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Makarand R Paranjape

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Aug 21, 2026
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Jul 31, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Makarand R Paranjape

    BJP Must Recover Its Soft Power: Time for the party to learn from the subversive genius of Gandhi (opens the original)

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    AFTER COCKROACHES, DIMAGI NAXALS? Because the “Dimagi Naxal Party” was created hours after the prime minister’s Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort. It garnered over 2 lakh followers within minutes. Clearly, the ruling regime’s attempts to throttle dissent are backfiring. Not every protester in a democracy is an anti-national. I worry lest we next really have an “anti-national” party that goes viral on social media. With institutions as with individuals, a reali

  2. Article · Jul 31, 2026 · Makarand R Paranjape

    Cockroaches and Kings: The Dos and Don’ts in a democracy (opens the original)

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    Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— Famous lines from a famous poem, narrated by Tweedledum and Tweedledee to Alice in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass. “Cabbages and kings”: nonsense verse phrase or metaphor for a rambling mélange of unrelated topics? But people often forget that it was designed to distract the innocent oysters before they were eaten. This essay is not about cabbages and kings—or, should we say, cockroaches and ministers? For Dharmendra Pradhan has, inde

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