs. Moderate hopes: How Hyderabad’s last independent bookstore is trying to survive Covid-19 by Mallik Thatipalli: https://scroll.in/article/975788/low-costs-moderate-hopes-how-hyderabads-last-independent-bookstore-is-trying-to-survive-covid-19
  5. ‘Few People at higher level are dictating terms’: Khushbu’s exit point finger at Rahul’s core team by Richa Sharma: https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/oct/12/few-people-at-higher-level-dictating-terms-khushbus-exit-points-finger-at-rahuls-core-team-2209320.html
  6. Cosmopolitan Nationalist by Rajmohan Gandhi: https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20191007-cosmopolitan-nationalist-1603314-2019-09-27
  7. Making of Mahatma by Jyotindra Jain: https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20191007-making-a-mahatma-1603312-2019-09-27
  8. A Moral Economy by Tridip Suhrub: https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20191007-a-moral-economy-1603317-2019-09-27

13/10/2020

  1. Deny there was Rape: Problem Soved by T J S George: https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/columns/t-j-s-george/2020/oct/11/deny-there-was-rape-problem-solved-2208632.html
  2. The quest of Atmanirbhar BJP by Shankkar Aiyar: https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/columns/shankkar-aiyar/2020/oct/11/the-quest-of-atmanirbhar-bjp-2208629.html
  3. Why Varavara Rao Matters by T J S George: https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/columns/t-j-s-george/2020/jul/26/why-varavara-rao-matters-2174791.html
  4. Dialogue with Dissent: Maoist Movement by Anshuman Behera: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/india-maoist-movement-and-ganapathy-surrender/cid/1794490

12/10/2020

  1. A queen exiled from History by Manu S. Pillai: https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/a-queen-exiled-from-history-11574406803709.html
  2. What Champaran gave to Gandhi and India’s Freedom Struggle by Ramachandra Guha: https://scroll.in/article/834784/what-champaran-gave-to-gandhi-and-indias-freedom-struggle
  3. The Other Hero: In Jim Corbett’s Shadow by Mahesh Rangarajan: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/the-other-hero-walter-champion-in-jim-corbett-shadow/cid/1794459

11/10/2020

  1. The three men who wrote modern Indian history by Manu S. Pillai: https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/the-three-men-who-wrote-modern-india-s-history-11585328606024.html
  2. Krishnadevaraya: The intriguing legacy of a great southern emperor by Manu S. Pillai: https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/krishnadevaraya-the-intriguing-legacy-of-a-great-southern-emperor-11590747859607.html
  3. Oprah Winfrey sent a book on caste to 100 US CEOs but Indians still won’t talk about it by Dilip Mandal: https://theprint.in/opinion/oprah-winfrey-wilkerson-caste-100-us-ceos-indians-wont-talk-about-it/487143/

10/10/2020

  1. Constant Company: In praise of Parade’s by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/in-praise-of-koshys-parade-cafe-bangalore/cid/1794310
  2. From Hathras to Delhi, A Land without Justice by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/from-hathras-to-delhi-a-land-without-justice-by-ramachandra-guha-2306397

09/10/2020

  1. Warn-and-Wink game in Bihar by Sankarshan Thakur: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/bihar-assembly-elections-2020-chirag-paswan-is-a-political-rookie-whom-the-bjp-is-allegedly-using-to-fight-nitish-kumar/cid/1794276
  2. Ram Vilas Paswan: master political pulse reader by Special Correspondent: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/ram-vilas-paswan-master-political-pulse-reader/cid/1794278

08/10/2020

  1. A Historian’s Historian- Histories that endure by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-historian-s-historian-histories-that-endure/cid/1599013
  2. Fading Legacies: October birthed three Indian luminaries by Sankarshan Thakur: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/october-birthed-three-indian-luminaries/cid/1794066

07/10/2020

  1. Exploring the archives: The architects of the Indian School of Political Economy by Maria Bach: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2016/12/12/exploring-the-archives-the-architects-of-the-indian-school-of-political-economy/
  2. MG Ranade- the ‘father of Indian economics’ who also fought for widow remarriage by Kairvy Grewal: https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/mg-ranade-the-father-of-indian-economics-who-also-fought-for-widow-remarriage/349237/
  3. Contain contagion, spend smartly says Joseph Stiglitz by Special Correspondent: https://www.telegraphindia.com/business/lockdown-contain-contagion-spend-smartly-says-joseph-stiglitz/cid/1793985

05/10/2020

  1. Amartya Sen’s hopes and fears for Indian Democracy by Isaac Chotiner: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/amartya-sens-hopes-and-fears-for-indian-democracy?reload
  2. Ancient Wisdom by A. Raghuramaraju: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/mythology-can-provide-insights-into-troubled-human-ties/cid/1793906
  3. What Indians do with their time by The Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/what-indians-do-with-their-time/cid/1793911

04/10/2020

  1. Gandhi or Dadabhai Naoroji in Westminster? by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/gandhi-or-dadabhai-naoroji-in-westminster/story-uOHH5aTD8GCHJaGeAjrGTJ.html
  2. Mission Annapurna, new farm laws can transform Indian Agriculture by Hindol Sengupta: https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2020/oct/03/mission-annapurna-new-farm-laws-can-transform-indian-agri-2205113.html
  3. ‘Healthy’ At 92: Lord Linlithgow and the APMC Acts by Bibek Debroy: https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2020/oct/03/healthy-at92lord-linlithgow-and-the-apmc-acts-2205111.amp?__twitter_impression=true
  4. What Modi could learn from Lal Bahadur Shastri by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/what-modi-could-learn-from-lal-bahadur-shastri-ramachandra-guha-2303731
  5. The many conversations with truth: M.K. Gandhi as a writer by N.S. Gundur: https://www.thehindu.com/books/the-many-conversations-with-truth-mk-gandhi-as-a-writer/article32742418.ece
  6. Unhappy Birthday by The Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/unhappy-birthday-a-renewed-pledge-to-reclaim-gandhis-india-could-be-the-perfect-way-of-honouring-the-mahatma/cid/1793795

