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Meghnad Desai
Meghnad Desai loves to cook, watch and write about old Bollywood movies and shuttles between London, Delhi and Goa. He pursues controversies on economics, history and anything else which catches his attention. He is also a British parliamentarian sitting in the House of Lords. He has written over 25 books, over 200 articles in learned journals and hundreds of newspaper columns in UK and India.
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Out of my mind: The largest minoritySubscriber Only
April 15, 2018 01:28 IST
In Jammu, the rape of a girl has become an issue of rivalry between communities, with lawyers obstructing the investigation. It is as if the horrendous shock of the Nirbhaya episode and the powerful reaction of men and women from around the world were in vain.
Sun, Apr 15, 2018
Out of my mind: Trust the courtSubscriber Only
April 08, 2018 00:25 IST
That idea is a hallmark of the liberalism which is the foundation of the Constitution. Liberalism presumes a basic equality of rank among all citizens. Yet, the society has no such equality.
Sun, Apr 08, 2018
Out Of My Mind: MinoritarianismSubscriber Only
April 01, 2018 00:04 IST
BJP has a formidable combination in Narendra Modi as a political leader and Amit Shah as an election fighting genius. The Congress has Rahul Gandhi but no one with election fighting record.
Sun, Apr 01, 2018Epic strugglesSubscriber Only
March 25, 2018 03:21 IST
The Congress has refashioned itself (as advised by Cambridge Analytica?) as a liberal Hindu party led by a pucca Brahmin. It is not clear if it has yet developed a new economic philosophy committed to deep structural reforms that will be growth-friendly.
Sun, Mar 25, 2018
Out of my mind: Time to introspect?Subscriber Only
March 18, 2018 00:04 IST
The defeat in Gorakhpur is the least surprising. Who can forget the tragedy of all those children dying in the Gorakhpur hospital just a few months ago? Yogi Adityanath visited the hospital at the moment of high tragedy and failed to notice anything amiss
Sun, Mar 18, 2018
Out of my mind: PoribortonSubscriber Only
March 11, 2018 00:15 IST
Rahul Gandhi finds it difficult to focus on any political chore for a week at a time. Amit Shah, on the other hand, is relentlessly active, fighting election after election. In elections, you need cadres that can work around the clock and leadership which gives them important guidance.
Sun, Mar 11, 2018
Out of my Mind: A short lifeSubscriber Only
March 04, 2018 00:13 IST
Making 300 films in a working life of 50 years must have meant constant work for Sridevi. Few of us work that long with a degree of intensity which is required in commercial movie-making.
Sun, Mar 04, 2018
Out of my mind: A smart StateSubscriber Only
February 25, 2018 01:57 IST
The fraud allegedly committed by Nirav Modi on the Punjab National Bank brings me back to what I have been arguing for the last several years. The legacy of Indira Gandhi is toxic and the Indian economy must be cleansed of it.
Sun, Feb 25, 2018
Out of my mind: Where is AAP?Subscriber Only
February 18, 2018 01:01 IST
But there is a bigger question here. Why is it difficult in India, even after 70 years of democracy, to build non-dynastic grassroots parties which can start modestly at a regional level before wasting their limited strength on larger national ambition?
Sun, Feb 18, 2018
Out of my mind: The Padmavati debacleSubscriber Only
February 11, 2018 01:20 IST
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh may be lost, but that is a problem for Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Modi has to secure the trust of all citizens to win big.
Sun, Feb 11, 2018
Out Of My Mind: All together nowSubscriber Only
February 04, 2018 01:00 IST
Given our federal structure, the idea of holding elections simultaneously in the 29 states plus the Centre is impossible as of now. Some Constitutional amendments will be required.
Sun, Feb 04, 2018
Out of my mind: Suicide wishSubscriber Only
January 28, 2018 00:46 IST
There is one name which is always particularly intriguing and indeed could have changed the course of political history had he got his chance — Jyoti Basu.
Sun, Jan 28, 2018
Out of my mind: Kurukshetra 2019Subscriber Only
January 21, 2018 02:36 IST
Within four years of coming to power, Narendra Modi has transformed the political ideological map of India.
Sun, Jan 21, 2018
Out of my mind: A hole in the heartSubscriber Only
January 14, 2018 01:08 IST
The appointments to the Supreme Court were originally entrusted to the elected government. It was Indira Gandhi’s spectacular misuse of that power to subvert and intimidate judges which caused a questioning of that arrangement
Sun, Jan 14, 2018
Out of my mind: The battle beginsSubscriber Only
January 07, 2018 01:30 IST
The battle lines for 2019 will be drawn around Congress representing an inclusive Hindu identity. The Opposition will paint the BJP as anti-Dalit, recalling the suicide of Rohith Vemula and other incidents.
Sun, Jan 07, 2018
Out of my mind: A roller-coaster yearSubscriber Only
December 31, 2017 01:22 IST
Twelve months on, there has been no nuclear war between the US and North Korea.
Sun, Dec 31, 2017
Out of my mind: What next?Subscriber Only
December 24, 2017 00:03 IST
The Congress realised its limited popularity and sought the help of young leaders of caste-based agitations and took 16 seats off the BJP. Not enough to win but sure to give Modi a warning that 2019 will be a tough fight
Sun, Dec 24, 2017
Out of my mind: Gujarat could be a watershedSubscriber Only
December 17, 2017 00:09 IST
If the Congress makes a dent in the BJP’s majority tomorrow, the Hindutva lite approach will become the new Congress ideology. It does not have to be much.
Sun, Dec 17, 2017
Out of my mind: Contests and electionsSubscriber Only
December 10, 2017 01:47 IST
The Congress has had very few contested elections in its entire history. Once Gandhiji became its leader, he nominated the candidate for party president and the All India Congress Committee duly voted for the sole candidate.
Sun, Dec 10, 2017
Out of my mind: Does it matter?Subscriber Only
December 03, 2017 00:44 IST
Rahul Gandhi visits every temple he can and offers puja in an ostentatious way which Congress leaders never did before. But now the battle for Hindu votes in Gujarat is fully engaged.
Sun, Dec 03, 2017
Out of my mind: Tyrants and heroesSubscriber Only
November 26, 2017 02:03 IST
Indira Gandhi was also a hero who became a villain when, for the one and only time in the history of independent India, she established a constitutional dictatorship.
Sun, Nov 26, 2017
Out of my mind: Changing signalsSubscriber Only
November 19, 2017 00:17 IST
It is too early to say whether this will yield results, but in Gujarat, the Congress cannot lose. This is because though the BJP will win, it is unlikely to do better than Modi did in 2012
Sun, Nov 19, 2017
Out of my Mind: Keep changingSubscriber Only
November 12, 2017 00:15 IST
The BJP should be proud that it has undertaken several policy initiatives which have begun to clear the decades of debris left from earlier economic policies.
Sun, Nov 12, 2017
Out of my mind: A meltdownSubscriber Only
November 05, 2017 01:18 IST
Theresa May has proved to be a much weaker Prime Minister than anyone thought possible. But in a way, her weakness is her strength. She won the election in June 2017, but her weakness made Jeremy Corbyn, the hard Left Labour leader, look like a hero.
Sun, Nov 05, 2017
Out of my mind: A costly utopiaSubscriber Only
October 29, 2017 01:10 IST
India copied the Soviet model of economic development. Investment was made in machines to make machines, rather than in agriculture or consumer goods, because that was how the Soviet Union had become industrialised in a single generation.
Sun, Oct 29, 2017Journalism of Courage
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