The Sword of Nehru
Are we still paying for the sins of the first secular, socialist Prime Minister?
24 January 2020
Jallianwala Bagh: 100 years On
One hundred years between history and memory
28 March 2019
The Man and the Mahatma
A majestic biography focuses far more on Gandhi’s relations with opponents like Ambedkar and Jinnah than with his own favourite protégé Jawaharlal Nehru
27 September 2018
All for the Sake of Nehru
Jinnah’s Pakistan demand was more tactical than practical
10 May 2018
Throwing out Secular Nehru with the Socialist Bathwater
The end of an idea that was Indian politics’ greatest contradiction
10 August 2017
Warren Hastings ‘Loved India a Little More Than His Own Country’
On the 70th anniversary of India’s independence, let’s redeem Warren Hastings from the worst trial of history
06 April 2017
Authors
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
MJ Akbar is an MP and the author of, most recently, Gandhi’s Hinduism: The Struggle Against Jinnah’s IslamWhile
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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