He will surely be missed as the country braces to strengthen its military prowess General Bipin Rawat (1958-2021) (Photo: Getty Images) THE TRAGIC DEMISE of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash on December 8th in Tamil Nadu, seven minutes before he was to reach his destination along with … Continue reading General Bipin Rawat (1958-2021): An Officer and a Gentleman
politics
CP Surendran marshals powerful characters to link the old and the new
CP Surendran (Illustration: Saurabh Singh) CP SURENDRAN’S NEW novel One Love and the Many Lives of Osip B is centred on the love story of a young adult named Osip Bala Krishnan, who, as a student of a boarding school in the cantonment town of Kasauli, falls in love with his English teacher. Elizabeth Hill, who is … Continue reading CP Surendran marshals powerful characters to link the old and the new
A Setback for the Gandhis
Rahul Gandhi at a roadshow at Sulthan Bathery, Kerala, April 1, 2021 Rebel Congress leaders of the G-23 are expected to revive their calls for an organisational rejig That Congress saw Kerala as an island of hope for its first family, the Gandhis, was evident in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Sensing a huge setback … Continue reading A Setback for the Gandhis
Thomas Blom Hansen’s new book looks at RSS goals vs Constitutional rights
THOMAS BLOM HANSEN is one of the world’s foremost scholars of Hindu nationalism. Which is why his books continue to generate tremendous interest among academics and non-academics alike. His latest one, The Law of Force: The Violent Heart of Indian Politics (Aleph; 176 pages; Rs 499), which released recently and traces the chequered history of political violence … Continue reading Thomas Blom Hansen’s new book looks at RSS goals vs Constitutional rights
Indian Farmers Versus Narendra Modi’s Propaganda Machine
Hundreds of thousands of India’s farmers have been camping on the roads leading to New Delhi in an unprecedented protest that has lasted more than two months but has not been given its proportional share of attention, either from the media or the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for its merit and legitimacy. The … Continue reading Indian Farmers Versus Narendra Modi’s Propaganda Machine
Katharina Volckmer’s Debut Novel ‘The Appointment’ Explores Germany’s Historical Baggage in a Personal and Political way
IT IS A MONOLOGUE in just over 100 pages and it is only towards the end that the reader recognises the root of the problem the narrator is trying to address: historical guilt. Specifically, the German historical guilt of its Nazi past, which, according to the author, needs more resolute acts of reconciliation proportionate to … Continue reading Katharina Volckmer’s Debut Novel ‘The Appointment’ Explores Germany’s Historical Baggage in a Personal and Political way
India vs China: Shed Muscular Politics and Tread The Path of Peace
THE SAVAGE KILLINGS of Indian soldiers by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops in the freezing cold of Ladakh’s Galwan Valley on June 15th—with iron rods, clubs and other improvised weapons rarely used in modern combat—raise enormous concerns about the likelihood of an escalation of armed conflict, especially because tempers are high following weeks of … Continue reading India vs China: Shed Muscular Politics and Tread The Path of Peace
‘Biggest Drivers of Kerala’s Success are Women Empowerment and Political Competition’
Professor Robin Bannerman Jeffrey is one of the foremost authorities on Kerala’s development and politics. For decades, he has written about India, from Punjab to Kerala and on subjects as varied as media to mobile phones. Jeffrey, now 75, was born and raised in Canada before he went to England to study and later travelled to … Continue reading ‘Biggest Drivers of Kerala’s Success are Women Empowerment and Political Competition’
How Arvind Kejriwal Evolved as a Politician to Lead AAP to Another Landslide in Delhi
INSIDE THE AAM AADMI PARTY’S (AAP) nondescript headquarters at 206, Rouse Avenue, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, the likes of Manisha Pande, a yoga therapist, have been dancing away for hours. She and her friends had been on their feet even when Arvind Kejriwal and his lieutenants made a grand appearance in the afternoon of … Continue reading How Arvind Kejriwal Evolved as a Politician to Lead AAP to Another Landslide in Delhi
Will the Money Laundering Probe of CC Thampi Open a Can of Worms?
FOR PEOPLE WHO know him well, Cheruvathur Chekkutty Thampi, popularly known as CC Thampi, is famous for his self-effacing ways and unassuming demeanour. A peer who has known him well from the early 1980s and has seen his rapid and stratospheric rise to a business tycoon in the 1990s says that Thampi, who has interests … Continue reading Will the Money Laundering Probe of CC Thampi Open a Can of Worms?
Ullekh NP 