Swapan Dasgupta

Editor, TOI

Stories by the author

• View: The battle to win Bengal has become a bloody conflict

  
  13 Dec 2020 10:35 AM IST
• View: Babri verdict only brings judicial closure, the row will simmer on

  
  04 Oct 2020 11:09 AM IST
• View: Woke attack on national symbols has reduced past to a guilt trip

  
  06 Sep 2020 10:20 AM IST
• View: Let’s dial down the Kamala euphoria; India is just another country for her

  
  23 Aug 2020 10:18 AM IST
• View: What the West can learn from India's ease with the past

  
  14 Jun 2020 10:44 AM IST
• View: India's gains from the drastic lockdown will outstrip its costs

  
  05 Apr 2020 10:43 AM IST
• View: Not enough to douse corona fire, govt also needs a roadmap for recovery

  
  22 Mar 2020 10:10 AM IST
• View: India needs a modern Parliament, but not at cost of its majestic past

  
  17 Nov 2019 10:39 AM IST
• View: Citizenship Bill aims to give dignity denied to Partition victims in east

  
  06 Oct 2019 10:19 AM IST
• View: Will judiciary enter the political arena too? All eyes on UK verdict

  
  22 Sep 2019 11:52 AM IST
• View: Indian politics forever hostage to status quo, but Modi swims against the tide

  
  08 Sep 2019 11:24 AM IST
• View: Mamata walking Mulayam path, bid to suppress ‘Jai Sri Ram’ will backfire

  
  16 Jun 2019 11:33 AM IST
• View: The Bengali bhadralok's journey from pride to shame

  
  21 Apr 2019 01:03 PM IST
• View: Blinded by hatred for Modi, opposition is giving ammunition to Pakistan

  
  10 Mar 2019 10:40 AM IST
• View: In 2014, it was the Chowkidar and Chaiwala. What will it be in 2019?

  
  27 Jan 2019 11:35 AM IST
• View: Statue debate is giving us a more rounded history lesson

  
  18 Nov 2018 11:43 AM IST
• View: Cold numbers will need a dash of poetry in 2019

  
  26 Aug 2018 10:42 AM IST
• View: Stop knocking NRC, 40 lakh may be an underestimate

  
  12 Aug 2018 11:13 AM IST
• Freeze on triple talaq bill means Muslim women stay less equal

  
  14 Jan 2018 10:47 AM IST
• Vibrant and noisy Gujarat campaign shows democracy is alive and kicking

  
  17 Dec 2017 11:33 AM IST
• Indians may eat steak abroad but burra at home still a no-no

  
  09 Apr 2017 11:58 AM IST
• View: From Harvard to House, how notebandi naysayers got it so wrong

  
  12 Mar 2017 02:27 PM IST
• If last two years are any indication, India could be on the cusp of an exciting Modi revolution

  
  29 May 2016 12:25 PM IST
• Statute vs sacred: Asaduddin Owaisi's game has a familiar ring to it

  
  20 Mar 2016 10:40 AM IST
• An emperor like Aurangzeb who is a byword for bigotry belongs in the past

  
  06 Sep 2015 10:32 AM IST
• How to remember our heroes without conforming to age-old traditions

  
  02 Nov 2014 01:05 PM IST
• Why India never succeeded in establishing espionage mythology

  
  26 Aug 2012 07:47 AM IST
• Why Assam is sitting on a volcano

  
  12 Aug 2012 08:39 AM IST