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September 21, 2023
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A post-dated Bill of rights ahead of polls

Competitive credit-taking is part of the cut and thrust of politics. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) boasts that passage of the long-pending “historic” 33% women’s reservation Bill in Parliament...

September 21, 2023
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A post-dated Bill of rights ahead of polls

September 7, 2023
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Why is govt backing simultaneous polls?

In this media-saturated age, the Modi government has perfected the art of headline management. The one nation, one election proposal is the latest example. On the very day that...

August 24, 2023
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Can BJP’s 3-pronged attack win in 2024?

With an astute political communicator such as Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, the message often lies in deliberate wordplay. Which is why the use of the word parivarjan (family...

August 24, 2023
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Can BJP’s 3-pronged attack win in 2024?

With an astute political communicator such as Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, the message often lies in deliberate wordplay. Which is why the use of the word parivarjan (family...

August 11, 2023
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Ten lessons from no-confidence motion debate

With the three day no-confidence motion in Parliament completed, the bugle for the 2024 general elections has been sounded. This no-confidence motion was never about the numbers but a...

July 27, 2023
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End the whataboutery around Manipur crisis

In the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat riots, the standard Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) response during any television debate was, “What about 1984?” Framing the issue of communal violence...

July 14, 2023
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In Maharashtra battle, Pawar is down but not out, yet

When Sharad Pawar first became Maharashtra chief minister (CM) in 1978, Morarji Desai was the country’s Prime Minister (PM), Rajiv Gandhi was still an Indian Airlines pilot, Narendra Modi...

June 29, 2023
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Manipur requires an urgent healing touch

May 3 is a day that journalist Hoihnu Hauzel and her family will never forget. That fateful night, an armed group entered a residential colony in Imphal and burned...

June 16, 2023
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Country above IPL: What BCCI must do to help Indian cricket

Yes, I am tired and need a break, but my franchise won’t let me take one,” a leading Indian cricketer confessed, slap bang in the middle of this year’s...