Recent Highlights
All Stories for Ramachandra Guha
New India Foundation Fellowship 2021: Anjum Hasan, Jayaseelan Raj among selected writers
• 4 years agoCurrently in its 10th cycle, the NIF fellowship awardees this year comprise an eclectic mix of journalists, academics and researchers, both young and experienced, with a compelling and wide range of proposals, it said.
Ramachandra Guha on plurality of Indian 'cultures', and how a true patriot feels shame at their country's failure
Ramachandra Guha • 4 years ago'The ability to say my language, my religion, my nation is not perfect, and the desire to correct the failures and fault lines and oppressive features of your religion or your language or your tradition are vital to patriotism. A true patriot is someone who feels shame at the crimes that his or her country commits,' said Ramachandra Guha in his lecture ‘In Defense of India’s Pluralism’
Ramachandra Guha talks new book The Commonwealth of Cricket, his love for the sport, and its complex politics
Arshia • 4 years agoThe historian also recounts his brief stint as an administrator at the BCCI, where his resignation within six months of his appointment ruffled a few feathers in the cricketing fraternity.
The Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest 2020: From the history of cricket to the implications of AI on societies, sessions to look out for on Day 6
Fp Staff • 4 years agoReaders can also look forward to a panel discussion with bestselling authors Andrei Kurkov, Markus Zusak and Milena Moser
Koregaon-Bhima Case: NIA takes 83-yr-old tribal rights activist Stan Swamy into custody
Fp Staff • 4 years agoThe Jesuit priest and veteran tribal rights activist became the oldest person to be charged with terrorism-related offences in the case
S Jaishankar cites VP Menon's biography to claim Nehru didn't want Patel in Cabinet; Jairam Ramesh, Shashi Tharoor rebut charge
• 5 years agoJaishankar's tweet evoked a sharp response from Guha, who said 'this a myth that has been comprehensively demolished by Professor Srinath Raghavan.'
New India Foundation opens applications for fellowships and Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe New India Foundation is now inviting applications for the NIF Fellowship and the 2020 edition of their annual Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize.
Ramachandra Guha says Kerala did a disastrous thing by electing Rahul Gandhi, likens Sonia to Mughal dynasts living aloof from reality
• 5 years agoHe took on Congress president Sonia Gandhi too who, he said, reminded him of the "late Mughal dynasty" and how aloof they were of the state of their kingdom.
Satya Nadella criticises CAA: Meenakshi Lekhi lashes out at Microsoft CEO about 'Syrian Muslims'; Abhishek Singhvi shows support
Fp Staff • 5 years agoSpeaking against the Citizenship Amendment Act, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella had said that he would be keen to see a Bangladeshi immigrant creating the next unicorn in India or becoming the next Infosys CEO
'Wise govt would withdraw CAA': Ramchandra Guha slams BJP over Citizenship Act, says law 'against spirit of Constitution'
• 5 years agoHistorian Ramchandra Guha tweeted saying that the Citizenship Act was immoral in nature and against the spirit of the Constitution. 'A wise and just Government would withdraw it too,' Guha tweeted.