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Hartosh Singh Bal

Hartosh Singh Bal turned from the difficulty of doing mathematics to the ease of writing on politics. Unlike mathematics all this requires is being less wrong than most others who dwell on the subject.

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How the Punjab Police Invented a Terror Outfit

After two deaths, tainted reputations and a final acquittal, a court awards Rs 10 lakh in compensation

06 March 2013
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To Seize a Mosque, Invent a University

As elections in MP approach, the Sangh Parivar is invoking Goddess Saraswati to lay claim to the Kamal Maula Masjid in Dhar

20 February 2013
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In Defence of Katju

On facts, he is on much sounder footing than Arun Jaitley

20 February 2013
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No Balls, No Freedom

Those who speak for liberal values must also stand up and fight for them

06 February 2013
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Is This Really What We Deserve?

Rahul Gandhi too, like the other Nehru-Gandhi eminences, sees the Republic as an extension of the family

23 January 2013
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Shut up, Sushma

There are some issues that must remain above partisan politics or populism, and this is one of them

16 January 2013
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Those Who Do Not Want to Bury Modi

Commentators warming up to Modi forget that his decade in power has seen the logic of the 2002 violence pursued by other means

26 December 2012
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The Cult of NaMo

For millions, reality does not seem to count

19 December 2012
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Stuff and Nonsense on 2G

The figures for the loss are not illusory, the hype against the CAG is

02 December 2012
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A Traveller’s Tale

As a hill station, Pachmarhi has more on offer than its hyped Himalayan counterparts. And it is a little less overrun by tourists

18 November 2012

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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