Swapan Dasgupta
Swapan Dasgupta is India's foremost conservative columnist. He is the author of Awakening Bharat Mata
The Success of JLF
I am yet to crack the mystery as to why a literature festival, whose proceedings are in English, enjoys such an enormous popularity
26 January 2023
Maratha Power
Uday Kulkarni has single-handedly rescued history from the abdication of responsibilities by professional historians
13 January 2023
General Excitement
Like the Olympics, the football World Cup is an occasion—at least for me—to enjoy pure sport
02 December 2022
Critical Mass of Urdu Speakers
Urdu’s importance has been declining steadily since a mass of Urdu speakers and writers migrated to Pakistan from northern India and the erstwhile Hyderabad state after Partition
18 November 2022
“Scientific” Law?
It is all about the personal philosophies of individual judges
21 October 2022
Durga Puja: An Intangible Cultural Heritage
Mamata Banerjee chose to have a big event to celebrate the global recognition
07 October 2022
Dustbins of History
What is deemed enormously significant at a particular time doesn’t necessarily stand the test of time
09 September 2022
The Celebrity Accused
The supposedly unaccounted wealth of incarcerated politicians
26 August 2022
Authors
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
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 is the author of several books, including Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and Member, Board of Governors, India Foundation
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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