National Register of Citizens

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, National Register of Citizens, National Population Register, caste distance, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, BR Ambedkar, MK Gandhi, photographic profiloscope, profiloscope, Bharatiya Janata Party, Hindu Mahasabha, Atul Krishna Sur, Brija Shankar Guha, West Bengal, upper caste, lower caste, pan-Indian nationalism, right-wing nationalism,

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 Bolsonaro Represents the Real Threat to Modi’s NRC Agenda

Raghu Karnad 25/01/2020

The presence of the Brazilian president at Republic Day...

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How Nehru’s Politics Hobbled Modern India’s Use of Technology for Development

Shankar Sunil Nair 24/01/2020

'Midnight Machines' by Arun Mohan Sukumar effectively demonstrates that...

Soldiers of the Indian Army during a practice drill. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Get Wired 30/6: Tawde in Scam, Lack of Bulletproof Vests, Priyanka’s Land Deal, and More

The Wire Staff 30/06/2015

Enforcement Directorate officials sent to Singapore on Lalit Modi’s...