Truth Files
There is much buzz in the last week about Kashmir Files.. the movie which focusses on the plight of the Kashmiri Pandits who were forced to leave the valley...
Rise of a ‘new’ BJP in a ‘new’ India
If a week can be a long time in Indian politics, a decade is truly an eternity. Just jog back to Uttar Pradesh 2012 when the BJP won a...
Verdict 2022: Ten takeaways
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1. Modi is a magnet.
2. Yogi has arrived on the national stage
3. Mahila yojna is the new MY
4. Hindu-Muslim divide has sharpened
5. Cong is in serious decline
6. AAP...
Operation Ganga : People Above Politics
In the age of real time info and viral videos, a complex evacuation of citizens stuck in a war zone ought not to be made into a PR exercise...
BJP has clear edge in UP battle
In the narrow lane from the Hanumangarhi temple to the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya, the local shopkeepers are visibly upset. Their shops will be demolished as the town...
Decoding the Muslim vote bank
Is there a Muslim vote bank in this country and does it have the power to influence the elections? I ask this from Lucknow where I am presently observing...
Change Is In The Air
Its election time and I have just returned after spending much of the last two weeks in Goa and Punjab. Now that I am back, I am being asked...
The Immortal Power of being Lata Mangeshkar
It was in Pakistan at the peak of the Kargil war that I realized the power of the voice of Lata Mangeshkar. We had spent a harrowing day in...
All in the Family
For years now, the strongest critique that the BJP has had against the Congress and several regional parties is that they are family run fiefdoms, the parties of ‘Shehzadas’.
The AAP factor
If there was an award for the most successful political start up of the last decade, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would be the obvious front-runner (the YSRCP in...