The Battle Of Nightmares: Both BJP and opposition are locked in a contest to...
If India’s 2014 general election was a vote for hope, then 2019 appears to be more about fear. So far, neither Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party nor Rahul Gandhi’s Congress Party...
View ArticleWelcome recognition for Netaji’s legacy at last: How India’s struggle for...
Millions of Indians who revere Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose would have felt vindicated when Prime Minister Narendra Modi unfurled the tricolour at Delhi’s Red Fort on October 21, to commemorate the...
View ArticleWhy next PM will be weakest ever: NaMo-led, RaGa-led or whoever-led, the next...
The fumble to explain the fall in rupee value, the nervous defiance over rising petrol and diesel prices, the shooting of the messenger (WhatsApp) for lynchings, sparrings over who let Vijay Mallya and...
View ArticleUpper caste reservation: Jumla that may pay off in 2019 election
Facing flak from Congress over the multimillion dollar Rafale deal in Parliament, the Narendra Modi led government has gone ahead and announced 10% reservation for upper castes. BJP supporters claims...
View ArticleWith the Citizenship Bill, India just took a turn to becoming a...
On Tuesday, January 8, GoI shoved a Bill to amend India’s 1955 citizenship law through the Lok Sabha. It’s a small step downhill from the world’s largest democracy to a possible ‘Hindutva-Pakistan’....
View ArticleQuota Bill: OBC loss may be minority gain?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to give 10% reservation to the ‘general’ category or the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Amendment) Bill, 2019 is being termed as the best gift for...
View ArticlePut Alok Verma episode behind and move on
Shed no tears for Alok Verma’s exit as CBI chief and his subsequent resignation from service. His sudden transfer was indecent and the government that carried it out had to suffer the setback of the...
View ArticleCan Modi do a Virat Kohli? His ODI performance has been good, now he faces a...
Today, a common question across the country is whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2014 magic will work again this year. Until the other day, he looked set to waltz into another five-year term. BJP...
View Article#MainBhiHindustani: voting in a time of anger
“Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.” – Mark Twain After five years of Achhe Din, you would think we’d be gazing with happy expectation at the...
View ArticleForeign policy challenges await the PM
By Dr Raj Kumar Sharma Foreign policy is generally believed to play a marginal role in Indian general elections. PM Narendra Modi has been able buck this trend as he has earned a second term...
View ArticleNarendra Modi’s big second mandate pushes Manmohan Singh to distant second
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done the unthinkable by storming back to power with a full majority. He becomes the first leader to achieve this feat after Indira Gandhi in 1971. In terms of prime...
View ArticleModi is the man of the moment, he has met India’s need for determined and...
As with individual human beings, nations also go through their own arcs of evolution. Bharat, one of the most ancient of civilisations in the world, is poised at a very crucial phase in its evolution....
View ArticleSowing seeds of division: Muscular politics may yield short term electoral...
Muscular politics may pay political dividends in the short term. It also has the potential to make the economy wilt and seriously impact economic growth. In May 2014, BJP garnered an absolute majority...
View ArticleElections results 2019: More loss than gain for Narendra Modi’s BJP?
The Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections results are trickling in and if there is one thing that holds true more than others, is that BJP has lost more than gained rather than the opposition...
View ArticleSpacious Teen Murti House could well have been developed into...
There has been a lot of sound and fury from certain quarters about the proposed redesign and reconstruction of the Central Vista area of New Delhi and a new Parliament House. The inclusion of a...
View ArticleThe virus has seriously exposed the limits of populism. But will the pandemic...
by Ajay Chhibber The global recession of 2008-09 sparked a populist surge across many parts of the world in the last decade. The Great COVID-19 pandemic may now signal its retreat. In Brazil, India,...
View ArticleModi @ 70: Up Close & Personal – Contrary to the dominant discourse,...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is globally acknowledged for his leadership role both at national and international fora. Even rabid critics on the political spectrum concede his unquestioned popularity....
View ArticleSix years of reforms: Modi has established his reformist credentials...
Economic reforms enacted during the ten day monsoon session ending September 23 firmly establish Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s credentials as a reformist PM. His record now rivals those of Prime...
View Article2021 Elections: Mamata shows why BJP needs to be ‘vocal for local’
Nothing could be more apt to describe ‘vocal for local’ than Mamata Banerjee taking oath as chief minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive time on 5th May. There are many reasons which could...
View ArticleLeadership & commitment: A Union Cabinet minister pays tribute to PM Modi,...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s illustrious track record in governance started two decades ago, from Gandhinagar during which he selflessly served first the people of Gujarat and since 2014 our nation....
View Article
