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Ramachandra Guha
Ramachandra Guha is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Ramachandra Guha: At 75, India is free – but its citizens are still fighting for many rights
The world is looking at India – though not necessarily looking up to India.
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Ramachandra Guha: Why India’s refusal to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is hypocritical
As India celebrates 75 years of Independence, the government cannot bring itself to acknowledge the continuing existence of imperialism in the world today.
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Ramachandra Guha: In the Boris Johnson drama, lessons for India about preserving democracy
By functioning as they should, the British media, Parliament, civil service, Opposition and ruling party have all helped their political system to renew itself.
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Trending
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Why a Japanese spy suddenly embraced Islam in Bombay in the early 20th century
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Not paid news: New York Times refutes BJP claim on article about AAP schools
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What accounts of growing Indian illiberalism miss: The grounds for bigotry were laid before 2014
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Subhas Chandra Bose and Emilie Schenkl: A marriage that defied the Third Reich
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World Photography Day: How photography helped shape India’s freedom struggle
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Ramachandra Guha: A tribute to ‘The Telegraph’ of Kolkata on its 40th birthday
A long-time contributor explains why he values the newspaper so much, both as a writer and a reader.
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Ramachandra Guha: Why India must heed a professor’s warnings from 1937 about ‘tamarind tree leaders’
Politicians who centralise all decision-making in themselves, refusing to empower or trust others, are unsuited to administering our diverse country.
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Ramachandra Guha: Hindutva has strong links with fascism – but today’s leaders want to forget them
Italian historian Marzia Casolari rigorously explored how some Indians were influenced by the destructive European ideology.
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Video
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Watch: MP policeman turns to religious leader to identify murderer, he claims to know who did it
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Watch: Manipur CM N Biren Singh shows off football skills for Durand Cup inauguration
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‘Smile Please’: Delhi Police warns against traffic violations with a ‘World Photography Day’ post
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Watch: The horrifying moment when a four-storey building collapsed in Mumbai, no casualties reported
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‘When you want to have chapati and biryani’: Video of biryani burrito confuses food lovers
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Ramachandra Guha: What I learnt from Madhav Gadgil, towering ecologist with a social conscience
Gadgil turns 80 this month. I have known him for four decades.
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Ramachandra Guha: As Nayantara Sahgal turns 95, a salute to a woman who put Constitution over family
As a writer and citizen, she embodies the noblest values of our Republic.
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Ramachandra Guha: What India can learn from Rajaji’s warnings about one-party dominance in the 1950s
If ‘one party remains always in power...government will inevitably become totalitarian’, the veteran freedom fighter had written about the Congress.
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The Reel
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Watch: The trailer of ‘Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives’ season 2 is here
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‘Duranga’ review: Suspend disbelief if you want to enjoy the twists
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‘Tamilrockerz’ review: In show about piracy, some insights about the price of cinemania
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‘Dobaara’ review: An engaging thriller about time travel and alternate reality
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‘Nope’ review: Jordan Peele’s sci-fi horror is mostly a yup
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Ramachandra Guha: How Hindutva will grievously hurt Hindus
As Hindu majoritarianism sweeps India, cautionary tales from Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Myanmar.
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Ramachandra Guha: What the RSS could learn about nationalism from freedom fighter Usha Mehta
The ruling establishment’s jingoism rests on shrill – and wholly unsustainable – claims to national and especially religious superiority.
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Ramachandra Guha: How the Gandhi family is actively facilitating Hindutva authoritarianism
The fifth-generation dynasts allow the BJP to dictate the terms of the national political debate – by locating it in the past rather than in the present.
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The Field
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Wrestling: Antim Panghal creates history, first Indian woman to win gold at U20 World C’ships
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Lord’s Test: Nortje & Co breathe fire as South Africa defeat England by an innings and 12 runs
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ICC World Test Championship standings: South Africa on top spot after big win at Lord’s vs England
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India tour of England: Jhulan Goswami returns to ODI squad, Kiran Navgire earns T20I call-up
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Premier League: Liverpool boss Klopp on United’s form – ‘Just helps them to be even more motivated’