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Swapan Dasgupta
About the AuthorSwapan Dasgupta
Swapan Dasgupta is a senior journalist.
    Food sovereigntyOpinion
    Food sovereignty

    Those who have had the good fortune of travelling to China as part of any Indian delegation will readily testify to the...

    2 Oct 2015 11:41 AM IST

    The power of BuddhaOpinion
    The power of Buddha

    Civilisational concerns and cultural diplomacy are unlikely to captivate the popular imagination at the time of...

    4 Sept 2015 10:29 AM IST

    Tackle politics first, governance laterOpinion
    Tackle politics first, governance later

    It was instructive to monitor the Twitter postings last Tuesday afternoon of people who are often understood to be in...

    6 Aug 2015 11:37 AM IST

    Is Parliament victim of echo chamber politics?Opinion
    Is Parliament victim of echo chamber politics?

    Last Monday, I attended a cosy dinner in Delhi hosted by a visitor from Mumbai. The guests included two ministers, two...

    24 July 2015 1:06 PM IST

    The Greek gamblersOpinion
    The Greek gamblers

    Those who experienced Lon-don of the 1970s may recall Collet’s, a left-wing bookshop run by a wing of the...

    10 July 2015 12:14 PM IST

    To forget is costlyOpinion
    To forget is costly

    At the best of times India is bad at commemorating the past. Under the circumstances, it is hardly surprising that the...

    26 Jun 2015 12:19 PM IST

    The Janata experimentOpinion
    The Janata experiment

    Even two years ago, the very idea of a dyed-in-the-wool Lohia-ite such as Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar openly...

    12 Jun 2015 9:55 AM IST

    Right Angle: The year that wasOpinion
    Right Angle: The year that was

    There are times when the commemoration of an occasion assumes greater importance than the occasion itself. The...

    29 May 2015 10:36 AM IST

    The tainted mirrorOpinion
    The tainted mirror

    In the absence of government files whose transfer to the archives after 30 or 50 years is based on flights of whimsy,...

    15 May 2015 1:57 PM IST

    The city & the carnivalOpinion
    The city & the carnival

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has every reason in the world to be ecstatic over the results of the...

    1 May 2015 1:04 PM IST

    Alternative circles of influence risingOpinion
    Alternative circles of influence rising

    Selection of the new members of the CBFC points to the repayment of old political debts

    23 Jan 2015 8:55 AM IST

    BJP vs ParivarOpinion
    BJP vs Parivar

    Over the past fortnight, the Narendra Modi government has attempted to send out strong and unmistakable signals to...

    9 Jan 2015 12:14 PM IST

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