- In the Indian Express, Pankaj Jha points to a history that lies outside cultural memory: that Rajputs also collaborated with the British.
- ‘Under what circumstances does a litigant’s claim in court translate into a claim that interests a judge?’ Suhrith Parthasarathy, writing in the Hindu, has some questions for the judiciary on the anniversary of the day India adopted its Constitution.
- Gopalkrishna Gandhi in Telegraph remembers a conference in Godhra, attended by Gandhi, Jinnah, Vallabhbhai Patel and Bal Gangadhar Tilak, exactly 100 years ago.
- In the Hindu BLInk, Garga Chatterjee writes that a legacy of closeness, enmity and mutual learning between Bengal and Odisha has been rendered laughable by the debate over rosogollas.
- The Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti and Congress’s reservation plan for patidars in Gujarat will face constitutional hurdles, argues Mohitkumar Daga in the Economic Times.
- In the forests of Kerala, a killer elephant is bringing old social fractures to the surface, writes Rahul Chandran in the Mint on Sunday.
- Brexit could push Britain towards war in Ireland again, Patrick Cockburn muses in the Independent.
- The “iron fist” response to attacks in Egypt never works, says Simon Tisdall in the Guardian.
- In the New York Review of Books, Diane Ravitch reviews two books which explore why big money still rules in America.
- December could make or break the Trump presidency, warns Ryan Lizza in the New Yorker.
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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