An Intermedial Retrospective

The book, ‘Indian Renaissance: The Modi Decade’,...

Poor air quality forces Haryana to order school closures

Haryana government orders school closures and online...

Dearth of second-line leaders in Congress

The problem, according to a senior Congress...

SHUBHABRATA BHATTACHARYA

May 1981-May 1991: The turbulent decade of Rajiv

How ‘Mr Clean’ was marred by Bofors allegations. The month of May has seen major transition in Indian politics. First Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s death...

May 1981-May 1991: The turbulent decade of Rajiv

How ‘Mr Clean’ was marred by Bofors allegations. The month of May has seen major transition in Indian politics. First Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s death...

May 1981-May 1991: The turbulent decade of Rajiv

How ‘Mr Clean’ was marred by Bofors allegations. The month of May has seen major transition in Indian politics. First Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s death...

The emergence of BJP 2.0

The selection of former Congressman Himanta Biswa Sarma as the new Chief Minister of Assam and the election of Trinamool renegade Suvendu Adhikari as...

The emergence of BJP 2.0

The selection of former Congressman Himanta Biswa Sarma as the new Chief Minister of Assam and the election of Trinamool renegade Suvendu Adhikari as...

Will Mamata emerge as the face against PM Modi in 2024?

Talk of anti-BJP ‘Federal Front had emanated at her swearing-in 2016 as well… The very fact that Mamata took oath on 5 May alone...

Will Mamata emerge as the face against PM Modi in 2024?

Talk of anti-BJP ‘Federal Front had emanated at her swearing-in 2016 as well… The very fact that Mamata took oath on 5 May alone...

Will Mamata emerge as the face against PM Modi in 2024?

Talk of anti-BJP ‘Federal Front had emanated at her swearing-in 2016 as well… The very fact that Mamata took oath on 5 May alone...

Election Commission walks the tightrope in times of post-truth

Sunil Arora faces unfounded flak from Julio Ribeiro; confronts with rectitude. New Delhi: The 2021 elections have not merely seen cliff-hangers at the hustings. The...

Mamata’s war cry against bohiragoto alien to Bengal’s heritage, history

Babasaheb Ambedkar was sent to Constituent Assembly by Bengal legislature in 1946 after Bombay turned its back.     Is Bengal inimical to “outsiders”? Unlike Maharashtra, which...

Exit Ghulam Nabi, enter Kharge: The Empire strikes back

G23 embers glow; demand for full time and effective leadership retains currency. Congress letter warriors, who have earned the epithet “G23”, may be down but...

Exit Ghulam Nabi, enter Kharge: The Empire strikes back

G23 embers glow; demand for full time and effective leadership retains currency. Congress letter warriors, who have earned the epithet “G23”, may be down but...

Exit Ghulam Nabi, enter Kharge: The Empire strikes back

G23 embers glow; demand for full time and effective leadership retains currency. Congress letter warriors, who have earned the epithet “G23”, may be down but...

Yellow line between governorship and active politics yet to be drawn

Jagdeep Dhankar sets a precedent by appearing on TV debate to underscore his position.   West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar created history on 2 February when...

Farmers snook framers of Constitution on Republic Day

Unlike Go Rakshak mayhem of 1966, State shows restraint; but was tractor rally permission prudent? Irony was writ large. Three days after Prime Minister Narendra...

Farmers snook framers of Constitution on Republic Day

Unlike Go Rakshak mayhem of 1966, State shows restraint; but was tractor rally permission prudent? Irony was writ large. Three days after Prime Minister Narendra...

Farmers snook framers of Constitution on Republic Day

Unlike Go Rakshak mayhem of 1966, State shows restraint; but was tractor rally permission prudent? Irony was writ large. Three days after Prime Minister Narendra...

Modi earned and achieved the prime ministership: Pranab book

The 2014 verdict was not a turning point, but historic, says Pranab Mukherjee in his memoirs chronicling the change of an era. Pranab Mukherjee’s ninth...

Rahul Gandhi’s phantasm on democracy divorced from reality

India’s vibrant system is in sharp relief to the nihilism in Washington. Rahul Gandhi’s sophomoric statement “there is no democracy in India”, propounded outside Rashtrapati...

Rahul Gandhi’s phantasm on democracy divorced from reality

India’s vibrant system is in sharp relief to the nihilism in Washington. Rahul Gandhi’s sophomoric statement “there is no democracy in India”, propounded outside Rashtrapati...

Rahul Gandhi’s phantasm on democracy divorced from reality

India’s vibrant system is in sharp relief to the nihilism in Washington. Rahul Gandhi’s sophomoric statement “there is no democracy in India”, propounded outside Rashtrapati...

It’s ‘never a full stop’ for Sharad Pawar

Advertising blitz by NCP on his birthday suggests an agenda.   Amidst continuing uncertainty in Congress on the leadership question and dithering by Rahul Gandhi, speculation...

It’s ‘never a full stop’ for Sharad Pawar

Advertising blitz by NCP on his birthday suggests an agenda.   Amidst continuing uncertainty in Congress on the leadership question and dithering by Rahul Gandhi, speculation...

It’s ‘never a full stop’ for Sharad Pawar

Advertising blitz by NCP on his birthday suggests an agenda.   Amidst continuing uncertainty in Congress on the leadership question and dithering by Rahul Gandhi, speculation...

