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Ashutosh Varshney

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In Trump-Modi Summit, benefits for the US are greater

Trump’s desire to demand subservience to power was expected. That Modi would succumb so easily came as a surprise

17.02.2025 5

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Ashutosh Varshney

Express View on Tejashwi Yadav as RJD's CM face: A new calibration

23.01.2025 10

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Ashutosh Varshney

With Donald Trump’s return, a very different America is upon us

23.01.2025 20

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The Hindutva-Ambedkar puzzle

The BJP’s principal claim was that it had done more than any other major party to restore the justly great status of Ambedkar in the national...

07.01.2025 8

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How Manmohan Singh created the middle class – and didn't think welfare was government largesse

Unwavering civility would perhaps be the best way to describe what I experienced. Even when in positions of high power, arrogance never touched...

29.12.2024 5

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US under Trump will be less racially inclusive, more immigration-unfriendly, selectively retributive

08.11.2024 2

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Ashutosh Varshney

Is US ready for Black woman president, or will White supremacy comeback ?

November 5 is America’s election day. It is hard to predict who will win the presidential race: Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. Current polls suggest...

24.10.2024 10

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Haryana, J&K poll results: Any larger claims about ideological victory or defeat are irrelevant

What a puzzling result in Haryana, and what a traditionally expected one in Jammu and Kashmir! Let’s begin with some statistics. According to the...

10.10.2024 20

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There is an attempt in the presidential campaign to revive the nativist tradition of American nationhood

03.10.2024 3

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Rulers of the Global South must remember the lessons that Sheikh Hasina forgot

A transition is underway in Bangladesh. Even if the new power-holders seek to turn a new page, transitions can’t fully be separated from history....

03.09.2024 10

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Ashutosh Varshney

A century since India formally sent its first contingent to Olympic Games in Paris in 1924

Paris, the city of love, has a very special place in the hearts of Indian sports lovers. The French capital is the venue for the ongoing 53rd...

26.07.2024 10

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Ashutosh Varshney

James C Scott grew up in a generation fascinated with peasant rebellions, not simply on left but also on right

“If the revolution cannot even deliver the petty amenities and minor humanities that animate the struggle of its subjects, then there is not much...

26.07.2024 2

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