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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...

July 28, 2022
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Why free speech is losing in India

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,...

July 15, 2022
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Towards a Single Party Electoral Democracy

Are the 2024 general elections done and dusted already? A loaded question that hints at the ascent of a single party electoral democracy is now being increasingly answered in...

July 14, 2022
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Will it be a Modi hat-trick in 2024?

Are the 2024 general elections done and dusted already? That’s a loaded question that hints at the ascent of a single-party electoral democracy, but recent political developments suggest that...