Communists and Nationalism : 4 historical episodes
One of the core tenets of Communism is internationalism. In simple terms, Communism does not claim to recognize any other difference between people than the economic class difference. However, this…
Nationalism
5 Reasons Why Trump May Get Re-Elected in 2020 US Elections
In this piece, I analyze the US electoral scene for the November 2020 Elections. I take a non-partisan, fact based look at the many spheres of US politics and the…
History, geopolitics and the Indian predicament
Bharat may survive the recent events in its capital city and violent turmoil elsewhere in the country as well. Whether Yogi Adityanath’s BJP will survive UP in 2022, and the…
Bharatiyata is the essence of our nationalism
RSS sarsangchalak Mohan Bhagwat ji’s recent counsel to cadre members at an event in Ranchi to avoid using the term “nationalism” does not seem to have found many takers in conservative…
Bringing Bharat to heel
In the decades after Bharat’s independence, Western powers, led by the UK and later increasingly the US, were irritated and disappointed with Nehru’s India. Nehru’s exaggerated view of his world…
Has the Constitution failed in fostering nationalism?
Happy Constitution Day to all the citizens of the country! Sounds incredible and yes, we, as, citizens, are proud of our constitution that governs our nation. Tributes to Ambedkar who…
The Rise of Nationalism in Bharat
In Bharat, the political doctrine of nationalism is on an upsurge, taking giant leaps forward, changing the socio-political framework and causing tectonic shifts. This has been a trend in the…
Yes to Nationalism, No to Imperialism
Yoram Hazony’s breathtakingly counterintuitive book, The Virtue of Nationalism (Basic Books), corrects a simple but colossal mistake: The Nazi monstrosity, he argues, did not result from nationalism but from imperialism. Hitler aspired…
Tulsi Gabbard, Narendra Modi, and the Question of Hinduphobia and “Hindu Nationalism” (or, “Hinduphobia” and Hindu Nationalism)
Before we discuss the two political figures at the center of this discussion, I would like to draw your attention to the different uses of the quotation marks in my…