Bharatiya Janata Party

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What Mahalanobis Got Right About National Identity – and the BJP Gets Wrong

Abhinav Srinivasan 26/01/2020

Like Mahalanobis, the current government mistakenly believes that a...

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Why It Shouldn’t Be so Difficult for a Woman to Fly Gaganyaan First – But Is

Virjana Dwarkan and Kapil Subramanian 17/01/2020

It is not merely that this government is blind...

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Why Climate Change and Bigoted Legislation Are Toxic Bedfellows

Bharath Sundaram 15/01/2020

Nationalist citizenship laws, such as but not limited to...

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Scientists Who Signed Anti-CAA Letter Come Under Government Scanner

Vasudevan Mukunth 09/01/2020

BJP leader Vijay Chauthaiwale shared a document listing all...

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Forget Kiran Bedi’s Om Video – This Is How Scientists Study the Sun’s Sound

The Wire Staff 05/01/2020

While other commentators took Bedi’s claim to the cleaners,...

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The Advent of Environmental Issues in India’s Elections

Amit Ranjan 15/12/2019

Marginalised people suffer through the bulk of the effects...

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Archeologist Who Observed Dig Says No Evidence of Temple Under Babri Masjid

The Wire Staff 08/11/2019

"Underneath the Babri Masjid, there are actually older mosques."