Congress unable to distinguish between image and mirage

Despondency and uncertainty engulf the party as Rahul keeps options open on leadership.   Pointsman Ahmed Patel’s death and the flip flop of Rahul Gandhi have...

Congress unable to distinguish between image and mirage

Despondency and uncertainty engulf the party as Rahul keeps options open on leadership.   Pointsman Ahmed Patel’s death and the flip flop of Rahul Gandhi have...

Congress unable to distinguish between image and mirage

Despondency and uncertainty engulf the party as Rahul keeps options open on leadership.   Pointsman Ahmed Patel’s death and the flip flop of Rahul Gandhi have...

As BJP plateaus in Bihar, Congress withers into a fringe outfit

Narendra Modi emphasises supremacy of party worker and organisation, sans family dominance, in his hour of triumph.   Addressing a victory celebration at the BJP national...

As BJP plateaus in Bihar, Congress withers into a fringe outfit

Narendra Modi emphasises supremacy of party worker and organisation, sans family dominance, in his hour of triumph.   Addressing a victory celebration at the BJP national...

As BJP plateaus in Bihar, Congress withers into a fringe outfit

Narendra Modi emphasises supremacy of party worker and organisation, sans family dominance, in his hour of triumph.   Addressing a victory celebration at the BJP national...

From dark Diwali to a lamp to fete jawans: 2020 different from 1962

Modi’s China policy and Pakistan’s admission of Pulwama devilment change the paradigm.   Fifty-eight years ago, India observed a Dark Diwali on 28 October 1962. Not...

From dark Diwali to a lamp to fete jawans: 2020 different from 1962

Modi’s China policy and Pakistan’s admission of Pulwama devilment change the paradigm.   Fifty-eight years ago, India observed a Dark Diwali on 28 October 1962. Not...

From dark Diwali to a lamp to fete jawans: 2020 different from 1962

Modi’s China policy and Pakistan’s admission of Pulwama devilment change the paradigm.   Fifty-eight years ago, India observed a Dark Diwali on 28 October 1962. Not...

Infantile disorder in ‘House of Elders’ takes sheen off well organised session

Bills passed, but Parliament fails to send out a message of unity in times of external, internal peril.   The Monsoon Session of Parliament, held under...

Infantile disorder in ‘House of Elders’ takes sheen off well organised session

Bills passed, but Parliament fails to send out a message of unity in times of external, internal peril.   The Monsoon Session of Parliament, held under...

Infantile disorder in ‘House of Elders’ takes sheen off well organised session

Bills passed, but Parliament fails to send out a message of unity in times of external, internal peril.   The Monsoon Session of Parliament, held under...

Hopefully all will be well as there will be no ‘well’ in this session

Written Answers to MPs will provide scope for future discussion; the heat of Question Hour shall be missed.     There is brouhaha over the decision to...

Hopefully all will be well as there will be no ‘well’ in this session

Written Answers to MPs will provide scope for future discussion; the heat of Question Hour shall be missed.     There is brouhaha over the decision to...

Hopefully all will be well as there will be no ‘well’ in this session

Written Answers to MPs will provide scope for future discussion; the heat of Question Hour shall be missed.     There is brouhaha over the decision to...

Sulk swells to growl and dissipates in a whimper

Palace revolt doesn’t scrape the Nehru-Gandhis.   The strategy to isolate the G-23 mutineers had been put in place a well before their letter was “leaked”...

Sulk swells to growl and dissipates in a whimper

Palace revolt doesn’t scrape the Nehru-Gandhis.   The strategy to isolate the G-23 mutineers had been put in place a well before their letter was “leaked”...

Sulk swells to growl and dissipates in a whimper

Palace revolt doesn’t scrape the Nehru-Gandhis.   The strategy to isolate the G-23 mutineers had been put in place a well before their letter was “leaked”...

Was Ayodhya unlocking a ‘balancing act’ for Shah Bano reversal?

Former Rajiv Gandhi aide Wajahat Habibullah’s book suggests Arun Nehru acted sans the then PM’s nod.   Was Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi oblivious to the decision...

Journey began in Meenakshipuram, Shah Bano sharpened the sensibility

Liberation from cultural subjugation hallmark of 5 August bhoomi pujan in Ayodhya.   Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sashtaang dandavat pranam to the deity of Ramlalla on...

Journey began in Meenakshipuram, Shah Bano sharpened the sensibility

Liberation from cultural subjugation hallmark of 5 August bhoomi pujan in Ayodhya.   Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sashtaang dandavat pranam to the deity of Ramlalla on...

Journey began in Meenakshipuram, Shah Bano sharpened the sensibility

Liberation from cultural subjugation hallmark of 5 August bhoomi pujan in Ayodhya.   Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sashtaang dandavat pranam to the deity of Ramlalla on...

Congress tiffs in Rajasthan: A peek into history

The putsch in Jaipur has laid bare the absence of a central authority in Congress.   While in his mid-30s, as Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC)...

Congress tiffs in Rajasthan: A peek into history

The putsch in Jaipur has laid bare the absence of a central authority in Congress.   While in his mid-30s, as Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC)...

Congress tiffs in Rajasthan: A peek into history

The putsch in Jaipur has laid bare the absence of a central authority in Congress.   While in his mid-30s, as Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC)...

Atmanirbhar weapons production plan put on anvil

PM Narendra Modi’s 28 June Mann Ki Baat sets the tone for corporatisation of ordnance factories.   New Delhi: A reform prerequisite for India to become...

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