30/09/2020

  1. In Memoriam: Sociologist and Activist Abhay Xaxa by Chitrangada Choudhury, Aniket Aga: https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/memoriam-sociologist-activist-abhay-xaxa#:~:text=Abhay%20defined%20himself%20thus%3A%20%E2%80%9CSociologist,PhD%20in%20Sociology%20at%20Jawaharlal
  2. Gandhi has gone by Tridip Suhrud: https://www.india-seminar.com/2008/581/581_tridip_shurud.htm
  3. Finding Gandhi today by Jyothi S: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/mahatma-gandhi-non-violence-autobiography-tolstoy-ahimsa-social-service-6635812/
  4. Reform code: The NDA’s labour laws by The Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/reform-code-the-nda-labour-laws-and-code-on-wage/cid/1793364

27/09/2020

  1.  Manmohan Singh Birthday: Mr. Modi, thank you for the gift by Sanjay K. Jha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/manmohan-singh-birthday-mr-modi-thank-you-for-the-gift/cid/1793171
  2. RSS favourite Ram Madhv not in Team BJP by J.P. Yadav: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/rss-favourite-ram-madhav-not-in-team-bjp/cid/1793161
  3. The men behind APMC, MSP and procurement by Harish Damodaran: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-men-behind-apmc-msp-and-procurement-6617277/

26/09/2020

  1. S.P. Balasubrahmanyam: music titan & good man who loved life by M. R. Venkatesh: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/s-p-balasubrahmanyam-music-titan-good-man-who-loved-life/cid/1793089
  2. Standing Tall: Lessons in leadership from Satish Dhawan by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/lessons-in-leadership-from-satish-dhawan/cid/1793083 
  3. Delhi riots chargesheet invents conspiracy and enemy, as per script by Pratap Bhanu Mehta: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/you-dare-not-speak-delhi-riots-anti-caa-protests-police-6609570/

25/09/2020

  1. Umar Khalid’s arrest: Shouldn’t allow Muslims’ identity to become a crime, say eminent personalities by Scroll Staff: https://scroll.in/latest/974004/umar-khalids-arrest-shouldnt-allow-muslims-identity-to-become-a-crime-say-eminent-personalities
  2. Hollow Test: Examinations are but tools of ideological control by Samantak Das: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/examinations-are-but-tools-of-ideological-control/cid/1792959
  3. Remembering Professor Aravind M. Shah, a Genial Doyen of Sociology by Rajni Palriwala: https://thewire.in/education/professor-arvind-m-shah-obituary
  4. India needs a reminder on how parliament is supposed to function by P.D.T. Achary: https://thewire.in/government/parliament-rajya-sabha-farm-bills-consensus
  5. “Would Have Been Happier If…”: Shaheen Bagh Dadi Reacts To TIME’s List by Press Trust of India: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/shaheen-bagh-dadi-bilkis-reacts-to-times-feature-would-have-been-happier-if-2300586

23/09/2020

  1. Betrayal of procedure in Parliament is not just about technicalities. Deference to process builds trust by Pratap Bhanu Mehta: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/parliament-monsoon-session-farm-bills-modi-govt-railroading-the-bill-6605281/
  2. Data pinch: Rising lack of jobs in India by The Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/data-pinch-rising-unemployment-in-india/cid/1792766
  3. Opposition away, 7 bills rushed through Rajya Sabha in 3 hours by Special Correspondent: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/opposition-away-7-bills-rushed-through-rajya-sabha-in-3-hours/cid/1792768

22/07/2020

  1. Trust and Democracy by Rakhahari Chatterji: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/loss-of-public-trust-in-governments-across-us-europe-and-india/cid/1792678
  2. Why farmer Nimai Ray feels he has lost his independence by Subhashish Mohanty: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/farm-bill-2020-why-farmer-nimai-feels-he-has-lost-his-independence/cid/1792690
  3. Narendra Modi offers potato logic to farmers by J.P. Yadav: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/pm-modi-offers-potato-logic-to-farmers/cid/1792675
  4. Farmer suicide tied to harvest by Piyush Srivastava: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/farmer-suicide-during-coronavirus-lockdown-tied-to-harvest/cid/1764452

21/09/2020

  1. Heal the fourth estate by Anita Tagore: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/questions-concerning-media-freedom-and-accountability/cid/1792599
  2. Centre blames ‘irresponsible societal behaviour’ for rise in Covid cases by Special Correspondent: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/centre-blames-irresponsible-societal-behaviour-for-rise-in-covid-cases/cid/1792578
  3. Strips over mane: How the tiger won the throne from the lion by Mahesh Rangarajan: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/how-the-tiger-won-the-throne-from-the-lion/cid/1792596
  4. Voice nails farm bills, democracy speechless by Bureau: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/voice-nails-farm-bills-democracy-speechless/cid/1792580

