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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

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals

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 a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm

Makarand R Paranjape

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

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