Ramachandra Guha : A historian's view
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Feb 14 2010
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
A serpent in paradise
FREEDOM OF SPEECH : A serpent in paradise
The UGC and the Ministry of HRD must rehabilitate a fine scholar persecuted merely for asking that a place of learning focus on the practice of learning, writes Ramachandra Guha.
Jan 24 2010
GANDHI AND THE CONGRESS
Man with a vision
GANDHI AND THE CONGRESS : Man with a vision
Had Gandhi chosen to stay on in South Africa, the Republic would have taken a less democratic shape. And the Congress may still have been a club for English-speaking gentlemen, writes Ramachandra Guha.
Dec 22 2009
NAXALISM
Social banditry
NAXALISM : Social banditry
In their readiness to identify with the oppressed, Naxalites are in contrast to the bureaucrat, the politician and the police officer, but they are not revolutionaries, writes Ramachandra Guha.
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Dec 06 2009
THE NUCLEAR ESTABLISHMENT
Our atom state
THE NUCLEAR ESTABLISHMENT : Our atom state
The atomic energy programme is an economic failure as well as an environmental disaster. Moreover, by its very functioning, the AEC has undermined the democratic ideals of the nation, writes Ramachandra Guha.
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Nov 15 2009
OBITUARY
The honest leftist
OBITUARY : The honest leftist
K Balagopal refused to accept, from either State or Maoist, the justification of "a culture and mentality which celebrates power and use of force in society", writes Ramachandra Guha.
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Oct 10 2009
OPINION: SECULARISM
The beauty of compromise
OPINION: SECULARISM : The beauty of compromise
An excess of secularism may be as problematic as bigotry, whereas pragmatism is in salutary contrast to both of those, writes Ramachandra Guha.
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Sep 13 2009
THE WORLD STAGE
Superpower fantasies
THE WORLD STAGE : Superpower fantasies
Rather than seek to dominate or tower above other nations, the republic of India must seek to be less discontented and less divided within, writes Ramachandra Guha.
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Aug 16 2009
INDEPENDENCE
The absent celebrant
INDEPENDENCE : The absent celebrant
Wherever we are this August 15, we would do well to remember, and take heed of, what a very wise Indian said and did on this day 62 years ago, writes Ramachandra Guha.
Jul 04 2009
OPINION: HIGHER EDUCATION
The chancellors' vice
OPINION: HIGHER EDUCATION : The chancellors' vice
The quality of teaching and research in Indian universities has rapidly declined. Surely this has something to do with the manner in which we appoint those at their helm, writes Ramachandra Guha.
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Jun 12 2009
GOVERNANCE
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Questions of policy
Policy issues in the mainstream media tend to be about the economy. It is time that we pay closer attention to education, health, environment and foreign affairs, writes Ramachandra Guha.
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Ramachandra Guha is a well-known historian, and a regular columnist with The Telegraph of Calcutta. His writings are republished here by arrangement.