20/09/2020

  1. Heroic Solitude: The loneliness of the dissenting voice by Gopalkrishna Gandhi: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/heroic-solitude-the-loneliness-of-the-dissenting-voice/cid/1792481
  2. Congress: worries in MP and a rising star in Assam by The Telegraph: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/congress-worries-in-mp-and-a-rising-star-in-assam/cid/1792495
  3. ‘Half a Day for Caste? Education and Politics in Tamil Nadu, 1952-55’ review: The caste paradox and its echos in modern education by Jinoy Jose P: https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/half-a-day-for-caste-education-and-politics-in-tamil-nadu-195255-review-the-caste-paradox-and-its-echoes-in-modern-education/article32038871.ece
  4. A R Venkatachalapathy on Subramania Bharati vs Rabindranath Tagore by A R Ventatachalapathy: https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/ar-venkatachalapathy-on-subramania-bharati-vs-rabindranath-tagore/story-QfoHlntfKN0W8PBBD3beNJ.html
  5. Nehru did not keep secrets, says Prof Madhavan K. Palat by A. R. Venkatachalapathy: https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/nehru-did-not-keep-secrets-madhavan-k-palat/article30460075.ece
  6. How Arundhati Roy chose the dangerous life of a dissenter by TT Ram Mohan: https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/how-arundhati-roy-chose-the-dangerous-life-of-a-dissenter-11600520662459.html
  7. Everything you need to know about the new agricultural bills passed in Lok Sabha by ET Online: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-agriculture-bills-passed-in-lok-sabha/articleshow/78183539.cms
  8.  Why are the Agriculture Bills being opposed by Pragati K.B.: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/explainer-why-are-the-agriculture-bills-being-opposed/article32618641.ece
  9. Farms in ferment: Parliament passes farmer bills by The Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/farms-in-ferment-parliament-passes-farmer-bills/cid/1792406
  10. Farm bills passed in Parliament: Which party stands where by Amit Chaturvedi: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/farm-bill-passed-in-parliament-which-party-stands-where/story-YVY2L8aXinQ99lcx4KLw4O.html

17/09/2020

  1. Rated highly: A distressed India reposes its faith in Narendra Modi by Swapan Dasgupta: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-distressed-india-reposes-its-faith-in-narendra-modi/cid/1792224

16/09/2020

  1. Caste and the Constitution: The mirage of equal benefits for all SCs has insulated law from reality by Arghya Sengupta: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/the-mirage-of-equal-benefits-for-all-scs-has-insulated-law-from-reality/cid/1792092
  2. Gender and Caste Hierarchy in Colonial Bengal. Inter-Caste interventions of Ideal Womanhood Review by Sarmistha Dutta Gupta: http://kindlemag.in/gender-caste-hierarchy-colonial-bengal-inter-caste-interventions-ideal-womanhood/

14/09/2020

  1. The problem with ‘Strong’ Prime Ministers by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/the-problem-with-strong-prime-ministers-ramachandra-guha-2295495
  2. Secularism gave up language of religion. Ayodhya bhoomi pujan is a result of that by Ypgendra Yadav: https://theprint.in/opinion/secularism-language-religion-ayodhya-bhoomi-pujan-ram-mandir-kashmir/475307/

13/09/2020

  1. Uncanny Parallels: How India in the 2020s resembles Italy in the 1920s by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/how-india-in-the-2020s-resembles-italy-in-the-1920s/cid/1791736#.X1xN4VD4-YA.twitter
  2. The sighs and solitude of a despairing city: Photographer Parul Sharma captures Delhi under lockdown by Devarsi Ghosh: https://scroll.in/article/972326/the-sighs-and-solitude-of-a-despairing-city-photographer-parul-sharma-captures-delhi-under-lockdown
  3. Reverse Migration cheers up agriculture sector in villages by Shweta Thakur Nanda: https://india.mongabay.com/2020/08/reverse-migration-cheers-up-agricultural-sector-in-villages/

12/09/2020

  1. Blind Spot: Richard Nixon on the Ugliness of Indian Women by Mukul Kesavan: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/richard-nixon-on-the-ugliness-of-indian-women/cid/1791066
  2. Essay: Maan, Firoz and queer love in A Suitable Boy by Chintan Girish Modi: https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/essay-maan-firoz-and-queer-love-in-a-suitable-boy/story-901PuyksROxs86HI7kZCyN.html
  3. Rethinking Democracy by Manas Ray: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/rethinking-democracy/cid/1791296
  4.  T M Krishna sings Hum Dekhenge by #SHUTIN CONCERT: https://indianculturalforum.in/2020/09/12/t-m-krishna-sings-hum-dekhenge/
  5. Losers, Winners, No-Gainers: In Surprise Reshuffle, Sonia Gandhi Sorts 23 Dissenters Into 3 Categories by Rasheed Kidwai: https://www.news18.com/news/opinion/losers-winners-and-no-gainers-with-surprise-reshuffle-sonia-gandhi-reduced-23-dissenters-into-3-categories-2870619.html

05/09/2020

  1. Supreme Court must reflect on its calling as defined by the Constitution — and the direction it is taking (first published under title ‘Honorable Judges’) by Ramachandra Guha: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/supreme-court-democracy-politicisation-judiciary-kashmir-covid-6552287/
  2. At Last, A biography of India’s Grand Old Man by A. R. Venkatachalapathy: https://thewire.in/books/dadabhai-naoroji-dinyar-patel-book-review

04/09/2020

  1. Complaint and Complicit by Sankarshan Thakur: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/indians-are-living-the-funereal-carnival-of-their-own-dispossession/cid/1790667
  2. Ramachandra Guha to come out with new book on Cricket by PTI: https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/ramachandra-guha-to-come-out-with-new-book-on-cricket-6578893/
  3. What would make India’s growth sustainable by Maitreesh Ghatak, Ashok Kotwal, Bharat Ramaswami: https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/what-would-make-india-s-growth-sustainable
  4. The Science behind Women leaders’ success in fighting Covid-19 Pandemi by Stéphanie Fillion: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephaniefillion/2020/08/05/the-science-behind-women-leaders-success-in-fighting-covid-19/#47ca325b749b

31/08/2020

  1. The wilful Destruction of Himalayas must stop by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/killing-the-himalaya-one-cut-at-a-time-by-ramachandra-guha-2287551
  2. Supreme Court fines Prashant Bhushan Re 1 in Contempt of Court case by The Wire Staff: https://thewire.in/law/prashant-bhushan-supreme-court-contempt-re-1-fine

28/08/2020

  1. States shocked at Centre’s GST compensation turnaround by Special Correspondent: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/states-shocked-at-centres-gst-compensation-turnaround/cid/1790282

26/08/2020

  1.  A Letter to Kangana Ranaut On Caste and Reservation by Meena Kotwal: https://thewire.in/caste/kangana-ranaut-caste-dalit-reservation
  2. Fort Modi is impregnable despite China, Covid, job losses. Only one leader can defeat him by Sekhar Gupta: https://theprint.in/national-interest/fort-modi-is-impregnable-despite-china-covid-job-losses-only-one-leader-can-defeat-him/486850/

