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Demonetisation: Modi risks winning battle, losing war

For those still surprised by prime minister Narendra Modi’s audacious demonetisation gamble, the past maybe…

Trump, Modi and the liberal media bias.

In the aftermath of Narendra Modi’s victory in the 2012 Gujarat assembly elections, a much-respected…

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Tele-democracy, Trump and Modi

The latest opinion polls in the US are suggesting a much tighter race for the…

Family first politics

In the build-up to the 2012 Uttar Pradesh elections, I was travelling with Akhilesh Yadav…

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Stop the ‘marketing’ of surgical strikes

In the 1980s when Rajiv Gandhi had chosen to attack his opponents by warning that…

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Modi’s firm message but can war-mongers be kept at bay?

In the universe of the 24×7 media, there is literally no place to hide. Which…

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AAP at the crossroads

Writing obituaries of political parties can be a hazardous business. In July 2014, an international…

Measuring Democracy: TV and polling in India

“So why should we be paying so much if we cant get the exact number…

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Pakistan is neither heaven nor hell

At a time when actor-politician Ramya has bizarrely had a sedition case filed against her…

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Dil maange More: a sports revolution

Kheloge kudoge to hoge kharab, padhoge likhoge to banoge nawab (if you play, you will…