Op-Eds

In 2019

BBC News How the British Reshaped India’s Caste System

Times of India Information Technology will give India’s Pluralism a Voice

India in Transition / Hindu Business Line Information and the Politics of Identity

Scroll.in Why it May Not be Possible to Write a Third Draft of India’s History That is Universally Accepted (extract from The Truth About Us)

Times of India In Smartphone Era, New Mantra for Politics: Keep it Simple, Stupid

Ananda Bazar Patrika To Get Land for Industry is Not Impossible in India

Ananda Bazar Patrika Special Article on Putting Factories on Agricultural Land

The Print Did the British Invent Caste in India? Yes, At Least How We See it Now (extract from The Truth About Us)

Ananda Bazar Patrika How to Check the Authenticity of Today’s News

India in Transition / Hindu Business Line Ignorance is Bliss: The Truth About Inequality in India

Older pieces–On the debates on land

BBC News Why is India facing growing conflict over land

The Hindu How to get ourselves a better land law

Outlook A law to fumble through harmland

Indian Express Whose land? A citizen’s guide to land acquisition

The Hindu Improving an unworkable law

Indian Express The real disaster–The price of urban land

Indian Express On land: No lessons learnt

Indian Express Register for ground reality

The Hindu Land bill misses ground picture

Live Mint The political economies of land acquisition

Ananda Bazar Patrika Ei odhigrhon ain chalu hole (in Bangla)

Ananda Bazar Patrika Manobik sarkar-ke jomi odhigrohon kortei hobe (in Bangla)

Ananda Bazar Patrika Paiye deoar jomi niti (in Bangla)