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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    Speaker Ramesh KumarOpinion
    Can Speaker dictate terms of resignation?

    The Congress as a party would not want to be blackmailing the government.

    17 July 2019 2:45 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah arrive for the BJP Central Election Committee meeting for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: G.N. Jha)Opinion
    No talk of jobs will not make the issue go away

    Shah had talked of self-employment as a way of dealing with the jobs problem, making it evident that the government is...

    9 July 2019 12:17 AM IST

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with her team before presenting the budget. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)Opinion
    Nirmala's Budget fullof political flourishes

    The Budget speech was a political declamation, but there were strong signs of the government's desperate bid to ...

    6 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: ANI | Twitter)Opinion
    Checks and balances: Hubris for Modi, BJP

    Modi is not the first person to express his irritation with the political numbers in the Rajya Sabha.

    2 July 2019 3:03 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Prosaic agenda: Where is the Modi 2.0 vision?

    There is the predictable and justifiable note of boastfulness after the unmistakable and assertive election victory of...

    22 Jun 2019 7:28 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Modi takes a hard look at economy's potholes

    There are problems, of course, some of them unstated, some overstated.

    18 Jun 2019 3:30 AM IST

    External affairs minister S. Jaishankar addresses a meet in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    For Modi, Jaishankar is like Nixon's Kissinger

    There was the sincere intent to strengthen the Saarc.

    11 Jun 2019 1:33 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made an indirect reference to the air strikes carried out by the Indian Air Force. (File Photo)Opinion
    Modi's huge mandate to be a heavy burden

    The second Modi government is on its own, and it will be expected not to commit the blunders of its first term.

    3 Jun 2019 1:07 AM IST

    Congress president Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference on the last day of election campaign in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: G.N. Jha)Opinion
    What Congress must do to save itself from itself

    The job should go to someone like Mr Chidambaram, who can draft what the party's approach should be to the new political...

    29 May 2019 1:00 AM IST

    BJP workers welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he, along with BJP president Amit Shah, arrives at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Modi's triumph comes with plenty of caveats

    The BJP's share of the percentage of votes has gone up sharply, its seat share has moved up only modestly.

    24 May 2019 12:00 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi during press conferences in their respective party headquarters. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Modi looks a winner, but it's not quite off the mark

    The BJP-NDA win indicated by the different exit polls can't be used to infer that it is the victory of Mr Modi's...

    21 May 2019 7:11 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Beyond atmospherics: Populism' challenges

    Winning or losing an election is not so important as it is to learn to engage in democratic politics.

    13 May 2019 12:07 AM IST

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