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Bengal’s political violence is an oddity in India
June 11, 2019, 7:09 PM IST
Political violence has ebbed in much of India but not in Bengal. The past few days of bloodletting solidifies the perception of Bengal as the most politically restive state in India. Bengal’s history of political…
June 11, 2019, 7:09 PM IST
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The perils of “son-rises”: can Ashok Gehlot survive?
June 5, 2019, 5:54 PM IST
At the moment, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot exemplifies everything that has gone wrong with the Congress. His attempt to shift responsibility for his son Vaibhav’s massive defeat to Rajasthan PCC president and deputy chief…
June 5, 2019, 5:54 PM IST
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SP, BSP stare at bleak futures
June 5, 2019, 1:20 PM IST
The sense of defeat was palpable in BSP supremo Mayawati and SP’s Akhilesh Yadav deciding to go their separate ways after an experiment that posed a serious challenge to BJP in Uttar Pradesh. The challenge…
June 5, 2019, 1:20 PM IST
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Why Rahul Gandhi Must Resign
May 28, 2019, 4:42 PM IST
Since Saturday’s eventful Congress Working Committee meeting in which Rahul Gandhi offered his resignation, top Congress leaders have been attempting to convince him to stay in the post. Rahul must realise that leading and managing…
May 28, 2019, 4:42 PM IST
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The emphatic verdict from Uttar Pradesh for BJP punctures the logic of caste gathbandhans
May 24, 2019, 6:39 PM IST
BJP’s performance in Uttar Pradesh is stunning to say the least. SP, BSP and RLD’s reliance on electoral arithmetic to catch up with BJP met a reality check in Narendra Modi’s chemistry with the state’s…
May 24, 2019, 6:39 PM IST
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In Kerala, a vote against CPM and BJP
May 24, 2019, 6:30 PM IST
Even as it took hard blows across much of the country, Congress was the recipient of a double bonanza in Kerala. The impressive 19-1 UDF performance in Kerala with Congress picking up 15 seats was…
May 24, 2019, 6:30 PM IST
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NDA-3 must find solutions for water scarcity and ensuring quality education
May 24, 2019, 5:00 PM IST
The challenges that await Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his second term are many. So many, that a lesser man would have flinched. But the two areas he will need to focus most are education…
May 24, 2019, 5:00 PM IST
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The fall of Congress dynasties big and small
May 24, 2019, 1:47 PM IST
Most Congress dynasties are crumbling and how. Topping the list would be the party president Rahul Gandhi himself. Amethi has been a Gandhi family bastion ever since Sanjay Gandhi picked it to contest the 1980…
May 24, 2019, 1:47 PM IST
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It Is Modi Wave 2.0
May 23, 2019, 9:36 PM IST
India has reposed trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a sweeping mandate. In many states across India, particularly the Hindi heartland – Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh…
May 23, 2019, 9:36 PM IST
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Nitish Kumar and JD(U) remains the x-factor in Bihar
March 22, 2019, 7:38 PM IST
The stage is set for a a battle royale between two opposition alliances in Bihar. Friends have turned foes and enemies have turned partners in this duel. In 2015, Upendra Kushwaha and Jiten Ram Manjhi…
March 22, 2019, 7:38 PM IST
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Some parties set great store by their manifestos, some don’t seem to care
March 22, 2019, 7:37 PM IST
I was trying to download the BJP manifestos from previous elections from the party website when I realized that the site is still not up after a hacker attack. In some states, regional parties have…
March 22, 2019, 7:37 PM IST
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Congress’s UP strategy lacks coherence
March 22, 2019, 5:03 PM IST
Priyanka Gandhi did manage to grab eyeballs in the three days she travelled down the Ganga from Prayagraj to Varanasi. Her temple run clearly aimed to steal votes from BJP. Despite the unprecedented TV coverage…
March 22, 2019, 5:03 PM IST
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LK Advani bids adieu to politics?
March 22, 2019, 12:22 PM IST
The man who tore down the Babri Masjid and floated pretensions of being India’s iron man at the turn of this century has bowed out of politics, quite tamely. BJP has not fielded LK Advani…
March 22, 2019, 12:22 PM IST
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Congress high command shouldn’t have left alliance talks to state units
March 22, 2019, 12:15 PM IST
One of the big surprises of this election was that Congress could beat BJP in candidate finalisation. Credit that to empowering the state units but the same cannot be said of leaving alliances to the…
March 22, 2019, 12:15 PM IST
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Reviewing the claims to forest land of nearly 10 lakh Adivasi and other communities will be a test of state capacity
March 1, 2019, 6:11 PM IST
The Supreme Court stay on its own order directing the eviction of lakhs of tribals and those belonging to other traditional forest dwelling (OTFD) communities has prevented a great injustice from being done. While the…
March 1, 2019, 6:11 PM IST
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A hopelessly frayed narrative, a confused nation, a rant
March 1, 2019, 2:52 PM IST
An issue has bothered me for the past two weeks. Have we lost our ability for collective action? When news of the Indian Air Force strike on Pakistan trickled in, I briefly felt compelled to…
March 1, 2019, 2:52 PM IST
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Imran Khan’s moderation on the Indo-Pak escalation alters the caricaturish portrayals
March 1, 2019, 12:19 PM IST
For a country that has received global approbation for being a jihad factory, Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has done quite well for the country’s image and his own in the past two days. His…
March 1, 2019, 12:19 PM IST
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Prime Minister Modi’s engagements with Pakistan have reached a fork in the road
March 1, 2019, 12:01 PM IST
When PM Narendra Modi invited then Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif to his swearing-in ceremony in May 2014 the possibility of a new dawn beckoned. The two prime ministers followed up with informal engagements culminating in…
March 1, 2019, 12:01 PM IST
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Government’s weak response to attacks on Kashmiris is shameful
February 22, 2019, 4:33 PM IST
It happened during the spate of lynchings. It has happened again during the assault on Kashmiris by right-wing mobs. The Prime Minister is silent and in his absence the government doesn’t quite seem to know…
February 22, 2019, 4:33 PM IST
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Mulayam’s barbs don’t matter. His politics failed and SP cadre see his son as the future
February 22, 2019, 2:53 PM IST
Mulayam Singh Yadav’s disappointment over Akhilesh Yadav surrendering half of UP’s seats to BSP will find few takers within the Samajwadi Party. In 2014, SP was down to five seats with Mulayam’s family members winning…
February 22, 2019, 2:53 PM IST
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