politics

The Tranquil State of Freedom

Makarand R Paranjape

The aesthetics of Indian politics IV

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Virendra Kapoor

How come in none of the 50-odd Islamic countries there is internal peace?

Modernity in Light of Hindutva

Arvind Sharma

Between piety and power

Mountain Music

Jayanta Ghosal

The BJP may get veteran singer Anuradha Paudwal to campaign for the party during Uttarakhand Assembly elections

Will the Taliban Change?

Jayanta Ghosal

Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salahuddin, meanwhile, stated that the Taliban’s success should inspire the Kashmir movement

The Politics of Caste Census

Siddharth Singh

What Modi has done over time, especially by providing public goods that were earlier local in nature, is to greatly weaken the salience of caste-based politics

The Emirate of Hate

Manvendra Singh

Rooted in the medieval mindset of the barely lettered, the Taliban draw their staying power from the coalition of clans, ready supplies of cash and a cosiness provided by a mindful neighbour