Dream for India@75
As India enters its 75th year of independence, it’s a fitting time to unveil a dream of a ‘better’ India. An India where harmony prevails over hate; where those...
No one hacked a phone: Why Modi government is in denial
Long before Narendra Modi held sway, there were the omnipotent Nehru-Gandhis. In his book, ‘Open secrets, India intelligence unveiled’, former Intelligence Bureau joint director MK Dhar writes of how...
10 Questions in Covid Times
Right through the extraordinarily gruelling pandemic period, one question remains unanswered: who is accountable for the many shortcomings in the Covid 19 fight? So as a crucial monsoon session...
Pawar-Kishor Gameplan: In Search of a Unified Opposition
Chanakya may have lived in the fourth century BC but he keeps getting re-discovered in the twenty-first century. This relentless search for a modern-day Chanakya has seen union home...
Rahul Gandhi should form his own party or opt out
Dumping on Rahul Gandhi has become a fashion: while his BJP opponents have ‘Pappu-fied’ him as an incompetent leader, many of his Congress colleagues in private hold him responsible...
Modi as Big Boss pits Centre vs States
The last time the tiny, scenic Lakshadweep islands made the national headlines, 24 x7 private news television didn’t even exist in the country. In 1989, then prime minister Rajiv...
Modi’s Seven Year Itch
Last August, when a Mood of the Nation poll showed prime minister Narendra Modi’s popularity still rock-solid, a senior Congress leader angrily rang up: “Why are you running these...
Covid 2.0 to Bengal: Wake Up Call for Jodi number one
For the last seven years, they have been projected as India’s jodi number one: prime minister Narendra Modi as the larger than life strongman leader and home minister Amit...
Covid 2.0: The Buck stops at the Top
All through his long political career, prime minister Narendra Modi has been the master of optics: the ability to effectively use the visual image, a slogan, a sharp soundbite...
Crazy Kiya Re: ‘new’ India in crazy times
‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of ...