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The God that Indian liberalism has forgotten

At its core, liberalism seeks to protect the individual against compulsion. But why should we care about the individual? A leading response was that individuals were entitled to freedom because God had endowed them with reason. (Wikimedia Commons)
Published on May 29, 2026 10:53 pm IST

BJP firebrand Haribhushan Thakur ‘Bachol’ from Bisfi trails RJD’s Asif Ahmad

Haribhushan Thakur 'Bachol', now a prominent BJP face, first entered the Bihar assembly in 2005, winning the Bisfi seat as an Independent.
Updated on Nov 14, 2025 04:28 pm IST

“Hindutva is now a significant feature of diasporic identity”

Author Edward TG Anderson (Courtesy the subject)
Published on Oct 23, 2024 03:57 pm IST

Road ahead for PM Modi, India in a China +1 world

New Delhi, Jun 10 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar pose for a group picture with the newly sworn-in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Council of Ministers during the oath-taking ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI Photo) (ANI/ PIB)
Published on Jun 21, 2024 08:44 pm IST

Vivekananda Rock Memorial: A memorial at the centre of propaganda and politics

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Kanyakumari: View of the Vivekananda Rock Memorial, in Kanyakumari, Friday, May 31, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI05_31_2024_000295B)
Published on Jun 01, 2024 03:02 am IST

‘Democracy, rights regular part of conversation’: Blinken on India under PM Modi

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during the plenary session at the Congress Hall during the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024.
Published on Jan 18, 2024 08:37 am IST

BJP’s actions not in sync with Hinduism, says Rahul

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi speaks during the public interaction with Professor Christophe Jafflerlot at Sciences Po, in Paris on Friday (ANI)
Published on Sept 11, 2023 08:47 am IST

Terms of Trade | Atal Behari Vajpayee: a poet, a pragmatist, and a politician

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Has the BJP gained more by adopting a Hindutva hardline approach – the Ram temple movement under the leadership of Lal Krishna Advani – or putting forward its moderate face in the form of Atal Bihari Vajpayee?
Published on Jun 16, 2023 04:33 pm IST

‘Anti-India, Hinduphobia’: Student alleges discrimination at LSE

Karan Kataria is a Lawyer pursuing Masters in the LSE campus. (ANI)
Published on Apr 04, 2023 07:13 am IST

Review: Majoritarian State, edited by Angana P Chatterji, Thomas Blom Hansen and Christophe Jaffrelot

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Amritsar on May 23, 2019 as the NDA took the lead in the Lok Sabha elections.
Updated on Jun 22, 2019 03:27 pm IST

HT Picks; The most interesting books of the week

On HT picks this week, a book on a Sindhi community, another on the Indian right wing, and one on emotional abuse.
Updated on Jun 08, 2019 10:23 am IST

HT Picks: This week’s most interesting reads

An illustrated book for very young birders, a manifesto for writing, and an examination of how Hindu majoritarianism is changing the nation - all that on HT Picks this week.
Updated on Apr 19, 2019 09:04 pm IST

The making of a Modi doctrine in foreign policy

More out of necessity than design, the Narendra Modi administration has chosen a gradual divergence from India’s non-aligned past but promises a much greater variance to come
Updated on Mar 30, 2019 06:50 pm IST

Review: Rise of Saffron Power Edited by Mujibur Rehman

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP National President Amit Shah at the BJP National Executive Meet at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on January 12, 2019.
Updated on Mar 08, 2019 06:38 pm IST

What drives fake news in India? Here’s what a BBC study found out

A study done by the BBC World Service Group, titled ‘Beyond Fake News’, used multiple methods to understand the circulation of fake news in India.
Updated on Nov 12, 2018 08:23 am IST

Review: Contesting Nationalisms: Hinduism, Secularism and Untouchability in Colonial Punjab 1880-1930 by Vikas Pathak

The Dalit neighbourhood in a village near Chandigarh in 1969.
Updated on Sept 21, 2018 08:36 pm IST

The BJP’s halo seems to have dissipated after Karnataka elections, writes Rajdeep Sardesai

In the aftermath of Karnataka’s 58-hour BJP chief minister BS Yeddyurappa’s resignation, there have been attempts to liken his ‘sacrifice’ to that of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1996
Updated on May 24, 2018 06:25 pm IST