Karan Madhok

2 months ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Vaishna Roy |Karan Madhok

The enforcement of photography and videography restrictions at the open cremation spaces in Banaras (also Varanasi) has relaxed in recent years, but there was a time when they were strictly prohibited.

Jan 16, 2025 | dailypioneer.com | Karan Madhok |Thich Nhat Hanh |Deepak Sen

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Jan 2, 2025 | scroll.in | Karan Madhok

Over 50 years later, the opening scene of the song “Dum Maro Dum” from Haré Rama Haré Krishna is still one of the most glorious moments in Indian film history. The song awoke to a world that John Lennon proposed in “Imagine” – released the same year – a world without borders and violence, a world of diversity and dreams. The year is 1971. The camera zooms out to a clay chillum, in the hands of a shaggy-haired white man. He takes a puff from the pipe.

Dec 11, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Neera Chandhoke |Karan Madhok |Vaishna Roy

The one political party in India that has grasped the importance of working in constituencies between elections, sustained a dedicated cadre, and established like-minded “service” organisations is the BJP. It has damaged the body politic, normalised vocabularies of hate, eroded democratic institutions, and subverted the Constitution. Still, we must take the organisation of the BJP seriously to understand how and why it wins elections despite maladministration, corruption, and crony capitalism.

Dec 11, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay |Karan Madhok |Vaishna Roy

After a disappointing performance in Maharashtra in the June Lok Sabha election, the prospects were bleak for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the Assembly election in November. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had won only 17 of the 48 seats, down 24 from its 2019 tally, while the Congress-led INDIA coalition won 30. However, five months later, the saffron party and its alliance roared back to power, apparently riding on the newly created “Ladki Bahin” (beloved sister) scheme.