Jawaharlal Nehru
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
‘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
Syama Prasad Mookerjee: The One Who Saw the Future
More than sixty years after his death, Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s position on Kashmir has been vindicated and his critique of the Nehruvian order is redefining the idea of Indian nationhood
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