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Anirban Ganguly

Anirban Ganguly

- Opinion
- April 14, 2025, 11:01 AM IST
Opinion | Congress’s Failed Attempt To Marginalise Babasaheb Ambedkar
Ambedkar has outlived and outshone the Congress and its desiccated and warped ideology.
- Opinion
- April 4, 2025, 6:45 PM IST
Opinion | Resurrecting Vikramasila: PM Modi’s Efforts To Lay Foundation Of ‘Asian Century’
As Narendra Modi embarks on his tour of Thailand and Sri Lanka, which have played a seminal civilisational role in the preservation and spread of Buddhism in ancient and modern times, the PM's milestone achievements remain significant
- Opinion
- March 6, 2025, 5:56 PM IST
Opinion | Language Politics Is Passé, Someone Tell The DMK
By indulging in politics over the NEP’s proposed three-language formula, the DMK-led Stalin dispensation is simply indulging in a politics which is passé
- Opinion
- February 13, 2025, 1:03 PM IST
Opinion | Samvad And The Asian Century Of Dharma And Dhamma
Samvad, as a civilisational dialogue, offers a fresh opportunity to deliberate and shape the essence and spirit of the Asian Century
- Opinion
- February 7, 2025, 12:10 PM IST
Opinion | The Lotus Eater From Janpath And His Great Grandfather
Rahul Gandhi lives up to his great-grandfather’s reputation—an ill-tempered, irritable, and intolerant guignol prone to indulging in bravado. His theatrics in Parliament evoke the same amusement today as Nehru’s did in the past
- Opinion
- January 29, 2025, 4:54 PM IST
Opinion | Congress And The ‘Registration’ Of Sadhus
Nehru's Congress attempted to license Hindu sadhus, revealing a historical pattern of state overreach into religious affairs. This controversial bill, though defeated, exposes a long-standing tension between the Congress and Hindu traditions
- Opinion
- January 23, 2025, 12:45 PM IST
Opinion | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: ‘Patriot Saint’ Of India
While PM Modi champions Bose's legacy, there was a time when communist leaders condemned him as a ‘traitor’ and ‘Japanese puppet.’ This challenges the credibility of those same voices now expressing concerns about India's democracy
- Opinion
- January 8, 2025, 2:15 PM IST
Opinion | Sri Narayana Guru: The ‘Ideal Hindu Sannyasi’
Pinarayi Vijayan’s assessment of Sri Narayana Guru must be obligatorily dismissed and dumped as the rantings of an ageing and disoriented communist
- Opinion
- December 25, 2024, 3:42 PM IST
Opinion | Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A Centennial Reflection
For many of our generation, then in college, Vajpayee becoming Prime Minister was the response that we had yearned for to Congress’s politics of status quoism and entitlement. It was the first triumph, at the national level, of the politics of an alternate vision
- Opinion
- December 20, 2024, 11:12 AM IST
Opinion | Stretching Forth A Saving Hand: PM Modi’s Defence Of The Constitution
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reply to the debate on the Constitution will go down in the annals of India’s parliamentary history as a historic and unprecedented address
- Opinion
- November 15, 2024, 1:56 PM IST
Opinion | Pali: The Civilisational Bridge Connecting India To Its Global Buddhist Heritage
As it evolved as a key language in our cultural, religious, and spiritual life, Pali emerged as a major civilisational bridge, fostering religious and cultural connections between India and Southeast Asia
- Opinion
- November 6, 2024, 6:32 PM IST
Opinion | Unity That’s Paramount, And Under Attack
Critics dismiss the ‘urban Naxal’ threat as a figment of PM Modi's imagination. But a closer look reveals a deliberate strategy to undermine India's unity under the guise of celebrating diversity
- Opinion
- October 19, 2024, 6:42 PM IST
Opinion | ‘Quaint’ Then, ‘Cavalier’ Now: The Trudeaus of Canada
It is in Justin Trudeau to do what he is doing. He is adhering to the protocols of his lineage. As the saying goes, like father, like son
- Opinion
- October 8, 2024, 4:49 PM IST
Opinion | Bengali’s Classical Status: A Triumph for India’s Linguistic Heritage
The conferring of classical language status to Bengali is a tribute to the legions of thinkers and scholars who have devoted their best energies and thoughts to its preservation, promotion, and dissemination
- Opinion
- October 1, 2024, 4:21 PM IST
Opinion | A Proposed Semiconductor Plant And West Bengal’s Chance to Come Out of The Politics of Disruption
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced, along with US President Joe Biden, the firming up of the deal for the semiconductor plant to be set up in Kolkata

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