25/08/2020

  1. Great Burden: Employment Crisis in India by The Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/great-burden-employment-crisis-in-india/cid/1789887
  2. Trust Test: Multilateralism in Retreat by The Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/trust-test-multilateralism-in-retreat/cid/1789892
  3. CWC meeting: After fight, hunt for Congress leader by Sanjay K. Jha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/cwc-meet-after-fight-hunt-for-congress-leader/cid/1789983
  4. PM funds care for poll-bound Bihar by Special Correspondent: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/pm-fund-cares-for-poll-bound-bihar/cid/1789972

24/08/2020

  1. The Misinterpretation of Ambedkarism by Vinay Kumar: https://thewire.in/caste/the-misinterpretation-of-ambedkarism
  2. A tale of two BJPs by Christophe Jaffrelot: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/a-tale-of-two-bjps/
  3. Myth of Moderation by Christophe Jaffrelot: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/myth-of-moderation/
  4. Misunderstanding Secularism by Christophe Jaffrelot: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/misunderstanding-secularism/

23/08/2020

  1. Gandhi’s gold-plated glasses fetch Rs. 2.5 crores by Amit Roy: https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/gandhis-gold-plated-glasses-fetch-rs-2-5-crore/cid/1789816
  2. Bombay High Court: Tablighi participants were made scapegoats by Bureau and PTI: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/bombay-high-court-tablighi-participants-were-made-scapegoats/cid/1789824
  3. One for all: Against ‘Us versus them’ by Gopalkrishna Gandhi: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/one-for-all-against-us-versus-them/cid/1789813

22/08/2020

  1. 5 reasons why Rahul Gandhi cannot take on Modi for PM by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/why-my-assessment-of-rahul-gandhi-remains-unchanged-2281181
  2. THE NERVOUS SOLDIER- Will the nation be safe in the hands of a well-meaning dilettante by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/the-nervous-soldier-will-the-nation-be-safe-in-the-hands-of-a-well-meaning-dilettante/cid/347112
  3. I Disagree with Ram Guha’s Assessment of Rahul Gandhi by Rajmohan Gandhi: https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/rahul-gandhis-significance-in-todays-india-by-rajmohan-gandhi-2282929

21/08/2020

  1. What do they know of history who only history know? by Suresh Menon: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1145162/what-do-they-know-of-history-who-only-history-know
  2. The poet and the party: Ramdhari Singh Dinkar and the BJP by Badri Narayan: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/the-poet-and-the-party-ramdhari-singh-dinkar-and-the-bjp/cid/1789588

15/08/2020

  1. 16 ready to take risk for Prashant Bhushan by legal correspondent: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/16-civil-liberties-activists-ready-to-take-risk-for-prashant-bhushan/cid/1788291
  2. Others too: Recognise Sarna in Census by the editorial board https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/others-too-recognise-sarna-in-census/cid/1789321

14/08/2020

  1. Studying Mahatma Gandhi is not going to get you a job and Indian students know it by Kritika Sharma: https://theprint.in/india/governance/gandhi-wont-get-you-job-indian-students-know-it/104942/
  2. Criminalising ecological dissent in India by Sonali Huria: https://theecologist.org/2020/aug/10/criminalising-ecological-dissent-india#:~:text=Protestors%20in%20Tuticorin%20in%20the,triggered%20widespread%20shock%20and%20outrage.

13/08/2020

  1. Biden picks Kamala; Lotus pond guarded by Anita Joshua: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/biden-picks-kamala-lotus-pond-guarded/cid/1789011
  2. Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee: Some personal recollections by TK Arun: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/abhijit-banerjee-some-personal-recollections/articleshow/71584491.cms?from=mdr
  3. Fact Check: Did Indira Gandhi enter JNU with police and force Sitaram Yechury to apologise? By Vidya: https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/indira-gandhi-enter-jnu-police-sitaram-yechury-apologise-jnu-emergency-1635860-2020-01-11
  4. Campus politics is good but… by Renuka Bisht: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/twinkle-twinkle/campus-politics-is-good-but/

12/08/2020

  1. A test case: Detainees during the pandemic by Prabhat Patnaik: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/detainees-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/cid/1788889
  2. Family firm: Srilanka and the Rajapaksas by the Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/family-firm-sri-lanka-and-the-rajapaksas/cid/1788908
  3. Pranab Mukherjee, a man of all seasons by Deccan Chronicle: https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/120820/pranab-mukherjee-a-man-of-all-seasons.html

11/08/2020

  1. A clash of two visions: Gandhi’s Hinduism, Jinnah’s Islam by Uddalak Mukherjee: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/review-gandhis-hinduism-the-struggle-against-jinnahs-islam-by-m-j-akbar/cid/1788443
  2. Breezy ride: Bicycle culture in India: Atanu Biswas: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/breezy-ride-bicycle-culture-in-india/cid/1788793

09/08/2020

  1. The second coming of P V Narasimha Rao by Sanjaya Baru: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/main-article/the-second-coming-of-p-v-narasimha-rao-856787.html
  2. Sikh man drowns and dies trying to save children with turban by PTI: https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/sikh-man-drowns-and-dies-trying-to-save-children-with-turban/cid/1788629
  3. Knock, Knock. Who’s there? by Upala Sen: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-grand-temple-will-now-be-built-for-our-ram-lalla-says-narendra-modi-knock-knock-whos-there/cid/1788609
  4. Enduring echoes: the universal truth of Art by Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/enduring-echoes-the-universal-truth-of-art/cid/1788610
  5. ‘There is no god in that temple, said the hermit’: Rabindranath Tagore wrote this poem in 1900 by Rabindranath Tagore: https://scroll.in/article/969579/there-is-no-god-in-that-temple-said-the-hermit-rabindranath-tagore-wrote-this-poem-in-1900
  6. ‘Words from the depth of truth’: Rabindranath Tagore’s poem on war and destruction: https://scroll.in/article/914873/words-from-the-depth-of-truth-rabindranath-tagores-poem-on-war-and-destruction
  7. Modi redefined secularism with Ram Mandir as Hindu voters were fed up of Sonia-Left version by Sekhar Gupta: https://theprint.in/national-interest/modi-redefined-secularism-with-ram-mandir-as-hindu-voters-were-fed-up-of-sonia-left-version/477422/
  8. Demolition men do not build nations, they destroy them by Siddharth Varadarajan: https://thewire.in/communalism/sangh-parivar-august-5-kashmir-ayodhya
  9. ‘With years, this too shall pass’ by Bishan Singh Bedi by https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/bishan-singh-bedi-independence-day-2020-6546037/

