The challenge is to ensure that an ideational shift currently underway transfigures rather than disfigures the nation
4 min read14 Jul 2019There is no such thing as the idea of India. We cannot be sure what is Indian about India in the first place
4 min read8 Jul 2019BJP’s personality cult-driven dominance has a real danger: the public could be mobilized to undo our republic
10 min read26 May 2019In the build-up to the election this year, two books offer new analysis of a pivotal moment in Narendra Modi's career
5 min read12 Jan 2019Narendra Modi's policy actions have allowed us to fill in some of the blanks in how his new India differs from the Nehruvian idea
4 min read12 Aug 2018Former president Pranab Mukherjee highlighting inclusiveness, pluralism and unity in diversity as foundation of India in his speech at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur on Thursday
1 min read9 Jun 2018Rahul Gandhi said Congress, like-minded parties and the people will not let the RSS or Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'impose one idea' on India
3 min read3 Jun 2017In removing all obstacles to decision-making inherent in pluralist democracies, Narendra Modi is trying to construct the kind of 'developmental state' seen in East Asia
4 min read24 May 2017The author on why he doesn't see his new book as a liberal work, on demythologising the great men of India's past, and why academics need to get out of their studies and engage with a larger audience
13 min read18 Mar 2016The Singapore-based economist on his expectations from the budget, India's GDP growth and his idea of India
8 min read26 Feb 2016The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared