Essay History of betrayalsA.G. NOORANIThe National Security Adviser’s rants against Jammu and Kashmir’s Constitution stem from not only ignorance of history but also the fascist mindset of
Essay Politics of historyA.G. NooraniThe Sangh Parivar is at war with India’s history, which is in no small measure aided by the British rulers’ interpretations and interventions. The Som
Essay Vande Mataram: Text in ContextA.G. NOORANIVande Mataram has now emerged as the battle cry of militant Hindutva as the Sangh Parivar discards all veneer of a pluralistic ethos in the nation’s c
Essay The wrongs in Kashmir A.G. NOORANI It is hard to imagine a more even-handed report than the “Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir” by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
Essay RSS & EmergencyA.G. NOORANIThe RSS and its flock in the BJP have no locus standi to make noises about the Emergency. Its own leaders grovelled before the Congress dispensation t
Essay Pranab’s mission with a purpose A.G. NooraniThe former President of India consciously gave the RSS the respectability it has long coveted. The RSS, in return, removed his deceptive cloak and gav
What ails Kashmir?A.G. NOORANIKashmir’s leaders must abandon their all-or-nothing approach and launch a “peace offensive” to resurrect the Four-Point Formula of 2006 that would mak
Essay Modi & dissentA.G. NooraniThe state has turned a libeller with intimidation as its weapon, inspiring mobs and using them as its tools. To what depths will Narendra Modi and Ami
Essay Solutions for a hung legislatureA.G. NOORANIThe Constitution Drafting Committee dropped at the very last minute the Instruments of Instructions for the President and the Governors because it was
Essay Farce of impeachmentA.G. NOORANIThe institution of impeachment of judges is obsolete. The time has come for a non-partisan attempt at reform. The proposed law should provide for both
Essay Of Ajit Bolton & John DovalA.G. NOORANIForeign policymaking is a sphere where dissenting voices are indispensable. Certitude, a vice of the ideologue, leads to disaster. But in the U.S. and
Essay Crisis in judiciaryA.G. NOORANIThe existence of the power to select colleagues on the bench over which the Chief Justice of India presides or to allocate cases to his colleagues is
Is a reversal of bank nationalisation on the cards? Calls for privatisation have grown louder just as public sector banks clean up their balance sheets.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.