06/08/2020

  1. Hour of triumph: The significance of Bhoomi Pujan is being understated by Swapan Dasgupta: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/ayodhya-significance-of-the-ram-temple-bhoomi-pujan-is-being-understated/cid/1788338

02/08/2020

  1. Idea of India wasn’t demolished at Ayodhya. That happened in our ‘liberal’ home by Rama Lakshmi: https://theprint.in/opinion/idea-of-india-wasnt-demolished-at-ayodhya-but-our-liberal-homes/472935/

01/08/2020

  1. Limitless Power: Politics and Play by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-brief-history-of-cults-of-personality/cid/1787928
  2. Book worms: E-book publishing during Covid-19 by Suhashini Sarkar: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/american-diaries-e-book-publishing-blm-diversity-hearing-doordash-survey-hamptons-concert/cid/1787934
  3. The first casualty of majoritarianism is the faculty of reason by Samantak Das: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/identity-politics-the-first-casualty-of-majoritarianism-is-the-faculty-of-reason/cid/1693302
  4. Modi won power, not battle of Ideas: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/narendra-modi-won-power-not-battle-of-ideas/cid/1691264
  5. Summer Requiem: Three new poems by Vikram Seth by Vikram Seth: https://scroll.in/article/759984/summer-requiem-three-new-poems-by-vikram-seth 

09/07/2020

  1. Closed Minds: BLM & Anti-CAA protests by Prabhat Patnaik: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/contrasting-the-black-lives-matter-movement-in-america-and-the-ant-caa-movement-in-india/cid/1785651
  2. Prized and Nobel Minds by Ashok V. Desai: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/the-nobel-prize-represents-highest-intellectual-achievement/cid/1785503
  3. CBSE to reduce syllabus by 30% by Our Special Correspondent: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/coronavirus-lockdown-cbse-to-reduce-syllabus-by-30/cid/1785626
  4. Ostrich Syndrome: It’s time for Congress to face reality, says former party spokesperson Sanjay Jha by Sanjay Jha: https://scroll.in/article/966685/the-ostrich-syndrome-its-time-for-congress-to-face-reality-says-party-ex-spokesperson-sanjay-jha

06/07/2020

  1. Why sadness and reading Sylvia Plath go hand in hand for some millennials by Yamini Krishnan: https://scroll.in/article/966517/why-sadness-and-reading-sylvia-plath-go-hand-in-hand-for-some-millennials
  2. The unbearable wait for Milan Kundera to get a Nobel Prize, knowing it may never happen by Faisal Mahmud: https://scroll.in/article/940281/the-unbearable-wait-for-milan-kundera-to-get-a-nobel-prize-knowing-it-may-never-happen
  3. ‘How I inherited scholar Meera Kosambi’s books through several degrees of separation and intimacy by Kedar A Kulkarni: https://scroll.in/article/941071/how-i-inherited-scholar-meera-kosambis-books-through-several-degrees-of-separation-and-intimacy
  4. Why some of our most engaging writers are from Indian Foreign Service by Gopalkrishna Gandhi: https://scroll.in/article/831504/why-some-of-our-most-engaging-writers-are-from-the-indian-foreign-service

04/07/2020

  1. School Kids: digital divide to digital partition by Parth M. N : https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/schoolkids-digital-divide-to-digital-partition/
  2. Transgener plan for paramilitary by Special Correspondent: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/transgender-plan-for-paramilitary/cid/1785164
  3. Silence is grey: Whither Press Freedom by G. N. Devy: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/world-press-freedom-index-by-reporters-without-borders-ranks-india-142nd-out-of-180-countries-covered-in-2020/cid/1785090#
  4. Storm in a coffee cup: pleasures of adda by The Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/coffee-houses-and-the-bengali-culture-of-adda/cid/1785231
  5. A road less traveled: Lessons from the history of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/mira-behn-and-lessons-from-the-history-of-balakot-and-khyber-pakhtunkhwa/cid/1785224

28/07/2020

  1. Manufacturing Memory by Anil Nauriya: http://indianquarterly.com/manufacturing-memory/
  2. Indian Struggles in 1917: On the eve of the Russian Revolution by Anil Nauriya: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/web-edits/indian-struggles-in-1917-on-the-eve-of-the-russian-revolution-4926133/
  3. Closed of Valley by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/closed-off-valley/cid/1745304
  4. Alone with Covid-19 by Mukul Kesavan: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/coronavirus-the-experience-of-being-covid-19-positive-and-being-in-home-quarantine-in-new-delhi/cid/1784260?ref=opinion_home-template
  5. Narasimha Rao: The low-profile PM who changed India forever by Soni Mishra: https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/06/27/narasimha-rao-the-low-profile-pm-who-changed-india-forever.html
  6. PV Narasimha Rao Birth Anniversary: All You Need to Know About the Former Indian Prime Minister by Padmaja Venkataraman: https://www.news18.com/news/india/pv-narasimha-rao-birth-anniversary-all-you-need-to-know-about-former-indian-prime-minister-2690671.html
  7. Narasimha Rao, the intellectual giant who never stopped learning by Web Desk: https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/06/27/narasimha-rao-the-intellectual-giant-who-never-stopped-learning.html
  8. Remembering PV Narasimha Rao, the first Telugu PM of country by Shiva Kumar Pinna: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/remembering-pv-first-telugu-pm-of-country/articleshow/76653501.cms
  9. ‘The Insider’: How Narasimha Rao talked of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty in a ‘novel’ way by Web Desk: https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/06/27/the-insider-how-narasimha-rao-talked-of-nehru-gandhi-dynasty-in-a-novel-way.html

