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Pallavi Aiyar

Pallavi Aiyar is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has spent the last two decades reporting from China, Europe, Indonesia and Japan. Her most recent book is Orienting: An Indian in Japan. She is a contributor to Open

Shinzo Abe: The Man Who Did Too Much
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What Killed Shinzo Abe?

The former prime minister’s assassination shows Japan’s relationship with religion is ambiguous

11 August 2022
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Left, Right or Centre?

The ideological dyslexia of the thinking individual

29 July 2022
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The Morality of the Mobile Phone

It’s better to appreciate technology for what it is than what it’s not

15 July 2022
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India in Europe’s Mirror

The country once had the credentials to inspire the EU

01 July 2022
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Confessions of a Bad Guru

A columnist’s worst enemy is confirmation bias

17 June 2022
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Hindi Is Not Indian

Lessons from the linguistic choices made by China and Indonesia

03 June 2022
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An Endearing Enigma

How does one explain India abroad?

20 May 2022
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Full of Sound and Fury

An advisory for Indians who seek less noisy public squares

06 May 2022
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Foolish Food Fights

Revelations from a gustatory gambol across the world

22 April 2022
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The Duality of the Hijab

Indian liberals see it as choice but their Indonesian counterparts as coercion

08 April 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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