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The Kashmir Files: Much Ado about Honesty
December 26, 2022 Rajesh Singh
The furore over Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid’s condemnation of The Kashmir Files may have died down, but it does recall to memory the case of yet another controversial film, Kissa Kursi Ka. Of course, there is hardly any comparison b...

Tags: Jammu & Kashmir, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Supreme Court, Bollywood, Kashmir Files, Kissa Kursi Ka, Lapid
Supreme Court’s Observations on Forced Conversions
November 22, 2022 Rajesh Singh
The issue of forced conversions from one religious denomination to another has been brought into fresh focus when the Supreme Court recently observed that such conversions were “dangerous” and that they were “seriously against the interest of t...

Tags: Governance and Political Studies, Article, Dalai Lama, Conversions, Kerala High Court, Niyogi Committee, proselytisation
Understanding the Apex Court Judgment on EWS Reservations
November 15, 2022 Rajesh Singh
On November 7, yet another milestone was established in the long journey of reservations in post-independent India, with the Supreme Court upholding the constitutional validity of 10 per cent quota for economically weaker sections (EWS) in government...

Tags: Governance and Political Studies, Article, Constitution, BR Ambedkar, Apex Court, OBC, Reservations, SC/ST
सरकारी आंकड़ों पर विवाद का समाधान
February 28, 2020 Rajesh Singh
सरकारी आंकड़े आम तौर पर राजनीतिक टकराव का विषय नहीं होते क्योंकि टकराव या होहल्ले की इच्छा रखने �...

Tags: Governance and Political Studies, Hindi, Article, Rangarajan CommissionNational Statistical FundNational Statistical Commission (NSC)Central Statistics Office, सरकारी आंकड़े, राष्ट्रीय सांख्यिकी आयोग, सांविधिक नियामकीय संस्था
Understanding India's Genome Project
February 25, 2020 Rajesh Singh
If things proceed as planned, an ambitious project to understand India’s enormous genetic diversity will be launched later this year. This will arguably be the first of its kind to be initiated in the country under the aegis of the government of In...

Tags: Governance and Political Studies, Commentary, Genome, GIP, DNA, Indian Institute of Science, Genetics, India's Genome Project
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Book Published / Book Reviews 
Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory, Aanchal Malhotra, Harper Collins Publishers, India, Pages 400, Price Rs 799/-.
November 13, 2017 Rajesh Singh
It was Elie Wiesel who had said, “Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilisation, no society, no future.” The Holocaust survivor would know, as would those in India and Pakistan who went through the trauma of ...

Tags: Governance and Political Studies, India, Pakistan, Book Reviews, Mahatma Gandhi, 1947, Islamic nation
Half Lion: How PV Narasimha Rao Transformed India; Vinay Sitapati; Penguin Viking Books
July 28, 2016 Rajesh Singh
When Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao became the country’s Prime Minister, he came with few expectations. His track record as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (then undivided) and many years later as Union Cabinet Minister was mediocre. The party ...

Tags: Governance and Political Studies, Narasimha Rao, Book Reviews, 10 Janpath, Congress leader, Gandhi
Outreach 
Scarcity of diplomats at Centre affects India's global outreach
January 28, 2019 Rajesh Singh
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