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Of Anna, end of corruption and democracy

The great middle-class Indian iconolatry is an amalgam of feudalism, Bollywood and corporate glitz that piggybacks Boswellian media attention. As a corollary, the persona becomes l...
Shanker Dutt - August 19, 2011, 1:33 pm explore: India
Women to determine poll results in Bihar

Women are in the process of scripting history. Never before have so many come out of their domestic confines to exercise their right to franchise and in many cases have voted indep...
Shanker Dutt - November 19, 2010, 5:21 pm explore: India
Why would someone like Parveen want to join politics?

It is a fairly cynical view that politics is the last refuge for you know who. It is because of this blinkered vision that, after the generation of those that fought for India's fr...
Shanker Dutt - November 10, 2010, 8:25 am explore: India
The burden of being Nitish Kumar

Material change is always preceded by discursive change. In a state with feudal moorings and plagued with abject poverty, variable healthcare and education, poor infrastructure, di...
Shanker Dutt - November 1, 2010, 10:29 am explore: India
Sons and Fathers in Bihar politics. Amen!

Dynastic politics in most western liberal democracies have become significantly rare. But in India and in Bihar, charismatic leaders have consciously encouraged private limited pol...
Shanker Dutt - October 26, 2010, 1:31 pm explore: India
Positives in an uneven state

For many people, there seems to be a growing disenchantment with the political class. Much of this is on account of the popular endorsement of Ambrose Bierce that 'politics is the ...
Shanker Dutt - October 11, 2010, 6:56 pm explore: India

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Shanker Dutt

Of Anna, end of corruption and democracy

Women to determine poll results in Bihar

Why would someone like Parveen want to join politics?

The burden of being Nitish Kumar

Sons and Fathers in Bihar politics. Amen!

Positives in an uneven state

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