Uttaran Das Gupta

Uttaran Das Gupta is an independent writer and journalist.

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The 2019 commemoration of the Battle of Bhima Koregaon. Long a place of political pilgrimage for India’s Dalits, the site has become a focal point in the contest between Hindu nationalism and progressive politics.

Bhima Koregaon, the BK-16 and cracks in Indian democracy

Uttaran Das Gupta

07 Nov 2025

Atal Behari Vajpayee in Berlin in 2003. Several recent books have studied Vajpayee’s life and career before his ascent to power as a microcosm of India’s post-independence history from the perspective of the opposition and the Hindu Right. Photo: IMAGO / photothek

The fading mirage of a “liberal” Vajpayee

Uttaran Das Gupta

25 Dec 2023

Photo: Facebook / Association of India Deoli Camp Internees 1962.

When India put Indians in camps

Uttaran Das Gupta

09 Jun 2020

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