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Mani Shankar Aiyar

Mani Shankar Aiyar

Mani Shankar Aiyar, a former Union minister who has held portfolios like Panchayati Raj, Petroleum and Natural Gas and Youth Affairs and Sports, is an MP and a social commentator.

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Are the Brits racist or are we?

It should shame us that Modi’s council of ministers has no Muslim

By Mani Shankar Aiyar July 21, 2024

Modi's chutzpah is his nemesis

He has no intention to loosen his iron grip on the running of the house

By Mani Shankar Aiyar July 07, 2024

Will Modi 3.0 run its full term?

Mani Shankar Aiyar says Modi is no instrument of divinity as he imagines

By Mani Shankar Aiyar June 23, 2024

Why BJP is not contesting in Kashmir

'The BJP has turned J&K into an open-air prison'

By Mani Shankar Aiyar June 09, 2024

Modi divides and rules

The PM is attempting build his majority by forcing a Hindu-Muslim divide

By Mani Shankar Aiyar May 26, 2024

Modi's Muslim love-hate: Hugs and kisses for sultans, contempt for ordinary folks

It's not Islam or Muslim Ummah to which BJP objects; it is just to them being here

By Mani Shankar Aiyar May 12, 2024

BJP can’t scale Dravidian wall

There is pent-up anger at other forms of BJP imposition

By Mani Shankar Aiyar April 28, 2024

Inequality in today’s India

It was not for Adani and Ambani and the “suit-boot” gang that we won our freedom

By Mani Shankar Aiyar April 14, 2024

CAA: Thin end of the wedge

CAA first breach in constitutional order guaranteeing “Equality”

By Mani Shankar Aiyar March 31, 2024

North-south divide is growing

Cooperative federalism has been rendered a farce

By Mani Shankar Aiyar March 17, 2024

Pak army defeated again

February 8 is when people of Pakistan defeated their army

By Mani Shankar Aiyar March 03, 2024

Isn't the Ram Temple in Ayodhya a victory for Jinnah?

It is the right of Indian Muslims to remain Muslim with same constitutional rights

By Mani Shankar Aiyar February 18, 2024

What makes Mohamed Muizzu so angry?

With advent of Modi, India is seen by the Maldives as an interfering bully

By Mani Shankar Aiyar February 04, 2024

1951: When the rebuilt Somnath Temple was inaugurated

When the president insisted on going, the cabinet again advised him not to go

By Mani Shankar Aiyar January 21, 2024

Restoring dignity to parliamentary proceedings

Nehru made a point of attending Parliament, when his government was attacked

By Mani Shankar Aiyar January 07, 2024
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