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Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor is a Congress MP. He is the author of, among other titles, The Struggle for India’s Soul: Nationalism and the Fate of Democracy and Ambedkar: A Life

One element in the threat to the Westphalian order is the Rise of the Strongman—Xi in China, Putin in Russia, Modi in India and Erdogan in Turkey
Politics
Around the World in Weighty Days

There is much to worry about in the age of higher volatility and lesser leadership

21 April 2016
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Voices
Is Nothing Sacred?

The limits and indispensability of free speech in the age of social media

11 August 2015
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Open Essay
Has China Won the Bread Versus Freedom Debate?

The old debate has taken a new twist with the publication of a new book which argues that Chinese authoritarianism is superior to Indian democracy

09 July 2015
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Open Essay
Amitav Ghosh: Thunder from the East

Amitav Ghosh in his historical Ibis trilogy reclaims the story of the victims told for so long by the imperial winners who enforced their will with the power of the gun masked by a rhetoric of civilisation

24 June 2015
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Books
Memoir as manifesto

America’s former Secretary of State gears up for a presidential campaign with a much-anticipated autobiography

19 June 2014
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India
The Unwelcome Mat

India can’t play out its soft power on the global stage if we continue with our restrictive visa policy

04 April 2014

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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