25/07/2020

  1. In turmoil: The Indian labour market by The Editorial Board: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/in-turmoil-the-indian-labour-market/cid/1783488
  2. Flea and Flu by Uddalak Mukherjee: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/coronavirus-how-pandemics-bind-the-medieval-to-the-modern/cid/1783200
  3. Is the UN Security Council still relevant 75 years after it was found by Jean-François Thibault, The Conversation: https://scroll.in/article/965347/is-the-un-security-council-still-relevant-75-years-after-it-was-founded

24/06/2020

  1. Indian Diplomacy: When the individual mattered as much as his skills by Gopalkrishna Gandhi: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/indian-diplomacy-when-the-individual-mattered-as-much-as-the-skills/cid/1712824?ref=author-profile
  2. India’s three agricultural ordinances will weaken state finances- and shortchange farmers by Narasimha Reddy Donthi: https://scroll.in/article/964682/indias-three-new-agricultural-ordinances-will-weaken-state-finances-and-shortchange-farmers
  3. Vivek Shanbag recommendations: 5 great writers and the books to know them by: https://scroll.in/theplus/884058/vivek-shanbag-recommends-up-close-and-personal-with-5-great-writers

23/06/2020

  1. India is heading into uncharted waters with no leadership at the helm, just the simulacra of one by Pratap Bhanu Mehta: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/pm-modi-coronavirus-crisis-economy-india-china-border-dispute-6460702/
  2. In Varanasi village adopted by Prime Minister Modi, people went hungry during the lockdown by Supriya Sharma: https://scroll.in/article/964072/in-varanasi-village-adopted-by-prime-minister-modi-people-went-hungry-during-the-lockdown
  3. RSF, journalists criticise FIR against Scroll.in’s Supriya Sharma, call it ‘attempt to intimidate’ by Scroll Staff: https://scroll.in/latest/965057/rsf-journalists-criticise-fir-against-scroll-ins-supriya-sharma-call-it-attempt-to-intimidate
  4. Five reasons Indians should know about a long-dead Englishman who lived with adivises by Ramachandra Guha: https://scroll.in/article/686534/five-reasons-indians-should-know-about-a-long-dead-englishman-who-lived-with-adivasis

21/06/2020

  1. Why Ram Mohun Roy’s colonial-era petition for press freedom is still relevant by Ramachandra Guha: https://scroll.in/article/965214/ramachandra-guha-why-ram-mohun-roys-colonial-era-petition-for-press-freedom-is-still-relevant
  2. Falling Statues: Equating Gandhi’s imperfect anti-colonialism with imperialism and slavery is absurd by Shoaib Daniyal: https://scroll.in/article/964870/falling-statues-equating-gandhis-imperfect-anti-colonialism-with-imperialism-and-slavery-is-absurd
  3. With Harsh Mander named in Delhi riots chargesheet, Indian democracy has slipped into a dark hole by Apoorvanand: https://scroll.in/article/965111/with-harsh-mander-named-in-delhi-riots-chargesheet-indian-democracy-has-slipped-into-a-dark-hole
  4. Dadabhai Naoroji: A new life for the grand old man of India by Niranjan Rajadhyaksha: https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/dadabhai-naoroji-a-new-life-for-the-grand-old-man-of-india-11591969770233.html
  5. Biography of Dadabhai Naoroji, who internationalised freedom struggle, to hit store shelves by Kumar Chellappan: https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/india/biography-of-dadabhai-naoroji–who-internationalised-freedom-struggle–to-hit-store-shelves.html

19/06/2020

  1. The Pandemic has only exposed the Suicidal Tendencies of Capitalism: Noam Chomsky interview with Jipson John and Jitheesh P.M.: https://thewire.in/world/noam-chomsky-interview-covid-19-pandemic-capitalism-neoliberalism-us-hegemony
  2. Noam Chomsky on post-Covid-19 society: Trump is worse than Hitler, but peasants are coming with pitchforks by Robert Hackett: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/06/15/analysis/noam-chomsky-post-covid-19-society-trump-worse-hitler-peasants-are-coming
  3. Don’t let Big Tech turn the world into a China, Noam Chomsky warns by AFP: https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/in-other-news/250520/dont-let-big-tech-turn-the-world-into-a-china-noam-chomsky-warns.html
  4. Government destroying secular Democracy: Noam Chomsky by Joyjit Ghosh: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/narendra-modi-government-destroying-secular-democracy-noam-chomsky/cid/1779974

18/06/2020

  1. No, China will not conquer the world by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/no-china-will-not-conquer-the-world-by-ramachandra-guha-2235737
  2. Give us Kerala Model over Gujarat Model, any day by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/give-us-kerala-model-over-gujarat-model-any-day-by-ramachandra-guha-2216254
  3. What Modi got wrong on Covid-19 and How he can fix it by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/5-lessons-for-modi-on-covid-19-by-ramachandra-guha-2227259
  4. Melody Within: Politics and Play by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/indian-classical-music-may-be-the-best-antidote-to-chauvinism/cid/1778691?ref=author-profile
  5. Political Prisoners- Aliens in the country! by P Victor Vijay Kumar: https://countercurrents.org/2020/06/political-prisoners-aliens-in-the-country/
  6. My parents divorse showed me how Compassionate India’s judiciary is by Oishik Dasgupta: https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2020/04/justice-in-sacramental-relationships/
  7. Crisis Management: An epidemic of mediocrity and violence by Shiv Visvanathan: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/covid-19-in-idnia-an-epidemic-of-mediocrity-and-violence/cid/1781705?ref=opinion_opinion-page
  8. Right and Wrong: The weakening of labour laws by Bhaskar Kumar: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/coronavirus-lockdown-weakening-of-labour-laws/cid/1780929?ref=opinion_opinion-page

