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Radha Kumar

No longer larger than life: Tamil Nadu’s star politicians and its voters – what has changed?

The direct association between cinema and politics of the post-Independence era no longer holds and the Tamil voter is no pawn.

Radha Kumar
· Jul 19, 2024 · 09:00 am
‘The banality of evil’: Radha Kumar probes the growth of authoritarianism in her new book

An excerpt from ‘The Republic Relearnt: Renewing Indian Democracy (1947-2024)’, by Radha Kumar.

Radha Kumar
· May 29, 2024 · 08:30 am
Thoothukudi isn’t an exception – brutal police violence has always been the norm in India

Blaming the police is easy. But at the end of the day, all they are saying is enforcing societal norms. Till those change, little else will.

Radha Kumar
· Jul 13, 2020 · 09:00 am

How Manmohan Singh embarked on a mission of peace in Kashmir from 2004 onwards

An excerpt from Radha Kumar’s ‘Paradise At War’, a comprehensive political history of Kashmir.

Radha Kumar
· Nov 27, 2018 · 08:30 am