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Manoj Kumar Jha
Manoj Kumar Jha is the national spokesperson of the Rashtriya Janta Dal
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Sankarshan Thakur was not a both sides journalist
September 09, 2025 07:33 IST
He was among those rare journalists who had his ears to the ground, who did not build a brand but an archive
Tue, Sep 09, 2025
From Gaza to Priyanka Gandhi and India’s internal politics: Israel is going too farSubscriber Only
August 13, 2025 14:05 IST
The internal dynamics between India’s government and Opposition are matters of domestic democratic discourse that should never become a plaything for foreign governments
Wed, Aug 13, 2025
Rahul Gandhi, Supreme Court and an undying question: Who is a ‘true Indian’?Subscriber Only
August 05, 2025 12:43 IST
Our Constitution does not lay down a singular prescriptive idea of what it means to be Indian and how patriotism is to be measured. On the contrary, it guarantees the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and expression
Wed, Aug 06, 2025
Delhi’s lose-lose foreign policy approach with Israel and PalestineSubscriber Only
June 28, 2025 07:12 IST
While pursuing perceived strategic advantages through closer ties with Israel, India has neither secured opportunities it seeks nor maintained its moral leadership
Sat, Jun 28, 2025
Citizens’ solidarity cannot become a shield to protect government from questionsSubscriber Only
June 09, 2025 12:44 IST
Standing with the nation means questioning power, demanding better and unfiltered information, and refusing to be silent in the face of injustice
Mon, Jun 09, 2025
India’s amnesia on Bandung conference is a symptom of what ails our foreign policySubscriber Only
May 15, 2025 15:23 IST
India can and must reclaim the distinctive voice that once commanded attention in global forums, not through volume or verbosity, but through the moral clarity and consistency of its positions
Thu, May 15, 2025
Waqf law is an act of economic humiliation dressed in language of procedureSubscriber Only
April 14, 2025 07:29 IST
Any legislation should be judged by whether it is rooted in constitutional values like equality, justice, freedom of religion. The Waqf Act is not
Mon, Apr 14, 2025
Manoj Kumar Jha writes: Images of deported Indians tell a story of larger failuresSubscriber Only
February 07, 2025 11:47 IST
Our society’s inability to provide for all or to instil hope in every corner of the country stands exposed in the videos of those arriving back in India against their will.
Fri, Feb 07, 2025
Manoj Jha writes: UGC is diminishing universitiesSubscriber Only
January 30, 2025 06:59 IST
The 2025 Draft regulation is another exercise in shifting goalposts. The least we can expect from the government is to evaluate the proposed draft regulations on constitutional parameters
Thu, Jan 30, 2025
Dhirendra K Jha explores the rise of the RSS under MS Golwalkar in his new bookSubscriber Only
January 05, 2025 01:00 IST
Jha argues that Golwalkar’s ideology was rooted in a deeply exclusionary conception of national identity, where religious minorities, particularly Muslims, were viewed as potential threats to Hindu cultural supremacy
Sun, Jan 05, 2025
Manoj Kumar Jha writes: Remember Babri Masjid — a demolition, a scarSubscriber Only
December 06, 2024 04:10 IST
Thirty-two years ago, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Sangh Parivar’s intolerance, didn’t only bring down a place of worship. It also rent asunder the social fabric of India - the country is still grieving.
Fri, Dec 06, 2024
What Nehru would tell Modi about democracy and the politics of fearSubscriber Only
November 14, 2024 08:18 IST
True democracy requires that we listen, even when those voices oppose us. For they, too, are India
Thu, Nov 14, 2024
Manoj Kumar Jha writes: My invisible knapsack of privilegeSubscriber Only
October 23, 2024 05:00 IST
I am painfully aware that it requires unpacking. Dismantling entrenched hierarchies is a moral imperative
Wed, Oct 23, 2024
Manoj Jha writes: One Nation, One Election undermines the voter — and Indian democracySubscriber Only
September 18, 2024 19:43 IST
While there are some upsides to conducting fewer and shorter elections, they can easily be achieved by making the system more efficient, instead of overhauling or replacing it. The downsides of One Nation, One Election, however, are numerous and serious
Thu, Sep 19, 2024
Manoj Kumar Jha writes: Government is not the nationSubscriber Only
September 09, 2024 07:01 IST
Constitution helps we, the people, to distinguish between the two.
Mon, Sep 09, 2024
Best of Both Sides: Being part of RSS would undermine neutrality of government officialsSubscriber Only
July 29, 2024 07:11 IST
We must reiterate the facts, as many times as needed, to counter the push to align bureaucratic operations with the RSS’s ideology, effectively seeking to create a parallel system of governance that adheres to the organisation’s principles rather than the Constitution
Mon, Jul 29, 2024
Santosh Singh and Aditya Anmol’s Jannayak traces the life and times of Karpoori Thakur, the socialist leaderSubscriber Only
July 21, 2024 05:30 IST
Like BR Ambedkar, Thakur has been impacting social justice goals more after his death than was acknowledged in his lifetime
Sun, Jul 21, 2024
On the campaign trail, Ambedkar is being disrespectedSubscriber Only
April 17, 2024 15:26 IST
While seemingly invoking B R Ambedkar as a figure of authority, BJP leaders misrepresent Babasaheb’s beliefs and misuse his image for their own ends
Wed, Apr 17, 2024
On suspension of 141 MPs, Manoj Kumar Jha writes: I hope I am not compelled to write another piece soon with the title, ‘RIP Indian Democracy’Subscriber Only
December 20, 2023 16:48 IST
No individual should have the authority to dismiss or exclude members from parliament business in a manner that changes the composition of the House. This goes against the principles of democracy
Sat, Dec 23, 2023
Before ‘panauti’ comment, there was PM Modi and BJP’s vile statementsSubscriber Only
November 24, 2023 15:17 IST
Bar is rightly high for the Opposition. But BJP leaders, spokespersons and those who have its protection have continuously plumbed the depths of human discourse and come up with the vilest of expressions
Fri, Nov 24, 2023
As the country’s values erode, imagining a letter from Jawaharlal Nehru to IndiansSubscriber Only
November 14, 2023 17:52 IST
At the time of Independence, we knew that India’s diversity should not only be protected but celebrated
Wed, Nov 15, 2023
Poetry is the soul of politics. It belongs in ParliamentSubscriber Only
October 01, 2023 11:54 IST
To my colleagues who objected when I recited Omprakash Valmiki’s poem, ‘Thakur ka kuan’ in the House: What exactly do you have a problem with?
Sun, Oct 01, 2023
Only spectacle, no substanceSubscriber Only
September 25, 2023 07:55 IST
Note on which Parliament’s special session closed — communal slurs from a ruling party MP — disabuse us of any notions of specialness or newness
Sun, Sep 24, 2023
Shocking communal slur shows there is nothing ‘new’ in new Parliament buildingSubscriber Only
September 23, 2023 11:17 IST
The construction of expensive architectural spectacles does not translate into moral legitimacy
Mon, Sep 25, 2023
Manoj Kumar Jha writes: On Parliament, government is trying to gaslight Opposition – it won’t workSubscriber Only
August 31, 2023 14:30 IST
Government has used everything it has — numerical strength, suspensions, turning off mics and cameras — to browbeat the Opposition and derail house proceedings. And then it plays victim
Fri, Sep 01, 2023
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