Ramachandra Guha's Blog, page 25

Performance artists - Hindustan Times

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To be fair, this can also be said of the other babas and gurus whom one meets nowadays in newspapers or on television, the Dalai Lama only excepted. Ramachandra Guha is the author of India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy ...

TIME TO MAKE A START - Calcutta Telegraph

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[image error] TIME TO MAKE A START
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In an article published 50 years ago, the great Indian democrat, Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari, deplored "the unconscionable and grievous expenditure on elections, which gives overwhelming advantage to money-power." Rajaji argued that "elections now are ...

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Family comes later - Hindustan Times

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But I would rather not have to make the choice at all. Ramachandra Guha is the author of India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy ramachandraguha@yahoo.in. The views expressed by the author are personal.

WILL TO POWER - Calcutta Telegraph

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[image error] WILL TO POWER
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As the election results started coming in on Friday the 13th, and the spectacular rout of the Left Front in West Bengal became clear, my mind went back to the spring of 1977. I was a student of St. Stephen's College in Delhi, too young to vote, ...

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POWER WOMEN - Calcutta Telegraph

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[image error] POWER WOMEN
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A remarkable yet perhaps under-appreciated fact about Indian politics today is the influence, at the very top, of women. The most powerful individual in the country is a woman. The most powerful individual in the country's largest state is a woman. ...

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A thousand Binayak Sens - Calcutta Telegraph

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[image error] A thousand Binayak Sens
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Last week, the Supreme Court granted bail to Binayak Sen, the doctor and civil rights activist who had been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Raipur on the charge of sedition. Sen was charged with being a Naxalite sympathizer, and of acting ...

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Vintage wizardry - ESPNcricinfo.com

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[image error] Vintage wizardry
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The Leading Cricketer in the World was instituted in Wisden 2004. The six previous winners have been Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne, Andrew Flintoff, Muttiah Muralitharan, Jacques Kallis and Virender Sehwag. Players can be chosen more than once for this ...

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Wisden's Leading Cricketer in the World, 2010 - ESPNcricinfo.com

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[image error] Wisden's Leading Cricketer in the World, 2010
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The Leading Cricketer in the World was instituted in Wisden 2004. The six previous winners have been Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne, Andrew Flintoff, Muttiah Muralitharan, Jacques Kallis and Virender Sehwag. Players can be chosen more than once for this ...

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Tendulkar named Wisden's Leading Cricketer - ESPNcricinfo.com

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[image error] Tendulkar named Wisden's Leading Cricketer
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The Leading Cricketer in the World was instituted in Wisden 2004. The six previous winners have been Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne, Andrew Flintoff, Muttiah Muralitharan, Jacques Kallis and Virender Sehwag. Players can be chosen more than once for this ...

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NEHRUVIAN INDIANS - Calcutta Telegraph

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[image error] NEHRUVIAN INDIANS
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Some years ago, I coined the term 'Nehruvian Indian' to describe those who, in their professional and personal lives, "transcended the divisions of race and religion, caste and class, gender and geography". Viewed cynically, the term was a cloak and ...

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