Shikha Dalmia
Shikha Dalmia is a visiting fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University studying the rise of populist authoritarianism. She is a Bloomberg View contributor and a columnist at the Washington Examiner, and she also writes regularly for The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and numerous other publications. She considers herself to be a progressive libertarian and an agnostic with Buddhist longings and a Sufi soul.
Latest articles by Shikha Dalmia
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Lockdowns are no longer the answer
opinion Lockdowns made sense in the spring. They don't anymore.
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What makes America exceptional
opinion It's far from perfect, but even a pandemic can't deter its moral struggle
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There's another way to fight coronavirus
opinion "Lockdown" or "liberation" are not the only options
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America's national priority should be a home coronavirus test
opinion It's our best — and most realistic — hope of ending the lockdowns soon
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Trump's crackdown on skilled immigrants is hurting our coronavirus response
opinion Limiting visas for skilled workers has kept out huge numbers of doctors, nurses, and researchers
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How Modi supporters are trying to cloak an anti-Muslim bill in American law
opinion India's Citizenship Amendment Act isn't based on America's Lautenberg law at all
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Modi is resurrecting the most horrifying episode of his career to crush dissent
opinion The Indian prime minister is taking his bloody Gujarat Model national
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The goofy fantasy of anti-war Trump
opinion The killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani is just more proof that Trump was never going to end endless war
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The West was profoundly wrong about Modi
opinion Many U.S. politicians, celebrities, and CEOs celebrated India's strongman. They should apologize now.
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India is laying the groundwork for a mass faith-cleansing
opinion Will India do to its Muslims what China is doing to Uighurs?
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India is entering a new dark age
The Explainer And its citizens have lost the will to fight this descent
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Modi's devastating distraction in Kashmir
opinion The Indian prime minister wags the dog in one of the world's most volatile regions
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Why Indian PM Narendra Modi is doubling down on fear
opinion It's the Indian economy, stupid
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Trump isn't rolling back the American empire. He's expanding it.
opinion Trump is not diminishing America's military footprint; if anything, he's expanding it
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If America can launch military strikes in Pakistan, why can't India?
opinion On the perilous example set by the bin Laden raid
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Remember the Kurds
opinion In withdrawing too hastily from Syria, America is about to repeat the mistakes of the fall of Saigon
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In defense of Betsy DeVos' Title IX plan
opinion She just wants to give universities space to restore some modicum of due process for those accused of sexual misconduct. What's wrong with that?
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GM vs. Tariff Man
opinion The American auto industry is taking it on the chin from President Trump
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Where the West went wrong
opinion On the inevitable end of the end of history
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India's stealth war on liberal democracy
opinion Prime Minister Narendra Modi is presiding over a quiet descent into lawlessness
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Our perilous sexual moment
opinion Everyone seems furious. And most everyone is wrong.
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ICE's tyrannical campaign to silence dissent
opinion In a bid to stifle the backlash against its harsh enforcement policies, federal agents are now targeting high-profile immigration activists
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How Hindu nationalists devoured India
opinion The sickening rise of anti-Muslim hatred in India
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We can't stop mass murder
opinion Why even draconian gun control won't stop mass killings
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