Ramachandra Guha : A historian's view
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May 10 2009
POLITICAL HISTORY
Its own greatest enemy
POLITICAL HISTORY : Its own greatest enemy
The Congress remains, at least in theory, the only national party. Were it to rid itself of control by a single family, it may once more begin to contribute constructively to the redemption of the idea of India, writes Ramachandra Guha.
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Apr 12 2009
POLITICAL HISTORY
With a past to honour
POLITICAL HISTORY : With a past to honour

Despite what it has done to itself in recent years, history should still remember the Indian National Congress as one of the great political parties of the modern world. That, says Ramachandra Guha, explains why he is particularly angry with it.

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Mar 07 2009
REMEMBERANCE
Searching for Charlie
REMEMBERANCE : Searching for Charlie
"If we really love Andrews' memory," said Gandhi when his close friend passed away, then "we may not have hate in us for Englishmen, of whom Andrews was among the best and noblest." Ramachandra Guha visits his grave.
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Feb 04 2009
DEMOCRACY
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Towards positive change
The the machinery and conduct of elections, is robust and intact. But the 'software' of democracy, the processes by which we are governed in-between elections, is corrupt and corroded, writes Ramachandra Guha.
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Jan 03 2009
REMEMBERING M N SRINIVAS
The sensitive sociologist
REMEMBERING M N SRINIVAS : The sensitive sociologist
Any social scientist would give an arm and a leg to coin one new concept. M N Srinivas invented three such, with each resonating widely among the intellectual community, writes Ramachandra Guha
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Nov 23 2008
OPINION: POLITICIANS
Who fits the bill?
OPINION: POLITICIANS : Who fits the bill?
Are there, can there be, Obama-like figures in Indian politics? Ramachandra Guha says Indian political history certainly includes one such person, and one of the modern netas too might be of similar mould.
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Oct 15 2008
POLITICS
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The Hindu Jinnah?
L K Advani's Somnath to Ayodhya yatra in September 1990 promoted discord among different groups just as Jinnah's Direct Action Day in August 1946, which fomented violence between Hindus and Muslims. Yet, comparing Advani to Jinnah may be unfair to the latter, says Ramachandra Guha.
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Sep 28 2008
OPINION/PEOPLE
A forgotten Bengali hero
OPINION/PEOPLE : A forgotten Bengali hero
He designed the general elections, India’s greatest gift to itself. It is time the Bengali mathematician-turned-civil servant got his due, writes Ramachandra Guha.
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Aug 03 2008
OPINION
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Like father, like son
On the evidence of their respective performances in the trust vote, it must be said that the young Abdullah appears to be better qualified for the post he seeks than the young Gandhi is for the job some think should be his by right of birth, writes Ramachandra Guha.
Jul 01 2008
OPINION
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Borderland travails
The Indian government has a responsibility to understand and respect the people who live on its peripheries; so do the citizens who live in states more keen to count themselves as part of India, 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.