29/04/2020

  1. Coronvirus will revive a all-powerful state by Pankaj Mishra: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-03-17/coronavirus-will-revive-an-all-powerful-state

19/04/2020

  1. Ramachandra Guha to stop writing for ‘Hindustan Times’, says his column was censored by Scroll Staff: https://scroll.in/latest/959603/ramachandra-guha-to-stop-writing-for-hindustan-times-says-his-column-was-censored
  1. As Ramchandra Guha laments cancelled column, Justice Katju labels him ‘superficial and highly overpraised person’ by FPJ Web Desk: https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/as-ramchandra-guha-laments-cancelled-column-justice-katju-labels-him-superficial-and-highly-overpraised-person
  2. What HT Wouldn’t Publish: The Folly and Vanity of the Project to Redesign Delhi by Ramachandra Guha: https://thewire.in/government/central-vista-project-delhi-covid-19

15/04/2020

  1. A letter to the people of India, on the eve of my arrest by Anand Teltumbde: https://thewire.in/rights/anand-teltumbde-arrest-open-letter
  2. With FIR against Wire editor, UP is undermining India’s right to be informed during a crisis by Apoorvanand: https://scroll.in/article/958897/with-fir-against-wire-editor-up-is-undermining-indias-right-to-be-informed-during-a-crisis

14/04/2020

  1. How well prepared is India’s health system to deal with the coronavirus epidemic? Ten Questions by Health Reporters: https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/10-questions
  2. A ‘Kerala model’ worthy for emulation by DHNS: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/first-edit/a-kerala-model-worthy-of-emulation-823916.html
  3. The parallel emergency of rural India by Chandan Gowda: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/the-parallel-emergency-of-rural-india-824272.html

09/04/2020

  1. Covid-19 throws open three options by A. Raghuramaraju: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/coronavirus-outbreak-a-medical-emergency-and-the-need-to-help-the-underprivileged/cid/1762309?ref=opinion_opinion-page 
  2. From no-violence to non-violence: understanding Gandhi by A. Raghuramaraju: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/from-no-violence-to-non-violence-understanding-gandhi/cid/1709684
  3. Around the earth on Foot, twice by G. S. Mudur: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/around-the-earth-on-foot-twice/cid/1687535?ref=also-read_story-page

05/04/2020
1. Shed partnership, reach out to the best minds by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/shed-partisanship-reach-out-to-the-best-minds-writes-ramachandra-guha/story-Gl9QENGFmNA2Uc8YB9wtOM.html

04/04/2020

  1. Who is an ‘intellectual’ and why is he so frustrated? By Jhotirmaya Tripathy: https://www.opindia.com/2020/03/who-is-an-intellectual-and-why-is-he-so-frustrated/
  2. The World after CoronaVirus by Yuval Noah Harari:  https://www.ft.com/content/19d90308-6858-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75

30/03/2020
1. The End of Gandhi’s India? By Ramachandra Guha: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/end-of-gandhis-india-by-ramachandra-guha-1-2019-12

29/03/2020

  1. Crisis has gripped the nation at all levels, says P Sainath by DHNS, Mangaluru: https://www.deccanherald.com/state/mangaluru/crisis-has-gripped-the-nation-at-all-levels-says-p-sainath-804829.html
  1. Women are the single largest exclusion in the India’s farmer suicides data, P Sainath by Press Trust of India: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/women-are-the-single-largest-exclusion-in-india-s-farmer-suicides-data-p-sainath-1642141-2020-01-31

28/03/2020

  1. Uplifting pages in the time of a Pandemic (Pauli Murry and Janaki Ammal) by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/the-story-of-two-exemplary-20th-century-women-pauli-murray-and-janaki-ammal/cid/1759742

23/03/2020
1. Sixteen Stormy Days: Tripurdaman Singh’s account of the First Amendment to Indian Constitution makes for a compelling read by Aditya Mani Jha: https://www.firstpost.com/living/sixteen-stormy-days-tripurdaman-singhs-account-of-the-first-amendment-to-indian-constitution-makes-for-a-compelling-read-8167001.html

19/03/2020

  1. Get ready, a Bigger Disruption is Coming by Pankaj Mishra: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-03-16/coronavirus-foreshadow-s-bigger-disruptions-in-future
  2. Foreign Affairs Big Mac I by Thomas L. Friedman: https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/08/opinion/foreign-affairs-big-mac-i.html
  3. Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention: https://mediawiki.middlebury.edu/IPE/Golden_Arches_Theory_of_Conflict_Prevention
  4. The Ecology of Disease by Jim Robbins: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/sunday-review/the-ecology-of-disease.html
  5. Rights and Duties of the citizen by Arghya Sengupta: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/rights-and-duties-of-the-citizen/cid/1754632?ref=opinion_opinion-page

10/03/2020
1. Letter to BS: Nehru was a darling of the Indian masses for over two decades by RC Mody: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/letter-to-bs-nehru-was-a-darling-of-the-indian-masses-for-over-two-decades-120021101664_1.html

09/03/2020
1. Nehru solely responsible for Partition. Godse Chose Wrong Target: RSS Mouthpiece In Kerala by Buzz: https://www.outlookindia.com/blog/story/nehru-solely-responsible-for-partition-godse-chose-wrong-target-rss-mouthpiece/3419

06/03/2020
1. The Revolt of Upper Castes by Jean Dreze: https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/revolt-upper-castes

