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Pushparaj Deshpande
Pushparaj is an analyst with the Indian National Congress. He has earlier worked with Members of Parliament on legislation and policy matters.
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Message from exit polls: To fight the BJP, INDIA must focus on ideology and make way for young bloodSubscriber Only
June 01, 2024 20:44 IST
We must also work resolutely to a five-year plan to breathe life into our shared goals. Anything less will be a grave disservice to our people and our nation.
Sat, Jun 01, 2024
INDIA members write: Opposition rally is a clarion call for citizens to help save our democracySubscriber Only
March 31, 2024 12:50 IST
BJP’s actions — splintering Opposition parties, arresting chief ministers — prove it doesn’t think this election is sealed. It can still be won by progressive forces, but to do so will need all of our combined efforts
Sun, Mar 31, 2024
Posture and policySubscriber Only
July 04, 2017 01:07 IST
The Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) are two policy instruments that are expressly designed at undoing the baneful hierarchies of the past, accelerate the empowerment of SC/STs and further the vision of an equitable society.
Tue, Jul 04, 2017
Dalit attack: Gujarat govt has been acting like a dominant community in a villageSubscriber Only
July 21, 2016 10:39 IST
How do ordinary human beings going about their lives abruptly become extremely antagonistic towards their Dalit neighbours?
Thu, Jul 21, 2016
This is why the Congress is against BJP’s afforestation effortsSubscriber Only
June 29, 2016 15:14 IST
It’s evident that the CAMPA is neither about conservation nor vikaas. It is a direct consequence of BJP’s deep ideological aversion to Adivasis (as also Dalits and minorities).
Wed, Jun 29, 2016
The KG(aseous) balloon: The end of the Modi dream?Subscriber Only
May 10, 2016 15:24 IST
The issue is not just about Modi ji’s gaseous exaggerations. It is also about diversion of public funds and corruption.
Wed, May 11, 2016
Women’s Day: Why do we continue to make our homes cesspools of hierarchy, inequality?Subscriber Only
March 08, 2016 14:09 IST
For a country so fixated on growth and global leadership, it’s extremely counterproductive to suppress half our talent pool.
Tue, Mar 08, 2016
‘Oppression for the sake of the country is oppression of the country’Subscriber Only
February 24, 2016 08:07 IST
If the BJP were genuinely in love with the idea of India, as millions of Indians are, they would protect and uphold the constitutional idea of India, which defines who we are as a people.
Wed, Feb 24, 2016
Patiala House assault shows why there is no rule of lawSubscriber Only
February 17, 2016 21:11 IST
If we sincerely claim to be a civilized and modern society, do we really think its justified for a mob to take the law into their hand to mete out what they believe is justice?
Thu, Feb 18, 2016
Is BJP’s patriotism so skin deep it gets offended by students engaging in dialogue?Subscriber Only
February 15, 2016 15:55 IST
The BJP on its part conveniently ignored that the JNU Students’ Union, as well as all student groups (except ABVP) criticised the divisive sloganeering in a civilised and peaceful manner.
Mon, Feb 15, 2016
NDA destroying MGNREGA: Has Modi forgotten ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’?Subscriber Only
February 02, 2016 18:47 IST
The NDA has made concerted efforts to dilute the MGNREGA, and evidence suggests this is solely because it was spearheaded by a Congress government.
Wed, Feb 03, 2016
What BJP forced Hyderabad University to do was govt sponsored social terrorismSubscriber Only
January 21, 2016 12:38 IST
For any educational institution to summarily suspend students for expressing their views (even if they were on Yakub Menon or Muzaffarnagar) is against the very concept of a free and open dialectic.
Thu, Jan 21, 2016
Intolerance debate: Each perspective must not just be endured, but also celebratedSubscriber Only
December 04, 2015 17:42 IST
Hostility to diversity has become worryingly mainstream, and ‘tolerance’ is at the centre of that problem.
Fri, Dec 04, 2015
Revisiting Jawaharlal Nehru’s India on his 126th birth anniversarySubscriber Only
November 14, 2015 11:22 IST
It would do the BJP well to gauge Jawaharlal Nehru on facts, rather than venal fabrications
Sun, Nov 15, 2015
PM Narendra Modi’s claims at Delhi Economics Conclave: Truth is deadSubscriber Only
November 07, 2015 14:13 IST
From inflation to social sector spending to reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at the Delhi Economic Conclave has proved that Truth is dead.
Sat, Nov 07, 2015
Rising intolerance: What is at stake is the very soul of IndiaSubscriber Only
October 20, 2015 13:53 IST
What most Indians who voted for the BJP don’t realise (or accept) is that they were duped by Prime Minister Modi.
Sat, Nov 07, 2015
PM Narendra Modi owes it to us to ‘hold aloft the torch of freedom’Subscriber Only
October 13, 2015 14:55 IST
In lamenting PM Modi’s dilemma (damned if he does and equally damned if he doesn’t), Chandan Mitra, in classic propagandist fashion, first provides us with a cleansed version of what happened to Mohammad and Danish Akhlaq in Uttar Pradesh. A rejoinder is necessary.
Sat, Nov 07, 2015Journalism of Courage
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