In this book excerpt, governor of Tripura Tathagata Roy writes about the difference between Jawaharlal Nehru and Syama Prasad Mookerjee, founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh—predecessor to the BJP.
In this excerpt from his book 'The ISIS Caliphate', The Hindu's International Affairs Editor, Stanly Johny, tries to understand what prompted 21 people from a small town in Kerala to leave India to join ISIS. Read the excerpt
In this excerpt from the book 'Seven Decades of Independent India by Vinod Rai, Dr Amitendu Palit', Professor Sumit Ganguly writes democratic institutions are deteriorating in India.
In this excerpt from her book 'Indian Extincts', Miniya Chatterji writes that stalwarts of Indian politics, literature and religion would have been declared anti-national by today's standards.
In this excerpt from 'Split', which was once banned in Bengal, Taslima Nasreen talks about the response she received for her book Lajja and the impact of BJP translating it.
In this excerpt from 'Do We Not Bleed-Reflections of a 21-st Century Pakistani', journalist Mehr Tarar writes about how India-Pakistan relations can improve
In this excerpt from 'Chup- Breaking the silence about India’s women', author Deepa Narayan talks about how women are expected take up as little space as possible.
In this excerpt, Ornit Shah explains how electoral democracy, shaped by the imagination of bureaucrats, came to life through universal adult franchise.
On 24 August 1949, Jaipal Singh Munda, the driving force behind the Jharkhand movement, argued for political representation and self-governance for the tribal community in the Constituent Assembly.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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