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June 18, 2021
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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...

June 4, 2021
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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...

May 22, 2021
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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...

May 7, 2021
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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...

April 23, 2021
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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...

April 9, 2021
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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 ...

March 26, 2021
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‘Aata Majhi Satakli’: the Singham Syndrome

‘Minister log mere peeche aur police log mere jeb mein rehte hai” (Ministers follow me and the police is in my pocket) The Hindi film industry has a unique...

March 12, 2021
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The hypocrisy of India’s secular polity

At an India Today media conclave in early 2018, Sonia Gandhi made a rather candid confession: the BJP, she said, had managed to convince many people that the Congress...

February 26, 2021
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Opposition-Mukt Bharat?

Long before Puducherry, there was Goa. In 1994, riding on the Ram Janmabhoomi wave, the BJP won four seats for the first time in the 40 member Goa assembly....

February 12, 2021
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From Cinema to Cricket: Copy Paste Celebrities

Long before Akshay Kumar, there was Kishore Kumar. The singer-actor crooned his way into the hearts of millions but his genius was not confined to his melodious voice. In...