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Praful Shankar

Praful Shankar is a political enthusiast and tweets at @shankarpraful.

Why A BJP Victory In Bengal Could Change The Course Of Dalit Politics In India

Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

God’s Own Conundrum: What Kerala 2021 May Look Like

Members of Hindu Sena protest against the Supreme Court verdict on Sabarimala (Photo by Biplov Bhuyan/Hindustan Times via GettyImages)

The Wars That Were Won: Rajendra Chola’s Naval Conquest Of South-East Asia

Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple, photo by QiNi.

The Military Genius That Was Shivaji

Statue of Shivaji at Raigad Fort

The Battle Of Sinhagad: How Shivaji’s General Tanaji Gallantly Fought Off The Mughals To Reclaim Kondhana

Statue of Tanaji at Sinhagad Fort. (Wikimedia Commons)

Assembly Elections 2019: Three States, One Plan For BJP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Home Minister Amit Shah

What BJP Owes To The ‘Class Of ‘96’

Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924-2018)

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 23 February 2001 in New Delhi. (Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

The Wars That Were Won: Marthanda Varma’s Decisive Victory Over Dutch East India Company

Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma

The Military Genius That Was Shivaji

Shivaji statue at Raigad Fort

The Wars That Were Won: Krishnadevaraya’s Victory Over The Bijapur Sultanate

Raichur Fort (Madhu B M/Wiki Commons)

The Wars That Were Won: Chandragupta Maurya’s Victory Over Seleucus I Nicator

Chandragupta Maurya’s empire post his victory over Seleucus extending to Seleucid Persia (Maps of India)

The Southern Churn: How Siddaramaiah, Stalin, And Vijayan Are Responding To The BJP Juggernaut

Siddaramaiah, DMK leader M K Stalin and Pinarayi Vijayan

#NotInMyName: Déjà Vu Wrapped Inside An Echo

The campaign #NotInMyName against lynching of a Muslim teenager Junaid. (Satish Bate/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

The Big Saffron Leap

BJP

Before Post-Truth There Was Left-Truth

Indian communists worship Stalin

The Supreme Court Of Control For Cricket In India

The Supreme Court of India (SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Jayalalithaa: An Enigma Till The End

Jayalalithaa

The Victory Of Donald Trump: Why This Was NOT A Wave Election

A Trump doll (MARIO LAPORTA/AFP/Getty Images)

Government Needs To Be Supported On JNU

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In India, Among The Four Pillars Of Democracy, Some Seem Bigger

Media and the court

Kejriwal, Trump & Corbyn: How They Created A Cult And In The Process Destroyed Their Own Parties

Kejriwal, Trump and Corbyn

The Dream Team: Here’s What Can Easily Be India’s All-Time Test XI

Rahul Dravid (R) being applaud by teammates Sachin Tendulkar (3R), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2L) and VVS Laxman (L) after Dravid won a ‘man of the match’ award (PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)

The Media’s Hate-Hate Relationship With The Sangh

Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Indian Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) speaks during a rally. (Getty Images)

Why The Left Is Dismayed By The Recent Surge In Nationalism

Image Credit: Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Gandhis for UP: What Does It Mean?

Photo Credits-Getty Images

The Empire Will Strike Back

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Modi will do it his own way

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The Pseudo-Liberal’s Beef With Modi

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Reloaded Rahul 2.0 Will Crash India

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