Raipur chaos
"Naxalites have brains which is why the government of India, the Raman Singh government and all of us are unable to do anything" – former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, July 12, 2012.
Living and the dead
In death, Khalid Mujahid has a voice louder than the living. A voice, spoken in many tongues, that is threatening to shout down the Samajwadi Party government which finds itself in a bind over his custodial death.
Divided we fall
With Delhi assembly poll bound in November this year, the state BJP's tall claims about pulling down the 15-year-old Congress regime may be just that - claims.
Splurging on politics
Unbeknownst to the world outside, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is in the process of carving a new avatar for himself – the avatar of a yatri or a traveller who undertakes visits to further a cause.
David vs Goliath!
People in Maharashtra are "cut up†at the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for two reasons. One is the infamous foot-in-mouth comment by the Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar whose crass `urine' remark at a rally to denigrate a farmer who was on hunger strike at Mumbai's Azad Maidan
Minority appeasement, again?
The steely hope in Ayesha Qazmi's voice pierces through a patchy telephone connection. "My burdens will go. It is now just a matter of daysâ€, she exults from her home in the village of Sammopur, Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh.
Curtains or a fresh lease?
The long-term fate of the Congress in Odisha will crucially hinge on whether it can cash in on the anti-incumbency factor in the 2014 Assembly polls, writes Dhrutikam Mohanty
After Modi, who?
In the throes of his victorious Long March more than six decades ago, China’s great helmsman Mao Tse Dung was richly aphoristic "a great revolution requires a great party and many first rate cadres to guide it… we must purposefully train lakhs of cadres and hundreds of first rate mass leaders…….,†he said.
Alagiri alone
M.K Alagiri, the elder son of DMK patriarch M. Karunanidhi, appears lonely, desolate and shocked. If he had read up a bit of Indian history, he would have still been lonely and desolate, but not shocked. More than 300 years before Christ was born, the younger son of King Bindusara vanquished all his elder brothers and became Emperor Ashoka.
Omar Abdullah ko gussa kyon aata hai?
The Abdullahs of Kashmir have a long and distinguished history of issuing intriguing statements and adopt seemingly contradictory postures. The great Sheikh Abdullah, reigning Chief Minister Omar’s grandfather and the state’s first head of government, kept New Delhi guessing about his true intentions.
Hanging in balance
Why is India’s growth story not going as per the drawing board? Because its politicians and people have developed the uncanny ability to turn every single project into a personal commercial enterprise and public spectacle.
Of Kingmakers and Emperors Without...
"He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me....". There is many a Congress leader who could be playing this teen fantasy game while thinking about Nitish Kumar.
Paresh holds the key
Kindling hopes of hammering out a peace settlement in the immediate foreseeable future, the fifth round of tripartite talks between Assam, the Central government and rebel ULFA on March 7 at North Block, were described as 'fruitful.' Terror-shackled Assam could do with some peace, and some hope, however tenuous, has arisen.
The curious case of Vijender Singh
Olympic bronze medalist winning boxer Vijender Singh is not just another sportsperson.
Bhelpuri economics: A please-all Budget
On February 28, Union Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram presented UPA's last Union Budget. Amidst gaping deficit, a global crisis, a scam-ridden government suffering from policy and decision paralysis, anti-corruption protests in the run-up to the General Elections, he chose a middle path to placate various constituencies to spur the economy.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
