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Readers Write In #694: One Nation One Election- a leftist perspective/rant

May 12, 2024

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By G Waugh It sometimes pains me to think that most people, a majority of us, laymen and the educated alike, while assuming that we are socially conscious citizens, often care very less about what exactly needs to be cared the most – the economy. When I say economy, I hate to use terms that […]

Election talk… for those interested!

April 13, 2024

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BTW, do these stunts still work?

Vijay announces political party, names it ‘Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’

February 2, 2024

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Interview: ‘Nakkheeran’ Gopal and the team of ‘Koose Munisamy Veerappan’

December 30, 2023

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Readers Write In #592: The life of Indira Gandhi and its relevance today

June 26, 2023

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By G Waugh We have a couple of kids playing in the hall. Over the years despite having understood each other so well, both of them always love to remain at loggerheads to one another. They quarrel at the drop of a hat, they start hitting one another, whine and yell and roll over one […]

Readers Write In #582: The Story of Allen Dulles and his CIA

May 30, 2023

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By Jeeva The USSR despite its flaws, if anything was considered world over as a force that could threaten the unholy interests of the rich and the ultra-rich. The ultra-rich elite of the 20th century was neither a restricted, national entity nor just a bunch of industrialists harmlessly running their business operations within their narrow […]

Readers Write In #577: The National Legacy of NTR

May 21, 2023

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By ​Aman Basha Remembering the man who changed the history and cinema of a state and left an impact on a nation May 28 this year marks a special event for the Telugu states. What has been till now, an annual celebration for the Telugu Desam Party and their cadre, promises to be the grand […]

From the Web (FTW) #1: Rahul Gandhi and Kamal Haasan in conversation

January 3, 2023

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Starting a new series of stuff from the web that I think will generate some interesting comments…

Readers Write In #523: How fiction and non-fiction complemented each other in building my politics

November 14, 2022

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By G Waugh aka Jeeva P Those who introduced me to reading were all people who had no prior experience in non-fiction. As a result, my early reading habit centred around nothing other than fiction. Jeffrey Archer, Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens were my first three authors. By this time (in 2011) when I […]

Readers Write In #517: The Impossibility of A Uniform Civil Code

October 21, 2022

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By ​Aman Basha Thoughts on the discussion about the Impossibility of Indo-Islamic Reform A few days earlier, I had written about what I perceived as the Impossibility of Indo Islamic Reform and tried to draw ideas for the ideal medium of reform taking the life and work of Hamid Dalwai as a counter example. The […]

Interview: Pa Ranjith (Completing 10 years, ‘Natchathiram Nagargiradhu’)

August 25, 2022

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Readers Write In #478: India@75: Thoughts on the State of Indian Politics

August 24, 2022

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By Aman Basha Some reflections on Indian politics as Indian independence turns 75 As India celebrates its 75th Independence Day, it’s incredible just how farcical Indian politics has become in recent months. Two state governments collapsed, one born out of a pre poll alliance and the other out of a post poll alliance. The Maharashtra […]

Readers Write In #455: Kashmir Files Part II

April 4, 2022

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By Aman Basha Part II of this piece: https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2022/03/20/readers-write-in-452/ The continuation and conclusion of my Interview with Ahmed Ali Fayyaz Q: Some people attribute the 1990 Exodus as it happened to have been caused by a political game played by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, the Union Home Minister then, to undercut Farooq Abdullah by bringing Jagmohan […]

Readers Write In #452: The Kashmir Files

March 20, 2022

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By Aman Basha The release of the film the Kashmir Files has created an atmosphere of debate, discussion, argument and accusation everywhere from the political sphere to colleges to living rooms, blogs and of course Twitter. In this atmosphere where so much was said and so little made sense, created by the success of director […]

Readers Write In #439: Continuing the ‘Kadaisi Vivasayi’ comments thread on farming

February 11, 2022

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By gnanaozhi So the comment thread on Kadaisi Vivasai was an interesting one so i figured, let’s do a data dump and study agriculture in India the way it is, and from the eyes of the farmer. Fun fact to begin with? 90% of farmers surveyed in a NSSO survey DID NOT want their children […]

Readers Write In #418: Why Modi is the most popular PM in independent India and why the BJP wins and will continue to win. The real answers.

October 30, 2021

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(by gnanaozhi) The real reason Modi and the BJP sweep elections and his popularity levels are almost continuously high. Whenever there is an analysis of Mr Modi and his tenure, the common buzz words describing his rise and continued stay at the top would be “ divisive”, “Hindu Nazi”, “ Communal” etc etc but these […]

Readers Write In #417: Decoding the Modi Phenomenon

October 29, 2021

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(by Aman Basha) As the highly popular and deeply divisive prime minister visits the White House, understanding his rise and relevance. Morning Consult conducts global surveys to determine the popularity and approval ratings of leaders across the world in their home countries. Through the ensuing chaos of 2020 and 21, one could see wild swings […]

Interview: Vijay (A spoilery deep dive into the art of dramatising JJ’s life)

September 13, 2021

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Readers Write In #406: Why Nehru was a horrible “founding father”

September 11, 2021

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(by Sudharshan Garg) Aman had posted a Reddit post (which I had rebutted in a detailed manner. Will repost it here) Let me start out with the easy way, the “positives” as listed ZERO civil wars ( China, Mexico, SL) Why is this “Nehrus achievement” now? Look up our history, starting say 500 bce from when […]

Readers Write In #400: Lessons from a Grandmother to her Grandchildren

August 24, 2021

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(by Aman Basha) What Rahul and Priyanka ought to take from 1960s Indira Gandhi to get the Congress its groove back An India suffers its worst crises since Independence, two years after a conflict at the border with Pakistan, there are still high tensions after a conflict with China, Hindu Muslim tensions rear their ugly […]

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