Why Sonia Gandhi Should Read Ibn Khaldun, The Telegraph
In January 2013, when the Congress was in power at the Centre and General Elections were more than a year away, I published a column on Rahul Gandhi in the [...]
Godse Worship Goes Mainstream, Hindustan Times
In the early 1990s, the veteran Gandhian Dr Sushila Nayar, was in the temple town of Ayodhya, on a mission to promote communal harmony. At an inter-faith prayer meeting she [...]
The Modi Government’s War On The Intellect, The Telegraph
A term greatly beloved of the Modi Government is ‘surgical strike’. It was first invoked in September 2016, after a cross-border raid undertaken by the Indian Army on camps in [...]
Jallianwala Bagh In Memory And History, The Telegraph
On 13th April 1919—exactly a hundred years ago—a British Brigadier-General named Reginald Dyer ordered his troops to fire on a crowd gathered in a place called Jallianwala Bagh, not far [...]
In Praise Of the Dalai Lama, The Telegraph
In the last week of March 1959—exactly sixty years ago—the Dalai Lama fled to India, after a rebellion by his fellow Tibetans had been brutally crushed by the Chinese military. [...]
Celebrating Club Cricket in Bengaluru, Hindustan Times
In 1992, I published a book on India’s favourite sport. One reviewer, a Mumbaikar named Rajdeep Sardesai, commented in exasperation that ‘Guha’s sometimes excessive love for the cricketers of Karnataka [...]