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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

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Why Modi Wins

He understands that a political party survives on ideology, but ideology withers if it is not nourished by ideas that work

01 October 2021
Afghanistan: No Emirate for Women
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Afghanistan: No Emirate for Women

Next: Why Pakistan will Talibanise Pakistan

17 September 2021
The Rediscovery of Nehru
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The Rediscovery of Nehru

How Nehruvians revised their idol

13 August 2021
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Who Wants the Peace of the Graveyard?

The Afghan War is over ideology, not geography

23 July 2021
War Cries and Monsoon Melodies
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War Cries and Monsoon Melodies

Goan musings on Rao’s wisdom and the unending march in Afghanistan

16 July 2021
Cricket in 2050
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Cricket in 2050

All matches are now played in a covered stadium, any batsman who hits the ceiling is given an eight. The old helicopter shot is passé, players are hitting perpendicular rockets into the air

11 June 2021
A Bookworm’s Lockdown
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A Bookworm’s Lockdown

A loincloth for Prince Philip and the Quran written in Saddam’s blood

28 May 2021
The Republic of Sorrow
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The Republic of Sorrow

In life, prayer is hope; in death, prayer is solace

14 May 2021
The Day of the Final Game Is Coming
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The Day of the Final Game Is Coming

Mamata Banerjee cannot take success for granted

07 May 2021
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From Genius to Divinity

Satyajit Ray never touched alcohol, and listened to a sonata by Beethoven on his turntable gramophone at breakfast. What else could possibly be required for the biodata of a Calcutta god?

30 April 2021

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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