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Abhishek Banerjee

Abhishek Banerjee

- Opinion
- April 2, 2025, 1:56 PM IST
Opinion | Cash-At-Home Row: Why Judges Should Declare Assets And The Curious Reason They Don’t Have To
Judges agreed to declare assets in 1997. Two decades, one RTI, and a self-defeated Supreme Court later, most still haven’t — and legally, they don’t have to
- Opinion
- March 12, 2025, 4:25 PM IST
Opinion | Why The Left’s Outrage Over ‘Hindu-Muslim Binary’ In Popular Films Is Hypocritical
All history is complex, not just that of the Mughals. But the real issue here is that Indian liberals are trying to have it both ways
- Opinion
- November 14, 2024, 4:10 PM IST
Opinion | Nehru’s Historical Blind Spots: Hindu Imperialism And A Soft Spot For Tyrants
Was Jawaharlal Nehru blind to certain forms of tyranny? His book ‘Glimpses of World History’ criticises Hindu empires but overlooks the brutality of Ottoman and Soviet regimes
- Opinion
- October 26, 2024, 3:53 PM IST
Opinion | Liberal Hypocrisy Knows No Borders: One Tune For India, Another For The West
‘Godi media’ is an outrage... in India. Indian liberals conveniently ignore the same behaviour when it's Western outlets fawning over Biden or Trudeau. Principles? Apparently, those are relative
- Opinion
- October 14, 2024, 12:13 PM IST
Opinion | Why Muslim World Should Stop Holding A Grudge Against Israel And Move On
If the Muslim world could get over its grudge against Israel and move on, the world would be a better place
- Opinion
- September 12, 2024, 6:52 PM IST
Opinion | The Nation is Greater: Can India Move Beyond Celebrating Nehru’s Legacy?
Other countries have great leaders too, but they do not worship them. A great historical nation such as ours cannot become a living tribute to any one individual, their memory, or their family. Because the nation is greater than us all
- Opinion
- June 29, 2024, 4:27 PM IST
Opinion | How Modi Outmaneuvered His Rivals and Secured a Place in History
Narendra Modi’s third term isn’t just a victory, it’s a rewriting of India’s political playbook. He’s achieved what was once deemed impossible: outlasting anti-incumbency, dominating national politics, and cementing a new era of BJP dominance
- Opinion
- May 18, 2024, 1:29 PM IST
Opinion | Nazi Roots of Emergency in India and Legacy of Hard Socialism
The Emergency was not a one-time mistake. It was the culmination of everything that had gone wrong with Nehruvian socialism. And yes, it can happen again. As for racist prejudices, they will probably always be around, unfortunately
- Opinion
- April 13, 2024, 1:23 PM IST
Opinion | Debunking Dhruv Rathee’s False Narrative of ‘Dictatorship’ in India
If we Indians followed politics in other countries, those who say democracy is in danger in India would have nowhere to hide
- Opinion
- December 21, 2023, 4:24 PM IST
Opinion | Why Raghuram Rajan Is Wrong About India’s Economic Path
From 2013 to 2018, Rajan “predicted” doom for the global economy at the rough rate of once a year. In 2015, he predicted a 1930s-style Great Depression. None of these came true. Perhaps his luck ran out
- Opinion
- December 12, 2023, 4:35 PM IST
OPINION | Congress And Its Fellow Travellers Should Stop Insulting Voters of India
The fellow travellers of the Congress party have never had much respect for the intelligence of the common voter. But dismissing the voter as ‘WhatsApp University’ does not work
- Opinion
- November 1, 2023, 2:16 PM IST
Opinion | Why Mindless Defaming of Hindu Right as ‘Nazis’ and ‘Fascists’ Must Stop
‘Liberals’ have worked hard to make people forget the Western and Christian roots of Nazism and Fascism. So now they use these as jibes against all forms of Hindu political expression
- Opinion
- October 17, 2023, 1:30 PM IST
Hatred of Jews: Anti-Semitism Under Christianity, Islam & Communism, and What Indians can Learn
Much like Israel, India is often the target of hatred. Much like the Jews, the Hindus are faced with prejudice and damaging stereotypes. We must learn to recognise them when we see them
- Opinion
- September 22, 2023, 12:55 PM IST
Opinion | Fascist Roots of The Trudeau Political Dynasty in Canada
Justin’s father Pierre Trudeau, also a Prime Minister of Canada, had protected the man who became the mastermind of the Air India Kanishka bombings that cost 329 lives. But the crimes of the Trudeau political dynasty do not end there
- Opinion
- May 1, 2023, 4:35 PM IST
Opinion | New Leftists Are More Radical: For Them, Aurangzeb is New Akbar and Hinduness is the Root of All Evil
While many leftist historians fume in public over minor changes in NCERT textbooks, they are actually preparing for a much more radical, dangerous new version of history. As and when a new ruling party comes to town, this might be the version they teach in schools

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