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October 6, 2022
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The contrasting styles of leadership in BJP and Congress

In the din over the Congress presidential election last month, a small news item went almost unnoticed. It quoted unnamed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders saying that JP Nadda...

September 23, 2022
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When Maharashtra loses out to Gujarat’ s political power

From the country’s most powerful politician to one of the world’s richest persons, no Indian state has come close to matching the political and economic clout of Gujarat in...

September 22, 2022
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The ‘Gujarat factor’ in the development project

From the country’s most powerful politician to one of the world’s richest people, no Indian state comes close to matching the political and economic clout of Gujarat in the...

September 9, 2022
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Bharat Jodo: Congress’s Yatra for Revival or Gandhi family Survival?

Of all the data points that reveal the contrasting fortunes of the BJP and the Congress over the last decade, here is the most striking: the BJP won 7.84...

September 8, 2022
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A way out of Congress’s gravest existential crisis

Of all the data points that reveal the contrasting fortunes of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress over the last decade, here is the most striking: The...

August 26, 2022
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The silence in the Bilkis Bano case is deafening

“Itna sannata kyun hai bhai? (why is there so much silence, brother?)” Actor AK Hangal’s iconic dialogue in the film Sholay typifies the sombre mood in the aftermath of...

August 25, 2022
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Justice for Bilkis Bano: Why No Outrage

‘Itna sannata kyon hai bhai?” . Actor AK Hangal’s iconic dialogue in the film Sholay typifies the mood in the aftermath of the gang rapists and murderers in the...

August 11, 2022
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What Nitish’s move says about Modi-Shah’s BJP

If political gymnastics were an Olympic sport, then Nitish Kumar would undoubtedly be a strong contender for the gold medal. After being sworn in as Bihar chief minister for...

August 10, 2022
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Bihar: the Last battleground

If political gymnastics was an Olympic sport, then Nitish Kumar would undoubtedly be a strong contender for the gold medal. After being sworn in as Bihar chief minister for...

July 28, 2022
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Free Speech Under Assault: Who will walk the talk?’

“There is freedom of speech but we cannot guarantee freedom after speech..” Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin Dada. India in 2022 is hardly the turbulent Uganda of the 1970s but...