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Shivakumar Jolad
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Gandhi’s vision of a constitution was imperfect, but is India paying the price for neglecting it?
He envisaged self-governing and largely self-sufficient village republics and felt that concentrating power would violate democratic principles.
Shivakumar Jolad
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Today’s conflicts about Indian federalism were predicted by Constituent Assembly seven decades ago
In the aftermath of Partition, there was an emphasis on a strong Centre. It’s time for power to truly devolve to the states.
Saumya Gupta & Shivakumar Jolad
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On English-medium education, India is having the same debates it did 200 years ago
While the colonists introduced it, elite Indians took to English-medium education like a duck to water.
Shivakumar Jolad
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress