Ramachandra Guha's Blog, page 27

Past and prejudice - Daily Pioneer

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Daily Pioneer
Ramachandra Guha is fully conscious of this truism. His book, Makers of Modern India, deals with 19 mainly well-known, and a few lesser-known, personalities ...

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PROPHETS OUTCAST - Calcutta Telegraph

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Calcutta Telegraph
[image error] PROPHETS OUTCAST
Calcutta Telegraph
In the second week of November, when President Barack Obama flew eastwards out of New Delhi towards Indonesia, I myself left my home town, Bangalore, ...

Give and let give - Hindustan Times

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Hindustan Times
(Ramachandra Guha is the author of India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy. The views expressed by the author are personal)

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THE LESSONS OF BIHAR - Calcutta Telegraph

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Calcutta Telegraph
[image error] THE LESSONS OF BIHAR
Calcutta Telegraph
Two years ago, when Barack Obama was elected president of the United States of America, the question was asked, who can be an Indian Obama? ...

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APPAMS ARE YUM - Calcutta Telegraph

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Calcutta Telegraph
[image error] APPAMS ARE YUM
Calcutta Telegraph
The finest meal I have had was in the Admaru Mutt, a home for priests connected to the famous old Krishna temple in Udupi. The year was 1994 and I had come ...

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REFUGEES AND THE REPUBLIC - Calcutta Telegraph

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Calcutta Telegraph
[image error] REFUGEES AND THE REPUBLIC
Calcutta Telegraph
At a meeting in Chennai that I recently attended, an official of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, herself a Swiss national, remarked that ...

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Book: Makers of Modern India - Indian Express

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Indian Express
Ramachandra Guha is, quite evidently, a man dissatisfied. He is displeased that our politicians are not as well-read nor, in his opinion, ...

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Nehru And The Gandhis - Outlook (blog)

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Outlook (blog)
the present president of the Congress has followed the example of Indira and Rajiv rather than Nehru. Thus, she was the chief guest at the inauguration of ...

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WATCH THE SPACE - Calcutta Telegraph

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Calcutta Telegraph
[image error] WATCH THE SPACE
Calcutta Telegraph
Look this man named Ramchandra Guha, who is hell-bent upon insulting Lord Ram. Your parents were certainly stupids who named you after Lord Ram. ...

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