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Thursday, August 14, 2025
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Topic: Nationalism

Hate is hot in India. Colder ideas like constitutional patriotism must work harder to win

Constitutional patriotism is a modern concept anchored in the idea of the nation-state. The problem is that it depends upon imaginings as fuzzy as nationalism itself.

Waah Kunal Kamra Waah: A comedian’s standup act kick-starts a liberal heckling wave in India

Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV is notorious for monologues masquerading as political debates. But when questioned by Kunal Kamra on an Indigo flight, the anchor couldn’t stand up.

Who represents India’s Muslims? Thanks to CAA protests, we now know the answer

Without any political party's support, India's Muslims protesting CAA have asserted a new political identity and also settled the issue of representation.

Tough message for Modi: Political winds are shifting, from nationalism to economy, jobs

Modi's popularity hasn't waned, but mood of the people has begun to change in 5 months. Too many are hurting too deep & want the return of economic optimism.

Keep sipping globalisation Kool-Aid and you won’t get Trump’s globalist vs patriot UN line

In 1986, a Stanford historian accused his peers of ‘dereliction of duty’ because they had ‘abandoned study of the nation’. It’s time to take note.

Once labelled ‘anti-national’, JNU to reverberate with patriotic songs by BJP MPs

Manoj Tiwari and Hans Raj Hans will perform at an event organised by ABVP, eyeing to encash the prevailing nationalist narrative in the JNUSU elections.

Indian history tells us that to move beyond Hindu nationalism, we must move beyond identity

India’s Constitution focused on individual freedom, unshackling people from the tyranny of group identities.

In the Trump era, what sane nationalism could look like

When considering practical political issues, the nationalism spectrum has two ends -- moral cosmopolitanism and practical nationalism -- which need to be balanced at all times.

Shashi Tharoor: Obituaries for Congress premature. Here are 9 ways to correct its course

Congress is rightly accused of having lost touch with the grassroots in many states. It must focus more on local government elections.

Politicise all you want, but Indian soldiers don’t fight in the name of nationalism alone

Soldiers fight because of unit/sub-unit cohesion. They do not want to let down their comrades in a battle.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.