BR Ambedkar
In Praise of Civic Nationalism
India has survived all the stresses and strains that have beset it for over seven decades because it maintained consensus on how to manage without consensus
The Road to Constituent Assembly
Why we must guard against vilifying leaders based on a warped understanding of history
‘I have written on Ambedkar in good faith’
Shashi Tharoor’s latest book, Ambedkar: A Life, dwells on the scholar-politician’s trials and tribulations, achievements and associations, and his differences with leaders of the stature of Gandhi and Nehru
BR Ambedkar: Flawed Genius
In a new biography of Ambedkar, Shashi Tharoor gets a measure of the constitutionalist and nation-builder, contending that an honest survey of Ambedkar’s life and its impact needs to also look at those faults for which he can be legitimately criticised without taking away from his greatness
The Rediscovery of India
Modi has shown the country how to dream big and believe in itself and that there is no contradiction between owning an ancient civilisational heritage and becoming a 21st century technological power
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