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You may recall that after winning the general election in 2014, Narendra Modi prostrated himself at the portal of parliament house (a…
Badri Raina
Badri Raina is a well-known commentator on politics, culture and society. His columns on the Znet have a global following. Raina taught English literature at the University of Delhi for over four decades and is the author of the much acclaimed Dickens and the Dialectic of Growth. He has several collections of poems and translations. His writings have appeared in nearly all major English dailies and journals in India.
When the honourable Union home minister blurted “Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar” in parliament last week, it was as though he had finally…
Even such politicians and citizens who per necessity sport only a scant, pro-forma allegiance to the principle of electoral democracy in India…
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Back in 2022, addressing the Rotary International World Convention virtually, Prime minister Narendra Modi had said “India is the land of the Buddha and…
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Was there a more ominously forgettable idea spawned in independent India that all governments once elected simultaneously must be made independent of…
In a purposefully detailed judgment on the grant of bail to a citizen accused under the draconian Prevention of Money Laundering Act,…
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