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Diminishing returns of Rahul Gandhi’s yatra

As an electoral supplement, the yatra is wearing thin. This is because the Opposition is losing its identity and becoming a set of quarrelling factions.

01 March 2024, 06:08 IST

Diminishing returns of Rahul Gandhi’s yatra

Diminishing returns of Rahul Gandhi’s yatra

Diminishing returns of Rahul Gandhi’s yatra

01 March 2024, 06:08 IST

Bharat-India — one seems lifeless without the other

India creating the G20 era of Bharat was a political ambush, the decision lacked the ritual quality of politics.

09 September 2023, 05:32 IST

Bharat-India — one seems lifeless without the other

Bharat-India — one seems lifeless without the other

Bharat-India — one seems lifeless without the other

09 September 2023, 05:32 IST

Bibek Debroy is right, India needs a new Constitution

Bibek Debroy does not have to set the terms of debate. We can broaden it to include a range of vital issues that would make the Constitution a more life-giving entity.

21 August 2023, 09:12 IST

Bibek Debroy is right, India needs a new Constitution

Bibek Debroy is right, India needs a new Constitution

Bibek Debroy is right, India needs a new Constitution

21 August 2023, 09:12 IST

Manipur may not recover from this indifference

Violence, silence, and stereotype blend together to create the symbolic hypocrisy of the BJP-led regime.

26 July 2023, 10:01 IST

Manipur may not recover from this indifference

Manipur may not recover from this indifference

Manipur may not recover from this indifference

26 July 2023, 10:01 IST

Pawar play reflects the politics of clichés

Sharad Pawar at 82 plays the patriarchal don. Ajit Pawar at 63 is tired of playing the submissive nephew. He has a hunch that politics is now different

06 July 2023, 05:56 IST

Pawar play reflects the politics of clichés

Pawar play reflects the politics of clichés

Pawar play reflects the politics of clichés

06 July 2023, 05:56 IST

Opposition’s fate a litmus test for future of democracy

If the Congress makes the opposition sound effete, the BJP makes dominance sound hegemonic. Each destroys the creative idea of opposition in their own singular way

26 June 2023, 04:34 IST

Opposition’s fate a litmus test for future of democracy

Opposition’s fate a litmus test for future of democracy

Opposition’s fate a litmus test for future of democracy

26 June 2023, 04:34 IST

BJP demands its pound of flesh for Sengol installation

Amit Shah is clear that the BJP expects Tamil Nadu to pay its dues. He is unembarrassed claiming that 25 MPs is a small price for the benevolence showed by Modi.

19 June 2023, 05:24 IST

BJP demands its pound of flesh for Sengol installation

BJP demands its pound of flesh for Sengol installation

BJP demands its pound of flesh for Sengol installation

19 June 2023, 05:24 IST

Modi regime is wrestling with democracy

Modi’s attempt to create a grand spectacle of the inauguration of the new Parliament building falls like a pack of cards in front of the wrestlers’ democratic protest

01 June 2023, 06:02 IST

Modi regime is wrestling with democracy

Modi regime is wrestling with democracy

Modi regime is wrestling with democracy

01 June 2023, 06:02 IST

New Parliament Building | A prelude to the inaugural

In diminishing the Parliament office, we diminish politics in its diversity emphasising majoritarianism. In majoritarianism, the Parliament is a mere census and number

26 May 2023, 05:26 IST

New Parliament Building | A prelude to the inaugural

New Parliament Building | A prelude to the inaugural

New Parliament Building | A prelude to the inaugural

26 May 2023, 05:26 IST

Who’s afraid of Manish Sisodia? BJP, of course!

Sisodia’s ideas of pedagogy adds a sense of playfulness to the idea of citizenship, creating a vital sense of direct democracy. This quality the BJP lacks

09 March 2023, 06:29 IST

Who’s afraid of Manish Sisodia? BJP, of course!

Who’s afraid of Manish Sisodia? BJP, of course!

Who’s afraid of Manish Sisodia? BJP, of course!

09 March 2023, 06:29 IST