Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
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Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay is a Delhi-based researcher, author, columnist and political commentator. His books include: “Sikhs: The Untold Agony of 1984” and “Narendra Modi - The Man, The Times and The Demolition: India At The Crossroads” He writes columns in leading Indian papers and websites, appears as a commentator on various TV channels and is working on his next book; he tweets at: NilanjanUdwin.
India’s Constitutional Deception turns Kashmir into a...
Author of Narendra Modi: The Man, The Times and The Demolition, explains that Narendra Modi is taking India towards an authoritarian electoral government that tolerates no dissent, and contrary to the Indian government's claims, Kashmir is smoldering lava, that is being contained only through curfew and lockdown for the moment.
BJP: An electoral journey from Babri Masjid...
Author of two books ‘Sikhs: The Untold Agony of 1984’ and ‘Narendra Modi - The Man, The Times and The Demolition: India at Crossroads’ walks us through how the BJP and RSS align nationalism and Hinduism with patriotism, whilst demonizing minorities for their electoral ends.
BJP’s Muslim Policy in Assam: Detect, Delete,...
Who is an Indian and what is India? Much before the British vacated large parts of South Asia which they controlled, this question assumed...
India & Pakistan: The Pataakhas Continue
Every Friday, new films are released in cinema halls in India. In the era of multiplex films when ace directors experiment with themes, actors,...
Operation Blue Star: A spectre that still...
Sometime in the summer of 1984, Lt-Gen VK Nayar, known more popularly - like most officers in the defence forces - by his nickname...
Congress surrenders to the BJP’s Hindutva?
Hindus account for almost 80 percent of India’s population. Yet, over the major part of the seven decades since the partition of British India...
Modi’s Success in Bringing Hindutva Template into...
For most festivals in South Asia, preparations begin early. Indians like to term elections as festivals of democracy. India is a land of serial...