Swapan Dasgupta is an Indian journalist and Member of the Rajya Sabha. At various points in his career, he has held editorial posts at Statesman, Daily Telegraph, The Times of India, Indian Express and India Today, where he was managing editor till 2003. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2015 for his contribution to literature and education.
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The rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was much more than an ordinary electoral phenomenon: it brought to the fore two contrasting views of nationhood: between those who saw modern India in terms of secular republicanism and on the other hand were t... SEE MORE