Praful Bidwai

Praful Bidwai, a longtime Nation contributor, is a New Delhi-based columnist for twenty-five South Asian newspapers; a social science researcher; a fellow at the Transnational Institute, Amsterdam; and an activist on issues of peace, secularism and human rights. He can be reached at [email protected].

Did Obama Legitimize Extremist Violence With His Visit to India?

Did Obama Legitimize Extremist Violence With His Visit to India? Did Obama Legitimize Extremist Violence With His Visit to India?

The president roped once-non-aligned India into a strategic alliance, but only by bolstering the Modi government, with its religious intolerance and pro-corporate policies.

Jan 30, 2015 / Feature / Praful Bidwai

India’s Radical Vote India’s Radical Vote

The Indian people have delivered a stunning electoral blow to the right-wing National Democratic Alliance, led by the Hindu-chauvinist Bharatiya Janata Party, and paved the way f...

May 20, 2004 / Editorial / Praful Bidwai

India Hosts the World India Hosts the World

To the beat of drums by India's Dalits (former Untouchables) and Adivasis (forest-dwelling tribes) celebrating indigenous popular movements that refuse to be subdued, the W...

Jan 29, 2004 / Editorial / Praful Bidwai

Dispatch From India Dispatch From India

The Indian public has long been suspicious of the US arguments for military action against Iraq and the legitimacy of any "regime change" executed by a superpower with imperial...

Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Praful Bidwai

Borderline Madness Borderline Madness

New Delhi

Sep 11, 2002 / Editorial / Praful Bidwai

Dispatches Dispatches

The events of September 11, viewed from abroad.

Sep 27, 2001 / Feature / Praful Bidwai, Maria Margaronis, Graham Usher, Mark Gevisser, Ahmed Rashid, and Ana Uzelac

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