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About the AuthorNilanjan Mukhopadhyay

The writer is an author and journalist based in Delhi-NCR. His latest book is 'The Demolition and the Verdict: Ayodhya and the Project to Reconfigure India', and he�??s also the author of 'Narendra Modi: The Man, The Times'. He tweets at @NilanjanUdwin.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his party will not leave any stone unturned in transforming Tripura. (Photo: AP)

After 2014 Modi wave, 2019 headed for drift

Mr Modi's incapacity to check this despite proclaimed intention is his principal failure.

20 April 2018 12:37 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed 1.25 crore Indians for fourth time. (Photo: PTI)

Dalit fury rattles BJP, as Sangh fuzzy over caste

The Modi government is conspicuous in its inability to comprehend dalit sense and sensibility.

6 April 2018 6:59 AM IST

BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie with West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee before a meeting at the TMC party office in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Didi sets the ball rolling, but road ahead is tough

The PM will do no good to his chances of securing another term by imagining the developments to be just an one-act skit...

30 March 2018 1:25 AM IST

The statement by Om Prakash Rajbhar, who is a Cabinet minister in the Yogi Adityanath government, is simply to garner some cheap publicity, state BJP spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi said. (Photo: PTI)

BJP vulnerable if Opposition can unite, state by state

These results underscore a major flaw in the way that the BJP conducts itself following credible victories in new...

16 March 2018 2:22 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu

TDP exit, statue attacks: BJP to rethink strategy?

The TDP's pullout from the Union government has the possibility of reworking the equation prior to 2019.

9 March 2018 5:11 AM IST

Terming the MSME sector as the backbone of the economy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the sector would lead the current consolidation phase of the economy. (Photo: PTI)

Govt 'failure' over PNB threat to its credibility

Modi govt's biggest failure is in making the bureaucracy in governments and in quasi-government bodies stakeholders in...

23 Feb 2018 1:58 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers Motion of Thanks speech in Lok Sabha. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Democracy recession? New low in Parliament

Though greeted by the treasury benches with loud thumps on desks, Mr Modi displayed poor knowledge of history.

9 Feb 2018 2:30 AM IST

Firefighters and policemen try to douse a fire after activists of the Karni Sena torched a Haryana Roadways bus during a demonstration against the release of Padmaavat in Gurgaon. (Photo: PTI)

Padmaavat, mob rule & 68 years of the republic

Padmaavat is not just a film, an indulgence of an overenthusiastic picture-book maker.

26 Jan 2018 1:42 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

Heal '84 wounds: Give justice, end the politics

Sikhs were not too impressed with the NDA's decision to constitute the SIT.

12 Jan 2018 12:14 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Short-term-vision netas India's growing danger

The threat to the BJP in the beginning of the year and the challenge it faced in the last weeks of the year were...

30 Dec 2017 12:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Touching new low: Guj race leaves bitter taste

It is a sad moment for Indian democracy that the Prime Minister will henceforth be pulled down by the weight of old...

15 Dec 2017 2:37 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Gujarat: A huge test for BJP as 2019 on horizon

This election, that was expected to be a cakewalk for the BJP, has turned on its head and become an extraordinary poll.

2 Dec 2017 4:31 AM IST