Ramachandra Guha

Essays

Nawab Nehru Pumps Patronage for the IPWA

Nawab Nehru Pumps Patronage for the IPWA

How Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's Patronage for the All India Progressive Writers' Association led to a systematic takeover of all cultural institutions

Beef-Eater Ramachandra Guha’s Intractable Hatred Against Gujarat Boomerangs via Ahmed Patel

Beef-Eater Ramachandra Guha’s Intractable Hatred Against Gujarat Boomerangs via Ahmed Patel

Commentary on cricket commentator Ramachandra Guha's recent racist tweet against Gujaratis

Why we Should Question The Credibility of our Illiterate Left-Liberal Mullahs

Why we Should Question The Credibility of our Illiterate Left-Liberal Mullahs

An essay questioning the qualifications and credibility of the purveyors of the Left-Liberal discourse

Luminaries of the Modern Indian Renaissance: Or a Commentary on  Our Civilisational Amnesia

Luminaries of the Modern Indian Renaissance: Or a Commentary on Our Civilisational Amnesia

When we reminisce about the Indian freedom movement, the year 1858 is a turning point of sorts. That was the year when the control of India passed from the East India Company to the British Crown. From 1858 onwards, for roughly 50 years, a gradual, steady and in many cases,

The Untold Story of how the Doon School Goon Squad Ran Bharatavarsha to the Ground

The Untold Story of how the Doon School Goon Squad Ran Bharatavarsha to the Ground

An essay unearthing some lesser known facts about Doon School, an institution attended by the children of India's elite

The Politics of T M Krishna: A Ready Reckoner

The Politics of T M Krishna: A Ready Reckoner

One of the immoral Kannada proverbs goes thus: ಅನ್ನ ಹಳಸಿತ್ತು ನಾಯಿ ಹಸಿದಿತ್ತು (The food had rotted, the dog was hungry). This proverb pretty much accurately characterises the musical urban naxal, T M Krishna who has finally found refuge in the tainted arms of

The Chronicles of a Lapsed Marxist

The Chronicles of a Lapsed Marxist

In response to the Karnataka state unit of the BJP Yuva Morcha, which sent him a legal notice, alleged historian Ramachandra Guha reposted a link to his June 2017 article titled “Eight threats to free expression in India that lay the ground for attacks on Taslima, Bhansali.” We can begin