Rajiv Gandhi
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Open Thread: Rajiv Gandhi, 34 Years On
Open thread marking 34 years since Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, inviting reflection on his legacy, plus moderation notes asking commenters to update handles.
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Revoking 13th Amendment in Sri Lanka and Elections in the US.
The author argues Sri Lanka needs a centralised state, warning that provincial devolution under the 13th Amendment could become de facto federalism and a client state of India, and offers…
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End of Hunger?
Reading reports on pearl millet and child hunger, the author argues India’s democracy at least keeps the poor alive barely above starvation, that technology could bypass corrupt middlemen, and that…
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The Golden Temple
Posts Hartosh Singh Bal’s account blaming Rajiv Gandhi’s blunders for Operation Bluestar, with the poster’s view that 1984 was a great crime within an action-reaction story, and that religion should…
