Of Dynasts and Democrats
In the aftermath of the ‘letter bomb’ in the Congress that didn’t quite explode, there has been much angst over the apparent lack of inner party democracy in the...
Hate Speech: Is Facebook Soft On BJP And The Modi Govt?
The focus of this debate is on the Facebook faceoff between Congress and BJP over its alleged biased stance on hate speech content. It all started after the Wall...
Sushant Singh Rajput Case Being Used To Settle Political Scores? Nilesh Rane Exclusive
Days after senior BJP leader Narayan Rane made sensational claimed that Sushant Singh Rajput did not die by suicide but was murdered, his son Nilesh Rane dragged Aditya Thackeray’s...
‘New’ BJP: from value based to ‘high value’
In Indian politics, where you stand depends on where you sit. The latest instance of this truism is provided by the chubby faced, genial Rajasthan governor Kalraj Mishra. In...
Dark side of Gujarat Model
The much-trumpeted ‘Gujarat model’ is in a mess in corona times. Consider the following: Not only does Gujarat have amongst the highest number of corona virus cases in the...
A Riot Waiting To Happen
This is the age of the rabble-rouser with social media amplifying the noise of the loudest voices. In Delhi, a marginal politician like Kapil Mishra has mastered the art...
The Limits of Militant Hindutva
It is not without irony that barely days after the long-pending Ayodhya verdict was delivered by the Supreme Court that the Shiv Sena broke its alliance with the BJP....
The tiger roars again
There is a story which BJP leader, the late Pramod Mahajan would happily relate about his alliance talks with Shiv Sena chieftain Bal Thackeray. In 1990, when the two...
It’s the Opposition, stupid!
So here is the paradox of our times. Read the business pages, and there is a fair chance that you will get the impression of a Narendra Modi government...
There is Fadnavis Only
A curious election littered with many firsts is taking place in Maharashtra. A 49 year old Brahmin from Nagpur appears set to be re-elected for a second five year...