Why India needs Continuity in 2019?
Narendra Modi once said,``The diversity of India, of our civilization, is actually a thing of beauty, which is something we are extremely proud of." As he faces his first major litmus test post-2014 on the national stage next year, he must...
Dynastic Politics, Cronyism and the Yuvraaj(s) of Independent India
India may have become a fully-functioning democracy in 1947, but vestiges of a feudal mindset remains, even to this day. Vestiges of the sense of entitlement, of power concentrated in the hands of a few. A resurrection of dynasties and an...
Lohpurush and the Statue of Unity
Even as Narendra Modi and his government goes about with the task of inaugurating a ‘Statue of Unity‘, a colossal 597 ft. tall statue of Sardar Patel, much to the delight and criticism of different sections of the country, I believe the gesture of...
The Influence of Languages in Contemporary Bengal Politics
A students’ road blockade became a war zone near the Daribhita Senior Secondary School, Islampur in West Bengal. The point of the protest? Against the recruitment of three new teachers in the school which the students opposed. The students had...
