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Anand Sahay is a senior journalist based in Delhi.
    An Indian paramilitary soldier holds up a pellet gun as he challenges Kashmiri protesters marching on the streets in solidarity with rebels engaged in a gunbattle with soldiers, in Srinagar. AP PhotoOpinion
    Anand K. Sahay | Kashmiris respond to Centre with ‘Gupkar II’

    Its defining feature can be summed by a phrase in it: “nothing about us without us”

    18 Sept 2020 6:36 PM IST

    In this file photo dated Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi leaves Parliament House after attending proceedings during the Budget Session, in New Delhi PTI PhotoOpinion
    Anand K Sahay | It’s time for Congress to change its ‘culture’

    The ruling party’s object, no doubt, is to spread a sense of deepening organisational crisis in the Congress

    28 Aug 2020 7:05 PM IST

    The entire Ayodhya temple project has, in fact, been a massive enterprise in the politics of bigotry in which religion is whipped up as a mobilising tool. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Anand K Sahay | Why Ayodhya was not like battle for freedom

    The Kashmir-to-Ayodhya common template was clearly intended to overtly demonstrate the suppression of Muslim aspirations...

    14 Aug 2020 5:07 PM IST

    Congress President Sonia Gandhi with Rahul Gandhi (AFP File photo)Opinion
    Anand K Sahay | Gandhis could midwife a new Cong leadership

    If only Sonia or Rahul Gandhi had acted in time to soothe the fraying nerves of these young men who deserved greater...

    28 July 2020 6:10 PM IST

    Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has survived Sachin Pilots challenge but there is little doubt that the BJP is out to dislodge him. (PTI)Opinion
    Anand K Sahay | Gehlot needs to watch out because the BJP has a mark...

    It matters little to Modi-Shah that the Congress government in Rajasthan is one elected by the people

    18 July 2020 12:00 AM IST

    In this file photo dated Thursday, June 12, 2008, of Syed Ali Shah Geelani waves at a crowd, in Srinagar. Geelani, the lifetime chairman of the pro-Pakistan Hurriyat Conference, made a surprise announcement of completely dissociating himself from the 16-party amalgam. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Anand K. Sahay | Geelani-'s exit hints to a possible shift in Kashmir...

    The Mirwaiz and Geelani factions of the Hurriyat had no popular leaders in their ranks

    8 July 2020 4:49 PM IST

    Unlike 60 years ago we now have satellite imagery, enough fighting forces on the ground, and infrastructure and logistics right up to the Line of Actual Control, in addition to functioning airfields and suitable aircraft all across the Chinese front. But none of this removed the factor of surprise.Opinion
    Anand K Sahay | The situation at LAC: PM must come clean

    In 2020, a military confrontation may not materialise, but the Chinese have evidently prepared for one over a long...

    30 Jun 2020 4:57 PM IST

    Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (PTI file photo)Opinion
    Can Congress unite Opp. in Bihar to take on Nitish, BJP?

    The BJP and its allies cannot but be wary about the potential of its opponents even in Bihar

    20 Jun 2020 7:12 PM IST

    Representational image (AFP)Opinion
    Anand K. Sahay | Chinese incursion: Why is Modi government so...

    Modi doesn’t have the privilege, unlike India’s first leader did, of being the Mahatma’s first disciple, and a...

    16 Jun 2020 6:05 PM IST

    : Migrants rest under a bridge in the backdrop of moving traffic on the Delhi-Meerut expressway near Akshardham during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown-4, in New Delhi. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Anand K Sahay | Atma Nirbhar Bharat': A mantra to mask failure?

    When the lockdown came without notice, and the regime left the 400 million informal sector in the lurch, the Indian...

    29 May 2020 7:24 PM IST

    Kashmiri women grieve near the residential buildings damaged during a gun battle in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, TuesdayOpinion
    Anand K. Sahay: An ill-wind blows in J&K after UT status

    As the year turned, however, it became evident that the local terrorists who had stayed under the radar began to find...

    22 May 2020 7:28 PM IST

    Migrant workers along with their family members walk to their villages, due to no means of transport, during the nationwide lockdown, near Anand Vihar railway station in New Delhi (PTI)Opinion
    Anand K Sahay: India's working class as Little Red Riding Hood

    Their lordships have evidently missed a trick or two in their officious lives

    12 May 2020 5:42 PM IST

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