Opinion: 3 Traits Of Modi That Have Cost India Dearly - by Ramachandra Guha

Ramachandra Guha | Monday June 08, 2020

Narendra Modi has been a disappointment as a Prime Minister not because he has bad advisers or because some good advisers died relatively young, but because of his own faults and failings. There are three character traits in particular that help explain why, despite the two resounding electoral mandates he has won, Narendra Modi has not been able to deliver the sort o...

Opinion: No, China Will Not Conquer The World - by Ramachandra Guha

Ramachandra Guha | Wednesday May 27, 2020

The Chinese might grow even more prosperous and powerful, and yet China shall never attract the range of friends and admirers in other countries that their great rival, the United States, has, and will.

Opinion: What Modi Got Wrong On Covid-19 And How He Can Fix It - By Ramachandra Guha

Ramachandra Guha | Tuesday May 12, 2020

As the panel discussion I listened to so strikingly showed, the country has a vast array of scientific and administrative expertise that the Prime Minister and the union government can call upon for advice in coping with a post-COVID world. Whether they are large-hearted and open-minded enough to do so is, of course, another matter altogether.

Opinion: Via Virus Crisis, Modi Furthers Cult Of His Personality - By Ramachandra Guha

Ramachandra Guha | Thursday April 30, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has however changed everything. It has given Narendra Modi and his government the opportunity to weaken the federal structure and radically strengthen the powers of the centre vis-a-vis the states.

Opinion: Give Us Kerala Model Over Gujarat Model, Any Day - By Ramachandra Guha

Ramachandra Guha | Wednesday April 22, 2020

For all their flaws, the state and people of Kerala have many things to teach us, who live in the rest of India. We forgot about their virtues in the past decade, but now these virtues are once more being discussed, to both inspire and chastise us. The success of the state in the past and in the present have rested on science, transparency, decentralization, and socia...

Opinion: The Staggering Vanity of India's Powerful

Ramachandra Guha | Saturday February 07, 2015

Ramachandra Guha on the narcissism of our scholars and scientists.

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