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Constitutional Minorityism: India as A Religious Apartheid State

Posted on Dec 1, 2017Dec 30, 2020 by Sankrant Sanu

Cover picture updated Dec 30, 2020 Former prime minister Manmohan Singh had famously said that ‘minorities have the first claim on (the country’s) resources’. While this was hailed as a ‘secular’ statement,…

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Love Jihad is more than just a Conspiracy Theory

Posted on Aug 31, 2014Oct 14, 2020 by Sankrant Sanu

The “Love Jihad” controversy has been generating more heat than light. NDTV’s Sreenivasan Jain weighed in with an analysis of rape numbers by community, without normalising for relative population sizes. While Rupa Subramanya critiqued the…

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Indian Left’s support for Palestine follows European script and history

Posted on Jul 19, 2014Oct 23, 2016 by Sankrant Sanu

[New Delhi: Left leaders protest against Israel’s attack on Gaza at Parliament House in New Delhi on July 18. PTI Photo by Atul Yadav]   Palestine is a pivotal cause for the…

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On Leadership and Government

Posted on Oct 14, 2009Aug 22, 2013 by Sankrant Sanu

Recently, I was privileged to hear Dr. Abdul Kalam speak at The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE) event in Seattle on the topic “Entrepreneurs in a nation’s development: Vision 2020.” In the context of…

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Hit Pakistan army where it hurts — its funding

Posted on Dec 22, 2008Aug 22, 2013 by Sankrant Sanu

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited Islamabad  and gave 6 million pounds (about Rs 433 million) to Pakistan’s government as a reward for the attacks on Mumbai, carried out by trained Pakistani militants….

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The Crisis of Governance: What India can learn from America

Posted on Jun 15, 2008Aug 22, 2013 by Sankrant Sanu

We have been busy learning many a thing in adopting a Western lifestyle—among these consumerism, new means of environmental destruction and a fragmenting social structure—yet we haven’t emulated the American systems that…

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The Land of Equality, Part I

Posted on Apr 28, 2006Apr 30, 2018 by Sankrant Sanu

In my quest far and wide for a society that had achieved equality I reached the Republic of Ladnam. At the border, there was a big arched gate made of stone. On it were…

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Are Indians Corrupt?

Posted on Mar 5, 2004Aug 22, 2013 by Sankrant Sanu

In his recent Republic Day address, Indian president Abdul Kalam spoke about what has become a hot topic in India today. He said: “…There are only three members of the society who…

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Why India Is A Nation

Posted on Oct 9, 2003Jul 1, 2014 by Sankrant Sanu

One of the oft-repeated urban myths that sometimes pops-up in conversation even among many educated, well meaning Indians is that India as a nation is a British creation.

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The Empire Within

Posted on May 29, 2003Aug 22, 2013 by Sankrant Sanu

Sankrant Sanu responds to Arundhati Roy’s speech at the World Social Forum Dear Arundhati: I enjoyed reading your first novel. I respect some of the stands you have taken. I write this…

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