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 [...]
Dr Martin Luther King’s Dalit Correspondence, Hindustan Times
In February 1959, Dr Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta arrived in India on a three week visit. The American civil rights leader’s pilgrimage to the land of Gandhi [...]
Why Mahatma Gandhi Would Not Have Wanted A Grand New Temple in Ayodhya, Hindustan Times
In 1932, a young Christian priest named Verrier Elwin was thrown out of his Church. Educated at Oxford, Elwin made his home among the Gonds of central India. He sought [...]