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Aditya Balasubramanian

‘Swadeshi Steam’ illustrates South India’s under-studied contributions to the nationalist movement

VO Chidambaram Pillai set up the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company to challenge the monopoly of the British India Steam Navigation Company.

Aditya Balasubramanian
· Jun 09, 2024 · 07:30 am
‘Swarajya’, ‘Kalki’: Magazines that reflected economic conservatism in independent India after 1947

An excerpt from ‘Toward a Free Economy: Swatantra and Opposition Politics in Democratic India’, by Aditya Balasubramanian.

Aditya Balasubramanian
· Aug 08, 2023 · 08:30 am
Why the BJP has revived a mythic version of Deendayal Upadhyaya

The Sangh Parivar has constituencies loyal to the Jan Sangh ideologue’s economic vision, which is in opposition to the BJP’s ‘development’ plank.

Aditya Balasubramanian
· Oct 06, 2022 · 09:00 am