All you need to know about the two ordinances passed in parliament
The parliament passed an ordinance that allows the courts to award a death penalty to those convicted of raping children ...
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Here’s why BJP and Congress are in a race to ‘glorify’ Ambedkar
In this climate of hero-worship, to make even the mildest criticism of Ambedkar is to invite the abuse of being ...
Karnataka polls: will small parties play spoilsport for Congress?
Will it be the Congress that will retain power in Karnataka or will the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) come to ...
An honest letter from Manmohan Singh to Mr Modi
“Modiji, you and I have many things in common: The Prime Ministerial office and silence.”
The saga of caste-based reservation – who will bell the cat?
Some believe that the existing reservation policy has failed to incorporate the lowest castes/tribes within the mainstream economy and society. ...
Yashwant Sinha on Parliament: how to navigate reform
India’s Finance Minister from 1998 to 2002 and External Affairs Minister from 2002 to 2004, Yashwant Sinha writes about reforms ...
Is the freedom of press dead in Modi’s India?
The Freedom of Press, carefully enshrined in Article 19 of the Indian Constitution, safeguards the right of the media to ...
Trump vs Obama: who should India’s political parties learn from?
By and large, election campaigns in India are still seen as tactical two-month exercises in the run-up to polling day. ...
Shiv Sena to contest future polls alone: what does this mean for Maharashtra’s political climate?
Shiv Sena briefly parted ways with the BJP during the last assembly elections but ultimately re-entered the fold. However, the ...
Can Rahul Gandhi help Congress rise from the ashes in 2019?
In the 2019 polls, 133 million young adults will get to cast their vote for the first time ever—70 million ...
BJP founder’s day rally brings Mumbai to a grinding halt
The Bhartiya Janata Party held a founder's day rally in Mumbai, maintaining a focus on the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
Has Marina Beach now become Chennai’s Jallianwala Bagh?
50-odd youngsters were caught holding hands and sloganeering against the central government at Chennai's Marina beach.
Can a united Opposition defeat BJP and the Modi wave?
Opposition parties are coming together with a single-minded determination to stop the Modi juggernaut from rolling its way to a ...
Arson, violence, deaths and more during ‘Bharat bandh’
Dalit groups had called for a 'Bharat Bandh' on Monday morning, to apply greater pressure on the government to take concrete ...
Mamata’s anti-BJP squad: The lengths some are going to as they seek to prevent another saffron wave
Mamata Banerjee is working hard to ensure that we have a non-BJP leadership chosen in the 2019 elections.
Rahul Gandhi, Narendra Modi, and the Mahabharata
Rahul Gandhi identifies his party, INC, with the Pandavas and ‘truth’, and Modi’s party (BJP) with the Kauravas and ‘power’.
JDS? Congress? BJP? Who is it going to be for Karnataka this time?
Despite the history of Karnataka of throwing out incumbent parties, Congress may end up retaining power in the state as ...
Tracking the progress of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
Though the rate of growth of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is very less. It is hoped that in the remaining ...
Is rewriting history a sane move to prove sectarian nationalism?
RSS believes that Aryans did come from Arctic zone, but, the Arctic zone was earlier located in our Bihar and ...
What the passing of the finance bill reveals about Indian democracy
Does the passing of the Finance Bill without a debate highlight a rise of authortarianism?
