Sunil Khilnani: Discovering India

The Second World War as India’s Other Freedom Struggle

India as the pivot of Asia’s security: Going to war with Srinath Raghavan

BR Ambedkar: Slayer of All Gods

From #OpenArchive:

He challenges the illusions about power and democracy, wealth and violence, Hinduism and tradition, nationalism and justice, and about all that metaphysical cant. He is the mirror in which we dare not look at ourselves. His presence is a constant reminder of our bad conscience and bad faith

125 Years of Babasaheb: Editor’s Note

We have made most of our heroes question-proof. We have made them private collections, labelled and indexed. Thoughts on Ambedkar’s 125th anniversary

Editor’s Note

To indulge in the brutality of turning one of the most sophisticated intellects in politics into a one-dimensional man is a crime against good taste

Let National Identity Prevail Over Constitutional Patriotism

An Indian History of Tolerance

Between the secular and the civilisational

BR Ambedkar: Uses of an Icon

Every party wants a slice of him six decades after his death. Ambedkar is bigger than the collective desperation of Ambedkarites

Modi in UK: Illusions of a Vanished Past

It’s a fallacy to imagine that being the first prime minister to be born after Independence, Modi is immune to the magic of the British Raj

The Wealth Issue: Editor’s Note

The so-called crisis in capitalism is not solved by applied dogma, but by ethics—call it compassionate capitalism or whatever