Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

Dec 26, 2024 | freepressjournal.in | Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

As India’s first – and so far only – Sikh Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh said in Parliament that he hung his head in shame because some people affiliated to his own political party were responsible for massacring members of the community in November 1984 after Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her own bodyguard. He said his eyes had become weak because he studied under the light of a hurricane lantern when he was young.

Dec 8, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Saba Naqvi |Vinod Shirsath |Paranjoy Guha Thakurta |Mahmodul Hassan

The original Muslim experience in the Indian subcontinent was shaped by the liberal eclectic Sufi orders and the social transformation brought about by a message of love, equality, and universal access to God. The most significant Sufi shrine in India, indeed the subcontinent, is the Ajmer Sharif dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, who is believed to be the founder of the Chishti order in South Asia.

Sep 30, 2024 | threadreaderapp.com | Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

1/ In December 2023, Kenyan President William Ruto met Indian PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi. But there was a "surprise visitor": Gautam Adani. What unfolded next has sparked massive controversy. 2/ Just months later, the Adani Group submitted a $1.85 billion proposal to upgrade Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta Intl. Airport (JKIA), seeking a 30-year lease and an equity stake. But the conditions raised concerns: a $40M concession fee, tax breaks, and restrictions on new airports in Nairobi.

Sep 10, 2024 | freepressjournal.in | Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

New Delhi: Over the last decade, the Narendra Modi government has repeatedly harped on a kind of diaspora diplomacy based on Hindu nationalism that has apparently enamoured his constituency of non-resident Indian (NRI) supporters. Curiously, his government has now barred NRIs from availing the benefits of the popular long-term small savings and investment  public provident fund (PPF) scheme.

Sep 5, 2024 | freepressjournal.in | Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

Mumbai: Never in the history of the Securities and Exchange Board of India, the regulator of the country’s financial markets, has its chairperson’s credibility been questioned in such a dramatic manner.