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Ramachandra Guha
Ramachandra Guha is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Trending
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UP man who rescued sarus crane booked under Wildlife Protection Act
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Why are Sikhs abroad more pro-Khalistan than community members living in India?
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Why has the West always been threatened by female nudity?
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Healthcare costs are forcing Indians into debt and distress sales
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What Rajasthan’s right to health law promises – and where it falls short
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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.
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Ramachandra Guha: Ten reasons why Gandhi is still relevant
Thoughts ahead of the Mahatma’s 75th death anniversary.
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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.
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Video
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Watch: Women in saris play football in a tournament in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
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Watch: Protestors storm Israeli PM’s home, break barriers, after Netanyahu plans judicial changes
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Watch: IPS officer swims against the current from Gateway of India to Elephanta Caves
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Pension protests in France: Diners eat at restaurants as fires rage on the streets
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Innocent (1948-2023): Five memorable scenes featuring the actor (and former MP) from Kerala
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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.
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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?
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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.
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The Reel
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Start the week with a film: The very violent and very clever ‘Battle Royale’
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Review: ‘Boston Strangler’ looks for the woman in the serial killer story
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Jubilee’ trailer: Series is set in the Hindi film industry of the 1940s and 1950s
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‘Bheed’ review: Chaos and ambivalence at a check post aimed at tackling the Covid outbreak
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Field
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India vs Australia: Indore pitch rating reversed from poor to below average
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Watch: MS Dhoni walks out to massive cheers at Chepauk during CSK’s training session ahead of IPL
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IBA Women’s World Boxing C’ships: From Nitu to Lovlina, how Delhi embraced India’s champions
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Premier League: After Antonio Conte’s departure, Tottenham still have a fight to save their season
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WPL 2023: Mumbai Indians night of triumph – of full tosses, run outs, partnerships and a wait ending