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Idea of India

  • Readers’ comments: Ram temple can’t escape stain of vengeance. Where will we stop in time?

    Readers’ comments: Ram temple can’t escape stain of vengeance. Where will we stop in time?

    Scroll
    · Jan 31, 2024 · 03:30 pm
  • Harsh Mander: Ayodhya dispute was not just about a plot of land – it was about how we imagine India

    Harsh Mander: Ayodhya dispute was not just about a plot of land – it was about how we imagine India

    Harsh Mander
    · Jan 22, 2024 · 07:30 am
  • History shows that Bharatavarsha has not always been the same thing as the country of India

    History shows that Bharatavarsha has not always been the same thing as the country of India

    BD Chattopadhyaya
    · Oct 03, 2017 · 06:30 pm
  • At Berkeley, Rahul Gandhi did not take  the only question worth asking: ‘When will you step down?’

    At Berkeley, Rahul Gandhi did not take the only question worth asking: ‘When will you step down?’

    Abhishek Kaicker
    · Sep 15, 2017 · 06:30 am
  • Shashi Tharoor says Centre’s ‘over-reaction’ has helped question the idea of nationalism

    Shashi Tharoor says Centre’s ‘over-reaction’ has helped question the idea of nationalism

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 21, 2016 · 08:50 am
  • Nehru’s ‘Idea of India’ is dead, but is there still a way to re-imagine a sense of community in our fractured times?

    Nehru’s ‘Idea of India’ is dead, but is there still a way to re-imagine a sense of community in our fractured times?

    Mosarrap H Khan
    · Mar 03, 2016 · 06:30 pm