Swapan Dasgupta
Swapan Dasgupta is an MP and India’s foremost conservative columnist
The Spirit of New India
When the grand Ram temple is finally built on the site reclaimed from an invading army, the restoration of national sovereignty—the essence of the struggle for independence—would have been completed
15 November 2019
The Nobel and Kolkata
The underlying message to all those basking in reflected glory is clear
25 October 2019
Marx, Didi and Durga
West Bengal’s annual carnival is a magnetic draw for politicians
11 October 2019
The Partisan from Bengal
A Left-leaning actor declines a national award from the Modi Government
27 September 2019
The Constant Counsellor
What made Arun Jaitley so special, and indeed indispensable, to the BJP and the Modi Government?
30 August 2019
A Gutsy Move in J&K
Meticulous planning and a show of political will led to the repeal of Article 370
15 August 2019
Open Diary
The Triple Talaq Bill is aimed at encouraging a movement within the Muslim community for reforms in the Sharia Act
02 August 2019
The Awakening
While the terms of Left engagement have changed dramatically in the West, a new Hindu overconfidence has displaced old liberal assumptions in India
19 July 2019
Authors
Makarand R Paranjape, director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, is the author of the forthcoming book Swami Vivekananda: Hinduism and India’s Road to Modernity. Views are personal
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