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Sagarika Ghose

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Kumbh is a highly personal journey. BJP shouldn’t have made it a political one

The last thing that the Kumbh is about is celebrities, luxury tents, exclusive access to the Sangam, or the quest for political supremacy.

04.03.2025 4

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No level-playing field between BJP and Opposition. Democracies don’t function like this

India's Opposition is being asked to perform the herculean task of not only taking on a resourceful and ruthless BJP but also fending off a battery of...

18.02.2025 10

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Indira Gandhi to Zeenat Aman, my mother kept extensive notes on Indian women: Sagarika Ghose

I lost my mother on 15 January. Her notebooks revealed to me the restless often tortured quest that Indian women embarked on to find voice, visibility...

28.01.2025 20

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Manmohan Singh unleashed middle-class aspirations. Modi has let them down

Manmohan Singh represented the best of the Indian middle class—what the middle class should be. Narendra Modi, by contrast, represents its worst...

07.01.2025 10

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Truth is clear—Sangh Parivar is in perpetual conflict with Ambedkar’s radical modernism

Reciting Ambedkar’s name in a sing-song manner, Shah was ridiculing the father of the Constitution. His tone was sneering, like a send-up of...

24.12.2024 10

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Modi govt isn’t listening to people’s issues in Parliament. Sambhal is just a distraction

The Modi govt’s priorities are chillingly lopsided. Instead of stabilising the economy, Modi and his cohorts are busy spurring religious conflicts...

03.12.2024 10

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Why BJP uses divisive ‘Ek Hain Toh Safe Hain’ instead of inclusive ‘Ek Hain Toh Mazboot Hain’

At election time, BJP rolls out its narratives of ‘Aurangzeb,’ ‘Pakistan,’ and ‘love jihad’ with machine-like precision. But like West...

19.11.2024 4

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Five ways in which Modi, BJP have undermined Constitution. 26 Nov celebration is a photo-op

The BJP has resoundingly failed to uphold one of the basic tenets of the Constitution: the federal spirit.

05.11.2024 3

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Modi’s muscular diplomacy against India’s moral image. Vishwaguru can’t kill US-Canada citizens

The Modi government should have started an internal investigation and acted on the allegations by Canada and the US. The Opposition leaders should...

22.10.2024 2

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Haryana and J&K results hold one lesson—INDIA alliance is the face in fight against BJP

The BJP is flush with resources. And it will stop at nothing to win. The Congress must recognise the challenge it faces and realise only the INDIA...

09.10.2024 4

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Too many politicians today are falling into the laddu trap. It may require more than a one-line court observation to stir a change of direction

It has taken a controversy over laddus at the Tirumala Tirupati temple for the Supreme Court to finally emphasise that religion should be kept...

07.10.2024 20

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One Nation, One Election smacks of Delhi-knows-best mindset. All politics is local

The government is trotting out two facile explanations for why ONOE is important. Both are fallacious arguments.

24.09.2024 20

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Modi’s BJP wants us to forget Vajpayee’s old, weak BJP. IC 814 facts not the real issue

In the Opposition, the BJP always used flaming rhetoric about war and retribution. But when it came to power in the late 1990s, it was revealed as...

10.09.2024 10

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RG Kar case coverage is full of misinformation. BJP is spewing lies about Kolkata police

CBI sources have now confirmed the Kolkata Police’s view that there is no evidence of any other attacker other than the one accused who has already...

27.08.2024 2

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Vinesh Phogat was made to pay a price for defiance. That’s why it’s not just about wrestling

From Sushma Swaraj and Mamata Banerjee to Vasundhara Raje, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, and Zeenat Aman, women who challenge male authority are immediately...

13.08.2024 30

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