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Anand Sahay is a senior journalist based in Delhi.

Jaswant Singh was new to diplomacy on the world stage but he proved more than equal to the task. PTI Photo

Anand K. Sahay | Jaswant Singh, a gentleman politician and an astute...

Contemplating the life he lived after he is gone, it is hard to see him in any role other than that of a politician at...

2 Oct 2020 5:32 PM IST

AAP MP Sanjay Singh stages a protest over his suspension from the remaining monsoon session of Parliament over the ruckus created in the Rajya Sabha. (PTI)

Anand K Sahay | Can fury over farm bills trigger a wider stir?

It is clear as day that continuance of MSP runs against the logic of the two laws cleared by Parliament

27 Sept 2020 3:50 PM IST

: Protesters throw stones on security personnel after an encounter with militants, at Batamaloo in Srinagar. PTI Photo

Anand K. Sahay | Kashmiris respond to Centre with Gupkar II'

Its defining feature can be summed by a phrase in it: nothing about us without us

18 Sept 2020 6:37 PM IST

Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi chairs a virtual meeting with Chief Ministers of 7 states to discuss various issues, in New Delhi

Anand K Sahay | It's time for Congress to change its culture'

The ruling party's object, no doubt, is to spread a sense of deepening organisational crisis in the Congress

28 Aug 2020 7:06 PM IST

The entire Ayodhya temple project has, in fact, been a massive enterprise in the politics of bigotry in which religion is whipped up as a mobilising tool. PTI Photo

Anand K Sahay | Why Ayodhya was not like battle for freedom

The Kashmir-to-Ayodhya common template was clearly intended to overtly demonstrate the suppression of Muslim aspirations...

14 Aug 2020 5:07 PM IST

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has survived Sachin Pilots challenge but there is little doubt that the BJP is out to dislodge him. (PTI)

Anand K Sahay | Why the BJP is like the fox in the chicken coop

Ashok Gehlot has survived for now but he must know the BJP has put a mark on him

18 July 2020 12:04 AM IST

In this file photo dated Thursday, June 12, 2008, of Syed Ali Shah Geelani waves at a crowd, in Srinagar. Geelani, the lifetime chairman of the pro-Pakistan Hurriyat Conference, made a surprise announcement of completely dissociating himself from the 16-party amalgam. PTI Photo

Anand K. Sahay | Geelani's exit hints to a possible shift in Kashmir...

The Mirwaiz and Geelani factions of the Hurriyat had no popular leaders in their ranks

8 July 2020 4:49 PM IST

An Indian army truck drives along a road in Leh. AP Photo

Anand K Sahay | The situation at LAC: PM must come clean

In 2020, a military confrontation may not materialise, but the Chinese have evidently prepared for one over a long...

30 Jun 2020 4:57 PM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (PTI file photo)

Can Congress unite Opp. in Bihar to take on Nitish, BJP?

The BJP and its allies cannot but be wary about the potential of its opponents even in Bihar

20 Jun 2020 7:17 PM IST

Representational image (AFP)

Anand K. Sahay | Chinese incursion: Why is Modi government so...

Modi doesn't have the privilege, unlike India's first leader did, of being the Mahatma's first disciple, and a visionary...

16 Jun 2020 6:11 PM IST

Migrants, who have arrived from Surat in Gujarat, walk to board buses to reach their native places, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. PTI Photo

Anand K Sahay | Atma Nirbhar Bharat': A mantra to mask failure?

When the lockdown came without notice, and the regime left the 400 million informal sector in the lurch, the Indian...

28 May 2020 7:25 PM IST

Protesters throw stones at Indian government forces following a gun battle between militants and government forces in Srinagar. AFP Photo

Anand K. Sahay: An ill-wind blows in J&K after UT status

As the year turned, however, it became evident that the local terrorists who had stayed under the radar began to find...

22 May 2020 7:28 PM IST