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Bharat Bhushan
Where parties fail, can civil society succeed?
Defending the people and fighting for their rights at the ground level became less and less important.
18 Jul 2019 1:55 AM
Oppn parties unable to reinvent themselves
In India, a number of political parties, it seems, will be even more shortlived. Most of them, unfortunately, are in the Opposition.
04 Jul 2019 12:02 AM
India stares at a crisis of political leadership
The BJP has an advantage in its parliamentary numbers and time is on its side.
20 Jun 2019 1:49 AM
Tectonic shift towards a very different India
Rahul Gandhi and the OBC parties offered the protection and continuation of an evolving liberal vision.
25 May 2019 12:03 AM
May 23: Is the answer blowing in the wind?
It would have been unthinkable only a few weeks ago that the BJP would even countenance such a possibility.
09 May 2019 12:08 AM
Are RSS, BJP risking their political future?
While the RSS as an organisation may not have backed or conspired to launch terrorist strikes against Muslims.
25 Apr 2019 12:08 AM
Polls on, but Modi still seeking a grand theme
The government’s claims of muscularity on security issues were punctured by spectacular terrorist attacks in Pathankot, Uri and Pulwama.
11 Apr 2019 5:27 AM
Why Modi’s chowkidar campaign a non-starter
Prime Minister Modi was packaged as a doer, making decisions and implementing them at an unprecedented pace.
25 Mar 2019 12:00 AM
Congress, on the back foot, is damaging itself
Now it is being said that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will neither contest a Lok Sabha seat nor campaign outside Uttar Pradesh.
15 Mar 2019 12:05 AM
What to do about Pak? Modi’s dilemma grows
The government began its retaliation against Pakistan by withdrawing the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status of Pakistan.
23 Feb 2019 12:44 AM
Naga settlement: So near, and yet so far
But the BJP government at the Centre must also share some of the blame for the delay in the final settlement.
06 Feb 2019 7:08 AM
Will Modi remain Sangh’s favourite?
The friction between the RSS and Mr Modi is not over Hindutva per se but more about political functioning.
06 Jan 2019 12:05 AM
No gain for democracy, or for India’s interests
The West has chosen instead to express concern over violence, intimidation and harassment of political opponents before the election.
03 Jan 2019 1:13 AM
Opposition braces for a tough fight in Bangla election
Recently, however, a number of developments have upped the excitement.
24 Nov 2018 1:01 AM
Changing place names: Fashioning potent weapons of mass distraction
The renaming and the Ram temple issue appeals to the common religious identity of the OBCs and dalits.
16 Nov 2018 12:05 AM
Ignoring top Tibetan lamas puts India on wrong side of history
A serious issue that needs to be settled between Ugyen Dorje and Thaye Dorje is about who will inherit Rumtek Monastery as the Karmapa.
18 Oct 2018 4:48 AM
Opposition lacks potent strategy on Rafale deal
In the Rafale controversy, unlike V.P. Singh, Rahul Gandhi risks nothing.
10 Oct 2018 12:07 AM
In 2019, will ‘wild dogs’ hunt down ‘lonely lion’?
The dalits are being told that the government is their best protection against atrocities by the upper castes.
15 Sep 2018 12:00 AM
Ashes of hope: Why the BJP needs Atal as icon
In all 75 districts of UP, memorial events will be organised to scatter Vajpayee’s ashes in a river.
25 Aug 2018 5:40 AM
PM, at Red Fort, goes all out for Polls 2019
Modi had hoped that if simultaneous elections were held, his personal image would help to overcome local anti-incumbencies.
16 Aug 2018 2:27 AM
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