Kashmir Goes to Vote
Kashmir never ceases to surprise and the 2024 state assembly elections are no exception. We are on the way to Bijbehara in Anantnag district, tracking the campaign of Peoples...
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...
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...
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 ...
Amma and Didi: Cult of the ‘Supremos’
On the face of it, Jayalalithaa and Mamata Banerjee are as different from each other as idli sambar is from macher jhol. The Tamil Nadu chief minister is the...
BJP at the crossroads: What the party can learn from bypolls results
Indian voters have a knack of surprising political pundits. Just a few weeks ago, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah could do no wrong; now, after a series of byelection...
Drowning things out
Having grown up in the megalopolis, I have an obvious emotional attachment to Mumbai. Which is why when at a studio discussion this week, when a panelist referred to...