Idea Of India

Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?

Could a third term under Narendra Modi see the formalising of second-class status for minorities and the destruction of the country’s ancient composite culture?

Sajjad Hassan
· Apr 19, 2024 · 06:30 am
Two emperors, one India: Akbar and Modi share a single-minded focus on power – but nothing more

The Mughal emperor’s pursuit of supreme unchallenged authority was equalled by his pursuit of religious diversity – sulh-i-kul or ‘peace for all’.

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· Jan 29, 2024 · 07:30 am
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The India of today is not our destiny and we must continue to rage against the imprisonment we all feel.

Angela Rangad
· Sep 09, 2023 · 09:00 am

By obsessing about the past instead of the future, India is weakening its Constitutional ideals

A nation is treading dangerous ground when it vigorously reimagines and reconstructs its dark history.

Bhopinder Singh
· Sep 02, 2023 · 09:00 am
Tribute: Begum Anees Khan realised India’s secular dream with the school she founded

Diwali melas, Ramzan fasts and Christmas feasts went together at Hyderabad’s Nasr School. With her passing on August 16, a quixotic idea seems to have died too.

Anuradha Roy
· Aug 20, 2023 · 11:30 am
Pilgrims and a glimmer of hope: Why the Bharat Jodo Yatra excites the writer in Shashi Deshpande

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Idea Of India

Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?

Could a third term under Narendra Modi see the formalising of second-class status for minorities and the destruction of the country’s ancient composite culture?

Sajjad Hassan · Apr 19, 2024 · 06:30 am

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