BJP leaders calling for a change only reflect this desire. In its November 30, 1949 issue, the RSS mouthpiece, Organiser, left no ambiguity and stated: 'The worst about the new Constitution of Bharat is that there is nothing Bharatiya about it.'

The published version carries no questions. Instead Modi’s ‘answers’ are bundled under sub-headings. So we decided to ‘come in’ with our ‘own’ questions which we would have asked if the opportunity had come to us.

It needs to be recalled that the current stance of the BJP stands in sharp contrast to its posture a decade ago.

As a role model for people who wish to stay imprisoned by their conscience, like him, Admiral Ramdas, after retirement spoke for disarmament, civil liberties, equality, and more, but above all, for humanity.

The primary intention behind pushing simultaneous polls is to weaken multi-party democracy under which different parties govern in states and replace it with a one-party system with absolute power.

An apocalyptic part of the August 15 story, that independent India thought it was on its way to heal, is the Partition of the sub-continent that followed. The divides being sought to be recreated resemble that side of the coin more than the unifying message of modern India in 1950.

Ideas birthed in the course of this agitation have completely reconfigured India. But people will one day see through it.

If corruption is a principal pillar of the BJP’s electoral plank for 2024, Modi needs to explain his hyperbolic praise for the former US president, who is mired in a series of criminal probes. 

Women ‘like her’, more often than not, get accused of a several ‘crimes’ almost immediately after stepping into public life.

Modi has always been aware of the power of how the leader is ‘presented’. Where he scores over his peers is the additional flank of religion through which he makes inroads and creates a following for himself in the psyche of people.

Earlier, there was supreme overconfidence, most matters ran on an auto-pilot mode. However, now, a series of knee-jerk, hastily conceived actions and reactions could be seen – for instance, the hastily drafted and passed Women’s Reservation Bill.

A new book takes known material and tries to present fresh light on the Congress party leader and shows why he is no 'Pappu'.

Music before mosques is played with full knowledge that Islam considers music as morally improper and thereby proscribes its performance.

The president is in fact, not just an all-abiding titular head, but has the capacity to act on her own. The decision to act or not is however the president’s. In this regard, President Murmu should follow the example of K.R. Narayanan and A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

In this piece inspired by Ashok Mitra's legendary 1969 column 'Calcutta Every Day', Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay captures the woes of contemporary Indian society in Mitra's chaotic style.

The objective of these publicised meetings in Egypt was certainly to project that Modi bears no grudge against Muslims. They were eye-catching.

Politicos harness India’s communally polarised socio-political battlegrounds for electoral gains. India’s struggle to maintain social harmony may appear futile like Sisyphus rolling the boulder up the hill, but the confidence gained during ascendance is what will overcome our gloom.

All pretences are dropped. A visit to Modi's former school will ensure that children who visit the prime ministerial hometown become “catalysts of change”.

The same denial is recycled time and again when the government is talking about India's fall in the World Press Freedom Index rankings.

After asserting that the documentary on elephants exemplifies diverse Indian traditions, will Modi bestow carnivorous birds, the carers and their people with a similar commendation?