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Feb 8, 2023Liked by Pallavi Aiyar

Pallavi - To get a finely honed historical perspective on this subject, all should tune into Romila Thapar's C.D Deshmukh Memorial lecture delivered in the IIC Delhi on 15 January.

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Feb 8, 2023Liked by Pallavi Aiyar

My dear Pallavi your article is a master class analysis of India´s social fibre; congratulations.!

And reaffirms my admiration for those Midnight Children whose constitution and liberal attitudes are an example to all other nations. As you say;

The Republic of India’s metaphysics blended civilizational acceptance of pluralism and absence of an insistence on singular truths, gods and loyalties, with a liberal constitution that treated the population as free and equal citizens governed by an abstract, secular law.

An achiuevement unequalled by no other nation on earth. ¡God bless India!

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Feb 8, 2023Liked by Pallavi Aiyar

Thought-provoking piece on a volatile subject in contemporary India! But due credit to the writer for making it bi-partisan. Or am I missing something..:).

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