Garga Chattergee describes the problematic procedure that determines citizenship in Assam

Garga Chatterjee explains the significance of Karunanidhi's struggle against imposition of Hindi as the national language of the Indian Union

Garga Chatterjee feels that the imposition of Hindi is central to the cultural and linguistic policies of the BJP government

This year's Republic Day parade in New Delhi excluded the tableau representing West Bengal and its culture. Garga Chatterjee explains...

Garga Chatterjee examines Modi's threat to withhold funds for opposition states

Garga Chatterjee explains why Bengaluru is outraged by Hindi signs on the metro

Garga Chatterjee explains what protects a citizen's right to privacy-at a time when the Modi government is committed to mass...

Garga Chatterjee on the legacy of an indomitable champion of progress, secularism and justice - whose life was brought to...

Garga Chatterjee dissects a recent Madras High Court order making the singing of a 'national song' compulsory

Can Indian citizens looking to visit ancestral homes in Bangladesh drive an ancestral tourism industry? Garga Chaterjee and Syed Mafiz...

Garga Chatterjee provides a series of examples from daily life where Indian linguistic policy fails to promote 'unity in diversity'

What are the implications when a multilingual state privileges one language officially - to the exclusion of all others? Garga...

What does the Gorkhaland movement mean for West Bengal and Indian federalism? Garga Chatterjee examines the dispute and recent violence

Bankim Chattopadhyay's verses became vital to Indian nationalist imagination and a factor in the Hindu-Muslim communal divide. Garga Chatterjee explains...

Garga Chatterjee explains what a single interview with the mayor of Mumbai reveals about cultural hierarchies in India

What are Delhi's concerns about West Bengal's involvement in China's new Silk Route, and how justified are they? Garga Chatterjee...

Garga Chatterjee on the problems created for a federal democracy by a government that follows colonial administrative attitudes

Garga Chatterjee on the means by which the centre in India seeks to promote the use of Hindi - and...

Garga Chatterjee explains why 'civilisational and cultural ties' won't suffice for New Delhi to bind Dhaka to its orbit

As a firebrand Hindu nationalist rises to power in India's most populous state, Garga Chatterjee looks at the implications for...

Many in the BJP administration hope to make slogans for Azadi illegal. Garga Chatterjee explains why

Garga Chatterjee looks at the implications of using the power of the state to enforce public patriotic gestures

A dispute between the centre and a state over a traditional sport - is Indian federalism threatened? Garga Chatterjee explains

What can we learn about the BJP administration's view of federalism and diversity from new bank-notes? Garga Chatterjee explores the...

Garga Chatterjee remembers recently departed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalithaa as a consistent critic of overbearing centralisation policies from...

Can we express ourselves without fear in South Asia? Garga Chatterjee reflects on his impressions from Bangladesh's premier literary festival