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PR Ramesh

PR Ramesh is Managing Editor of Open

Fireworks in the temple complex (Photos: GETTY IMAGES)
Society
Kollam Temple: Praying with Fire

A ban is not the answer. Let tradition live with strict rule of law

14 April 2016
IN LIMBO: Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat addresses a press conference on 29 March in Dehradun
India
Uttarakhand: The Hills Have Eyes

Lessons for Congress from Uttarakhand

31 March 2016
Rao needed somebody who would be adept at tackling the immediate problems, come up with out-of-the-box solutions, and take courageous decisions to pull the country back from the precipice. He plumped for Manmohan Singh (Photo: THE TIMES OF INDIA)
India
PV Narasimha Rao: The Outsider Who Dared

PV Narasimha Rao needed somebody who would be adept at tackling the immediate problems, come up with out-of-the-box solutions, and take courageous decisions to pull the country back from the precipice. He plumped for Manmohan Singh

07 March 2016
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India
Quota Tyranny on Streets

Why on earth do Jats need the benefits of Reservation?

25 February 2016
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Voices
India Through Slogans

The political art of mesmerising the mass mind with minimum usage of words

24 December 2015
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India
Modi and the Marketplace

The Prime Minister has heralded a less-hypocritical approach by the state to business and wealth creation

05 November 2015
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India
The Liberation Struggle of Bihar

The BJP stands to gain from a revolt brewing among Dalits, lower Backwards and a section of upper OBCs against the political clout of Yadavs and Kurmis

15 October 2015
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India
The Patna Protocol

An epic battle is underway in the proverbial badlands of Bihar, where many political lives swing between irrelevance and renewal. Even as cracks appear in the artificial alliance of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad, the BJP wants more than a victory. It is fighting for a mandate worthy of India’s most popular politician and its unsurpassed campaigner. Narendra Modi’s next phase of modernisation will begin from the backwardness of Bihar

24 September 2015
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India
It’s the Governor, Stupid!

The widening rift between the Finance Ministry and the RBI takes a heavy toll on the economy

10 September 2015

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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