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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

Columns
Politics of Appearance

Dialectics of T-shirts and the slippage of Sharad Pawar

21 July 2023
NTR: He Dared to Play God In Politics—and Won
Essays
NTR: He Dared to Play God In Politics—and Won

Revisiting the NTR mystique on his centenary

19 May 2023
Columns
On the Death of a Friend

Funerals are a catharsis rite for the living

24 February 2023
The Doctrine of Indifference
Cover Stories
The Doctrine of Indifference

Narendra Modi has formulated a cogent policy towards Pakistan: ignore the state and punish the rogue terrorist

26 January 2023
Cover Stories
The World Has a Ball

We could learn something from football. Break the law and there will be a stern penalty. That keeps the game credible

23 December 2022
Essay
The Age of Hypercontrol

Guns, gas and gossip

11 November 2022
Cover Stories
Amitabh Bachchan: Legend and Legacy

He turns 80 on October 11. A journey through his legend and legacy

07 October 2022
Congress 2022: War Dance in the Puppet Kingdom
Cover Stories
Congress 2022: War Dance in the Puppet Kingdom

Congress wants a regent, a placeholder for Rahul Gandhi. But who can combine political sagacity with a saintly heart? Ashok Gehlot, the loyal one, has weakened Sonia Gandhi at a vulnerable moment. If she relents, the aura of command gets blown apart. Congress has become a puzzled jigsaw rather than a jigsaw puzzle, a combination of small cardboard pieces that no longer add up to a coherent picture

30 September 2022

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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