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Commentary Deshpande: The Fantasy of Endless Consumption

Commentary, December, 26 2007 Sudhanva Deshpande
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Almost suddenly, the lower middle class has become a subject of Hindi films.

Commentary Deshpande: The Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal and the Corporate Media

Commentary, August, 27 2007 Sudhanva Deshpande
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There is something deeply reassuring about the corporate media's attacks on the Left in the context of the Left's opposition to India's nuclear deal with the US - the Left must be doing something right. And going by the shrillness of the attack, i...

Commentary Deshpande: The Belly of the Beast

Commentary, August, 03 2007 Sudhanva Deshpande
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Like the underage kid who screeches past frightened children in his father's fancy new sports car, the United States is a country you just cannot ignore. No matter where we may live on the planet, it is the one country that we know the most about ...

Commentary Deshpande: Nandigram and After

Commentary, June, 25 2007 Sudhanva Deshpande
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The small voice of history has delivered another statement in the local government by-elections in West Bengal. The people didn't write manifestos for or against this or that policy. They spoke at the polls.

Commentary Deshpande: Is the Death of Art Upon Us?

Commentary, October, 11 2006 Sudhanva Deshpande
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In 1937, at the height of the Spanish Civil War, General Franco's planes bombed Guernica, the holy city of the Basques, for three days. The city was flattened, and about 1600 people were killed, a large number children. The event shocked the world...

Commentary Deshpande: Nepal on the Verge of Bastille

Commentary, April, 22 2006 Sudhanva Deshpande
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Nepal's king Gyanendra is a very adamant man. He is also a very foolish man. The writing is on the wall. The king has to go. Monarchy has to go. Democracy has to be established. The whole world can see this. Except Gyanendra.

Commentary Deshpande: Harry Potter And The Dilemma Of The Left

Commentary, August, 17 2005 Sudhanva Deshpande
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I like Harry Potter.

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