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Anand K. Sahay

Anand K. Sahay

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India’s Political Landscape Shows BJP’s Counter-Revolution Game Is Afoot

From the soundings an observer may take just before the first polling for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on April 19, politically, the chips look to be...

13.04.2024 30

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Anand K. Sahay

Why Blocking Congress's Funds Is Worse Than Watergate

As derail democracy projects go, the Watergate scandal of the early ‘70s, which forced the resignation of President Richard Nixon, is exceeded in...

29.03.2024 30

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Anand K. Sahay

Ayodhya: The Humble Pilgrim Has Taken a Back Seat Amid a Costly Makeover to Drive Religious Tourism

The mystique of religion flounders here; spirituality hurries to take a back seat in New India’s new Ayodhya. Today the most striking visual of that...

04.03.2024 5

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How Has the Bihar Political Landscape Changed Since Nitish Kumar's Crossover to the BJP?

On sober reflection, after ditching the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led Mahagathbandhan and switching back to the BJP’s side just before the upcoming...

06.02.2024 20

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Ayodhya: How Would Tulsidas Take Stock of the Day After?

A state-sponsored temple to Lord Ram may have been inaugurated in Ayodhya on January 22, but the show was, really speaking, dedicated to Prime...

24.01.2024 10

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Are We Headed for an Open Autocracy?

We are in a time of momentous transition. Recent events suggest that as a nation we could be headed for life-altering turbulence. Separately, each...

27.12.2023 6

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Forging Genuine Solidarity With Each Other Is the Way Forward for the INDIA Alliance

The questions are important: After the Congress party was blown away in the recent assembly elections to the three north Indian states of Madhya...

17.12.2023 5

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Anand K. Sahay

Israel's Goal of Eliminating Hamas is a Red Herring, Evicting Palestinians from Gaza is the Real Aim

In the middle of the short-duration pause in Israel’s one-sided pounding of the tiny Gaza strip, aimed at securing the return of Israeli nationals...

05.12.2023 4

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Anand K. Sahay

Despite INDIA Parties' Unease, Congress is the Ideological Counter to the BJP

What cannot be doubted is the ideological indispensability of the Congress party, especially its current dominant strain represented by Rahul Gandhi,...

08.11.2023 7

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What India Is Getting Wrong About the Israel-Hamas Conflict

There is an unprecedented quality about the October 7 attack by the Gaza-based Palestinian group Hamas inside Israel which has the potential to alter...

16.10.2023 6

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Anand K. Sahay

Throttling What Remains of Independent Media in India

Satan, like God, works round the clock. Thus it is that, of all days, on October 2, Gandhi Jayanti, a day that is meant to celebrate the ideals of...

05.10.2023 9

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Ramesh Bidhuri’s Slurs Were an Attack on the Constitution of India

The filthy words spoken with vehemence ― and evident premeditation, considering the ease with which they flowed over a small interval in a pause,...

04.10.2023 10

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Looking Past the Government Narrative Around the G20 Summit

Was it air – or water? The recent G20 summit held in New Delhi can be said to be “maya” which, in the later Vedic texts, is said to connote a...

17.09.2023 10

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Anand K. Sahay

A G20 Summit in a Country Where an FIR Is Filed Against a Journalists' Body's Report...

There will be bushels of embarrassment for India when Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets his G20 guests later this week. Striking among them is the...

07.09.2023 4

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