04/03/2020

  1. Mahatma Gandhi and Grief by Uddalak Mukherjee: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/understanding-grief-and-bereavement-in-the-life-of-mohandas-karamchand-gandhi/cid/1748598?ref=misc-recommended-stry-3
  2. 90-year-old keeps CAA flag flying by Debraj Mitra: https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/90-year-old-keeps-caa-protest-flag-flying/cid/1750745?ref=calcutta_home-template
  3. UN rights chief moves Supreme Court on CAA by Legal Correspondent: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/un-rights-chief-moves-supreme-court-on-caa/cid/1750780?ref=top-stories_home-template
  4. Shah of Delhi’s Misery by Ajaz Ashraf: https://www.mid-day.com/articles/shah-of-delhis-misery/22650202

02/03/2020

  1. Modi, Shah: Bounded by Ideological Affection by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/modi-shah-bound-by-ideological-affection/cid/1749575?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tt_daily_twit
  2. Rickshaw puller Prem Singh went to buy milk during Delhi riots & never returned by THE PRINT TEAM: https://theprint.in/in-pictures/rickshaw-puller-prem-singh-went-to-buy-milk-during-delhi-riots-never-returned/373757/
  3. Hardest journey Babu Khan ever made, carrying bodies of his two sons killed in Delhi riots by THE PRINT TEAM: https://theprint.in/in-pictures/hardest-journey-babu-khan-ever-made-bearing-bodies-of-his-two-sons-killed-in-delhi-riots/373448/
  4. Why Northeast Delhi violence is India’s first Hindu-Muslim riots with guns by Ananya Bharadwaj: https://theprint.in/india/why-northeast-delhi-violence-is-indias-first-hindu-muslim-riots-with-guns/372647/
  5. Fate of Plural, Democratic India by Ambar Kumar Ghosh and Udayan Das: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/fate-of-plural-democratic-india/cid/1750096?ref=opinion_home-template

24/02/2020
1. Everything you wanted to know about the Sen-Bhagwati debate by Pramit Bhattacharya: https://www.livemint.com/Politics/zvxkjvP9KNfarGagLd5wmK/Everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-SenBhagwati-debate.html

17/02/2020

  1. Can India become a player in Latin America? By Ketan Mehta: https://thediplomat.com/2020/01/can-india-become-a-player-in-latin-america/
  2. The second death of Mahatma Gandhi by Angel L. Martínez Cantera: https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/the-second-death-of-mahatma-gandhi/
  3. Great harmoniser of India’s diversity, writes Ramachandra Guha by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/great-harmoniser-of-india-s-diversity-writes-ramachandra-guha/story-yNYP5FG70Bz41BlJxD5ekO.html
  4. Tearing down the Babri Masjid by Mark Tully (eyewitness): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2528025.stm
  5. The powerful effect of Ideas by Soumitra Das: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/the-powerful-effect-of-ideas/cid/1745836?ref=opinion_opinion-page

10/02/2020

  1. Why we have all failed Nirbhaya by Kaushik Deka: https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20200210-why-we-have-all-failed-nirbhaya-1641446-2020-01-31#ssologin=1#source=magazine
  2. If I remain alive…Mahatma Gandhi’s prophetic words before Godse shot him dead by Prabhash K Dutta: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/if-i-remain-alive-mahatma-gandhi-s-prophetic-words-before-godse-shot-him-dead-1641568-2020-01-30
  3. Image of the Day: Remembering Mahatma on his 72nd Anniversary by India Today: https://www.indiatoday.in/image-of-the-day/video/image-of-the-day-remembering-mahatma-on-his-72nd-death-anniversary-1641774-2020-01-30

 04/02/2020

  1. No soft Hindutva, no Left Revolution, Kejriwal establishing a new centre in Indian politics by Rama Lakshmi: https://theprint.in/opinion/no-soft-hindutva-no-left-revolution-kejriwal-establishing-a-new-centre-in-indian-politics/358776/
  2. Constitution: A tool of resistance today as well as in Colonial era by Heena Ansari: https://newsd.in/constitution-a-tool-of-resistance-today-as-well-as-in-colonial-era/?fbclid=IwAR1A9u8-EnNgyJzaBGobsZlHldb1rbxTccb3qknEfhh4zqWJbcQDck14uIo
  3. In an era of citizenship debates, recalling Maulana Azad and the fight for India’s secular backbone by Maryam Sikandar: https://scroll.in/article/948058/in-an-era-of-citizenship-debates-recalling-maulana-azad-and-the-fight-for-indias-secular-backbone

03/02/2020
1. The time has come to bring Ambedkar and Gandhi together by Ramachandra Guha: https://thewire.in/history/ambedkar-gandhi-hindutva-anti-caa-protests

30/01/2020
1. Crisis of the painfully split Naga self by Pradip Phanjoubam: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/contemporary-fiction-from-nagaland-fails-to-address-its-recent-violent-history/cid/1740270?ref=opinion_opinion-page

29/01/2020

  1. The Sacred Vision of our Constitution by Samantak Das : https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/how-the-preamble-to-the-constitution-of-india-holds-the-idea-of-the-republic-together-in-times-of-caa-nrc-npr/cid/1740259?ref=opinion_home-template
  2. The revolt by four Supreme Court judges just made it easier for the Modi govt to step in by Madhav Khosla: https://theprint.in/opinion/revolt-supreme-court-easier-modi-govt/28473/
  3. Who is an Indian by Madhav Khosla: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/01/india-republic-citizenship-law-muslim-hindu/605419/
  4. Communism, as it is, is a sugar coated poisonous pill by E. V. R. Periyar: https://velivada.com/2016/03/05/communism-as-it-is-is-a-sugar-coated-poisonous-pill-beware-e-v-r-periyar/
  5. Dr. Anbedkar’s letter to W. E. B. Du Bois: https://velivada.com/2019/09/03/dr-ambedkars-letter-to-w-e-b-du-bois-july-1946/
  6. W. E. B. Du Bois’s letter to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: https://velivada.com/2016/03/30/w-e-b-du-boiss-letter-to-dr-b-r-ambedkar/

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