The Secret of Modi’s Success

4 03 2012

The violence which wracked the western Indian state of Gujarat ten years ago has almost become a metaphor for a particular aspect of India’s contemporary reality. The metaphor is described differently, depending on whether one is a supporter of Gujarat’s chief minister Narendra Modi or an opponent. Read the rest of this entry »


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The Politics of Culture (Book Review)

2 10 2011

Books:

G P Deshpande, The World of Ideas in Modern Marathi: Phule, Vinoba, Savarkar, Tulika, New Delhi, 2009, pp. 120. Rs. 240.

G P Deshpande, Talking the Political Culturally and Other Essays, Thema, Kolkata, 2009, pp. 127, Rs. 150. Read the rest of this entry »


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Caste Out, Yet Again

24 05 2009

This is the draft version I wrote for the editorial of the Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLIV No. 20, May16 2009.

[The official Indian delegation again blocked all mention of caste at the UN conference of Racism] Read the rest of this entry »


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The Significance of Uttar Pradesh

25 04 2009

This is the draft of the edit I wrote for EPW published in the 18-24 April, 2009 edition.

[Uttar Pradesh as a bellwether province in the Indian general elections; then and now.] Read the rest of this entry »


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