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Bharat Bhushan
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The writer is a senior journalist based in New Delhi.
    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    BJP and caste politics: A rabbit waits in the hat

    The government could use the report to re-categorise the OBCs by providing quotas within the 27 per cent reservations as...

    14 Aug 2018 12:14 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    For 2019, Modi plans a new campaign mantra

    The primary strand of his new narrative is to convert the 2019 general election from Modi versus Nobody†into a Modi...

    2 Aug 2018 1:56 AM IST

    J&K Governor N. N. Vohra. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    BJP won't find it easy to form new J&K govt

    The killing of civilians by the security forces has not come down in the wake of Governor's Rule in the state.

    20 July 2018 12:06 AM IST

    Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama speaks during the World Peace and Harmony Conclave in Mumbai on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Waiting for Karmapa: Delhi in fix over Tibet

    A disputed succession would divide Tibetans politically and determine the direction of their struggle.

    14 July 2018 12:47 AM IST

    Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    Of a Hindu Wakanda' & modern India's dreams

    The glory of ancient Hindu science is an essential component of the Hindutva worldview.

    16 Jun 2018 12:54 AM IST

    Former President Pranab Mukherjee is welcomed by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Nagpur. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Did Pranab make a Faustian bargain?

    The former President used the opportunity to distance himself individually from the Congress.

    9 Jun 2018 5:47 AM IST

    RLD candidate Tabassum Hasan with her supporters after winning the Kairana Lok Sabha byelections on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    A monkey wrench hits the BJP's 'cow' boys

    The most significant byelection result was from Kairana in UP, where the BJP's communal strategy failed.

    2 Jun 2018 2:27 AM IST

    A Tide in the Affairs of Men: A Public Servant Remembers By Prateep K. Lahiri Roli Books pp. 225Books
    A babu's insider view, warts and all

    After his experience of communal riots in Jabalpur and Indore, Lahiri gains several important insights.

    1 Jun 2018 12:36 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    BJP arrogance busted, Cong learns deference

    This is the first time that the Modi-Shah duo has been outsmarted by their political rivals.

    21 May 2018 5:35 AM IST

    BJP has proved an overwhelming number of opinion and exit polls wrong in the Karnataka Assembly election result. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)Opinion
    Rout to power: K'taka shows Opp. unity vital

    The third part of the BJP's election template is to deliver the final body blow using its best pugilist, Prime Minister...

    16 May 2018 12:40 AM IST

    Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti speaks at the launch of financial assistance package for displaced persons of Pak Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) 1947, 1965 and 1971, in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    How Mehbooba averted whitewash over Kathua

    Jitendra Singh posed for a picture with the group and announced that its report would be forwarded to the Supreme Court.

    10 May 2018 1:00 AM IST

    The Narendra Modi slogan about protecting the girl child (Beti Bachao) was turned on its head to mean that the girl child had to be saved from the BJPs lumpen leaders. (Representational image)Opinion
    Rape rage: Will BJP lose J&K govt, women's vote?

    The government's prolonged silence on the two cases and the BJP's complicity in protecting the accused is likely to have...

    18 April 2018 12:40 AM IST

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