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Shiv Visvanathan
Shiv Visvanathan is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Opinion: Why can’t India take a joke anymore?
Today, laughter has become anti-Indian and anti-national.
Shiv Visvanathan
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Gujarat bishop’s plea to save India from nationalist forces is an act of citizenship we must support
The Election Commission has asked Thomas Macwan to explain his letter calling for prayers for the victory of ‘humane leaders faithful to the Constitution’.
Shiv Visvanathan
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Proposal to remove M from AMU, H from BHU shows that India doesn’t really understand secularism
Merely renaming Banaras Hindu University and Aligarh Muslim University won’t reform these institutions.
Shiv Visvanathan
Trending
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Lok Sabha polls: Ladakh MP rallies supporters after BJP drops him from candidate list
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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Once the arena of creative ideological battles, the politics of survival now blights Tamil Nadu
The lack of creativity displayed by its current crop of politicians could well open the door for the BJP’s entry into the southern state.
Shiv Visvanathan
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Question for the BJP’s Ram Madhav: How Indian are his party’s ideas of nationalism and development?
In a recent op-ed, the BJP spokesperson argued that for the first time after independence, the dominant idea of India was rooted in India’s genius.
Shiv Visvanathan
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Opinion: Is Modi the Mahmud Ghazni of the Nehruvian nation state?
Modi realised only when Nehru as a paradigm and exemplar of nation building was erased, could his era begin.
Shiv Visvanathan
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Shiv Visvanathan: Four ways I was wrong about Narendra Modi three years ago
The Indian prime minister has contempt for intellectuals because they got him wrong. They did.
Shiv Visvanathan
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From human being to 'human shield': The tragic (and fragmented) story of Citizen Farooq Dar
The sadness of Kashmir politics from Abdullahs to the army is that it has created a democracy as an empty forum without values.
Shiv Visvanathan
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Yogi Adityanath and Ramdev are the new BJP model of development-plus
The Modi-Adityanath-Shah syndrome needs to be confronted ethically, aesthetically, conceptually.
Shiv Visvanathan
The Reel
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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Elections 2017: It is time to write an obituary for ideals like socialism, secularism and justice
The power of the BJP as a party lay not in creating a new universe of concepts but in undermining the old ideals.
Shiv Visvanathan
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Making sense of Ramjas violence: When Left snobbery met Right populism
The campus has become a site for a civil war of interests rather than a battleground of ideas.
Shiv Visvanathan
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It is fitting that Gandhi's assassination is being used to widen the democratic imagination
The information commissioner's ruling to make public Nathuram Godse's statement could not have come at a better time.
Shiv Visvanathan
The Field
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Mumbai City win dramatic semi-final first leg against FC Goa
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: India clinch medals in men’s javelin, discus and 1500m on opening day
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Boundaries and impact: The imbalance in IPL 2024 shows it is not a good time to be a bowler
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals hold their nerve to beat Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring thriller
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Boxing: Preeti to headline India’s 50-member squad for Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championship