Idea Of India
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
Could a third term under Narendra Modi see the formalising of second-class status for minorities and the destruction of the country’s ancient composite culture?
Sajjad Hassan
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Two emperors, one India: Akbar and Modi share a single-minded focus on power – but nothing more
The Mughal emperor’s pursuit of supreme unchallenged authority was equalled by his pursuit of religious diversity – sulh-i-kul or ‘peace for all’.
Parvati Sharma
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How can we reimagine India in authoritarian times? Thoughts from the North East
The India of today is not our destiny and we must continue to rage against the imprisonment we all feel.
Angela Rangad
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Why Justice Datta’s attack on petitioner in VVPAT verdict is worrisome for PILs
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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How Hindutva is reshaping India’s classrooms
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By obsessing about the past instead of the future, India is weakening its Constitutional ideals
A nation is treading dangerous ground when it vigorously reimagines and reconstructs its dark history.
Bhopinder Singh
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Tribute: Begum Anees Khan realised India’s secular dream with the school she founded
Diwali melas, Ramzan fasts and Christmas feasts went together at Hyderabad’s Nasr School. With her passing on August 16, a quixotic idea seems to have died too.
Anuradha Roy
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Pilgrims and a glimmer of hope: Why the Bharat Jodo Yatra excites the writer in Shashi Deshpande
‘This yatra has neither a god nor a shrine at the end of it.’
Shashi Deshpande
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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For Nagas, the idea of India is not defined by the Brahmanical notion of a timeless civilisation
The common ground with citizens from other parts of the country is the idea of a modern and secular India, as reflected by the Constitution.
G Kanato Chophy
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Nehru’s ‘Idea of India’ is dead, but is there still a way to re-imagine a sense of community in our fractured times?
The anguish generated by the deaths of Rohith Vemula and Mohammad Akhlaq points to a new possibility.
Mosarrap H Khan