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For all his continued popularity, at least as shown in the opinion polls, the fact is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been at the head of an incompetent administrative response to the pandemic. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | Ideology or competence: What do the voters want?

Politicians are voted in and voted out for a variety of reasons, but rarely have they been voted out for incompetence

19 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his principal operative, Union home minister Amit Shah, the saffron partys new sutra is to form a government in a state through any means. (Photo: PTI)

Anand K. Sahay | The idea behind capturing power in any kind of way:...

The BJP may or may not win the Assembly elections in Assam. But winning a poll fair and square is not the metric any...

19 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

The Modi government likes the label of a decisive government, but its actions are quite to the contrary. (Photo: AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | Second wave gives the lie to Modi's decisive' image

The second Covid wave has vividly shown the glaring gulf between image and delivery of the Modi Sarkar

18 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Women leaders belonging to the TMC have also slammed the Prime Minister, saying this was not just an insult to an elected chief minister but to all women. (Photo: AFP)

Anita Katyal | Modi's Didi' jibe offends women; what AAP shares with...

Roadside Romeos have apparently been mimicking the Prime Minister, using the same catcall, when they see women on the...

18 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Old sport! The story of my fitness journey

After you reach a certain age and size, in my case at least, your thoughts turn to another age and size, largely...

18 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Devotees gather to offer prayers during the third Shahi Snan of the Kumbh Mela 2021, at Har ki Pauri Ghat in Haridwar. (Photo: PTI)

Shobhaa De | Kal Ho Na Ho: Inept govt messes up war on Covid

Dealing with Covid is a lot easier than dealing with our callous netas

17 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Racism exists in Britain, but it's not always...

There were two incidents in my years at Cambridge University which I could possibly label racist

17 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

The Indian Army must train police and paramilitary commandos in special operations and leadership skills at the combat levels. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Kamal Davar | Ramping security or building trust, how best to tame...

With alacrity, the Centre will have to re-energise its security strategies to combat the Naxals

16 April 2021 12:02 AM IST

The electoral rallies with several lakh people that were held till very recently in Kerala, Assam and Tamil Nadu and which will continue to dominate the political horizon in West Bengal for the rest of this month. (Photo: PTI)

Karan Thapar | Covid: Who'll pay price for irresponsible netas?

The political rallies and religious snans could easily become super-spreader events. Some perhaps already have

16 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Fresh minds in diplomacy: MEA opens to interns, sees...

Under the new policy, MEA will take in about 60 interns every year in two batches, with each intern spending three...

15 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Family members mourn near the body of the deceased after clashes erupted between locals and central forces during the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly Election in Cooch Behar. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Bengal violence erupted as all leaders...

What India is seeing is a generation of political leaders who are immature, who lack the poise of a leader of a national...

15 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

K.C. Singh | India's isolation likely to grow in the entire region

Some recent diplomatic events, many of them flowing from shifting global power equations, hold much significance for...

13 April 2021 11:55 PM IST