Stories written by
Ramachandra Guha
Ramachandra Guha is a regular Scroll.in contributor
-
Ramachandra Guha: 50 years after Chipko environmental movement, India is ignoring its vital lessons
The consequences of environmental abuse are not just aesthetic. They have profound economic costs too.
Ramachandra Guha
-
Ramachandra Guha: How Narendra Modi is using India’s most popular sport to bolster his ego
Earlier this week, Narendra Modi was presented with a portrait of Narendra Modi at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Ramachandra Guha
-
Ramachandra Guha: How the BJP benefits from stoking religious divisions in Karnataka
A book by French researcher Jackie Assayag on Hindus and Muslims in northern Karnataka published 20 years ago has great contemporary relevance.
Ramachandra Guha
Trending
-
Legally dubious, politically profitable: Why BJP scrapped the Muslim OBC quota in Karnataka
-
Kalakshetra abuse controversy should force a rethink of power hierarchies in ‘classical’ dance world
-
Why are Sikhs abroad more pro-Khalistan than community members living in India?
-
‘Gaslight’ review: Exactly who is being gaslit here?
-
Is ‘glass skin’ achievable? A dermatologist answers this and other skincare questions in a new book
-
Ramachandra Guha: In RK Laxman’s cartoons, the paradoxes and complications of everyday Indian life
In a new monograph, cartoonist EP Unny pays tribute to an older master of his art.
Ramachandra Guha
-
Ramachandra Guha: Ten reasons why Gandhi is still relevant
Thoughts ahead of the Mahatma’s 75th death anniversary.
Ramachandra Guha
-
Ramachandra Guha: How the collapse of the party system reflects the decline of Indian democracy
Some political parties have become family firms. Others have become quasi-religious cults exalting their leader as a living god.
Ramachandra Guha
Video
-
Watch: Traffic constable’s dog rides on motorbike in watermelon-shell helmet to raise awareness
-
Watch: Toddler shoots basketball through hoop behind his back, stuns father and brother
-
Watch: Mumbai’s Gateway of India is the backdrop for Christian Dior fashion show
-
Watch: Rescuers pull out devotees who fell into Indore temple stepwell after the roof collapsed
-
Watch: College students swap bags with pressure cooker, sacks and more to observe ‘no bag day’
-
Ramachandra Guha: Why I keep returning to the bountiful brilliance of CLR James
A new biography finally does justice to the multifaceted life of the Trinidad-born social historian and activist.
Ramachandra Guha
-
Ramachandra Guha: Lessons on defeating Hindutva from the fraught years after India’s independence
Can the Hindu mind regain its balance, shed its belief in its supremacy, and truly embrace the pluralistic ideals of the freedom struggle?
Ramachandra Guha
-
Ramachandra Guha: 40 years after Attenborough’s ‘Gandhi’, revisiting Indira Gandhi’s views about it
The big budget, much-hyped film elicited vigorous, varying reactions.
Ramachandra Guha
The Reel
-
‘Murder Mystery 2’ review: An enjoyably silly return to bumbling adventure
-
‘Gaslight’ review: Exactly who is being gaslit here?
-
‘Dead Ringers’ trailer: David Cronenberg’s acclaimed film is now a series
-
‘Mrs Undercover’ trailer: Radhika Apte toggles between housework and espionage
-
‘Bholaa’ review: High on action and colour filters
-
Ramachandra Guha: How RSS’s intrinsic authoritarianism, casteism are laid bare by Devanura Mahadeva
The Kannada author writes from the perspective of a defender of the Indian Constitution.
Ramachandra Guha
-
Ramachandra Guha: Memories of Ian Jack, an exceptional columnist and generous human being
Scottish by family background, British by temperament, the writer and editor had a long-standing interest in India.
Ramachandra Guha
-
Ramachandra Guha: India would do well to heed the warnings Radhakamal Mukerjee offered 80 years ago
He was a pioneer in the field of human ecology, emphasising the interdependence of humans and the natural world.
Ramachandra Guha
The Field
-
IPL 2023: From Virat Kohli to Dwayne Bravo, a look at all-time statistical leaders in the league
-
IPL 2023: Indian Premier League returns for 16th edition, back to the glory days of home-away format
-
Watch: Ajay Devgn stars as football legend Syed Rahim Ali in trailer of ‘Maidaan’
-
Sports world daily: Kvitova, Alcaraz in Miami semis; Chelsea stun Lyon in women’s Champions League
-
IPL 2023: New rules, Ben Stokes at CSK, JioCinema vs Star Sports – things to watch out for this year