POLITICS
Factors that aided the Left’s historic win in Kerala
Pinarayi Vijayan’s quest to retain power was aided by a listless UDF, which was lulled into believing that the state’s record of voting out governments would propel it to a win
POLITICS
West Bengal | BJP’s advance and TMC’s miscalculations
This closely-fought election between the TMC and the BJP was actually kicked off in 2019, when the national party belied all predictions to win 18 Lok Sabha seats with 40.6 percent votes
BUSINESS
TV Scaria | Umbrella man’s unique success story
With COVID-19 stretching business prospects and staring at a domestic market that is close to saturation point, both Popy and John’s are now pinning their hopes on the international market
POLITICS
The Great Indian Kitchen holds up a mirror to Kerala society and the reflection is not flattering
There’s a lot that is left to be desired from a society where the injustice towards women is trivialised, normalised and, even worse, unseen
POLITICS
What will happen to the Left in Kerala?
This question becomes more pertinent in the context of the Left’s decimation in West Bengal and Tripura. Will it be the end of the communist movement in India — at least for the time being?
POLITICS
Are electoral malpractices a serious problem in Kerala?
The bogus voting scandal raises serious questions about the electoral process in Kerala where victory margins are wafer-thin
BUSINESS
Farm reforms essential to the long-term sustainability of agriculture
The Centre needs to convey the importance of these reforms, convince the farmers of the short- and long-term benefits of these new laws, and ensure that reforms in the agriculture sector are here to stay
BUSINESS
Politics | Have the KSFE raids exposed the fissures within the CPI(M)?
Of late, the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left government in Kerala is in the news for the wrong reasons: from the gold smuggling case to the KSFE raids, which seems to have opened rifts within the ruling CPI(M)
POLITICS
Why UDF’s alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami in Kerala is ill-advised
The Congress’ alliance with the Jamaat-e-Islami-promoted Welfare Party is problematic because unlike the IUML which practises Muslim identity politics under the secular ambit, the Jamaat-e-Islami is a theo-political organisation whose goal is the formation of an Islamic nation
POLITICS
Bihar Results 2020 | What Rahul Gandhi can learn from Tejashwi Yadav
Unlike Tejashwi Yadav, about 20 years younger to him, Rahul Gandhi comes across as someone unsure of his political footing
POLITICS
Shrinking space and existential threats Congress faces
Apart from major organisational issues, the party has lost its support base among major caste groups in state after state. It never managed to appeal to the growing middle class in the post-liberalisation era or to the youth or women, which would have offset this loss of caste base
POLITICS
Bihar Elections | Tejashwi Yadav has created a new mould for RJD
There are many factors at play in the Bihar polls, including LJP’s Chirag Paswan as the ‘X factor’; but whatever the result, it will be marked as Tejashwi Yadav’s coming-of-age election
POLITICS
Bihar Elections | How Congress could damage the Mahagathbandhan
The Congress in Bihar is a lifeless entity with a moribund organisation. The audacity of the Congress to wrest 70 seats in the ‘Mahagadbandhan’ is purely on account of its delusions of grandeur
POLITICS
Bihar Elections | LJP’s plans to go alone could cut both ways
LJP’s Chirag Paswan, it is believed, has the backing of BJP’s central leadership, and they expect to win nearly twice the number of seats to the JD(U) and install a more hardliner leader in Bihar
BUSINESS
CPI(M) in Kerala is communalising politics to evade gold smuggling probe heat
The CPI(M)’s move to dub protests against its minister as an affront on the Quran, and by extension on Muslims, is a short-sighted, communal tactic, which the BJP is bound to reap the dividend by majority consolidation as the response to it
BUSINESS
Agriculture Reforms: There’s no wrong time to do the right thing
For a country that is often witness to farmers hitting the streets for government hand-outs, these Bills passed in Lok Sabha would truly empower them to take informed decisions and be masters of their own destiny
BUSINESS
Pranab Mukherjee: A statesman whose legacy will live on
In the various ups and downs during his political career and association with the Congress, Pranab Mukherjee proved his political acumen and leadership prowess
BUSINESS
The challenges of celebrating Onam in the time of COVID-19
Natural calamities, a pandemic, and political turmoil — Onam is being marked under the shadow of all these developments, and at a time when the local economy is struggling
BUSINESS
Is the Pinarayi Vijayan government an antithesis of Left core values?
The gold-smuggling controversy has come as the latest wake-up call for the CPI(M). Unfortunately, there is practically none left in the party to speak up
POLITICS
What explains the flight of young leaders from Congress?
What the party stands for, and, the lack of tutoring of its leaders on the Congress’ core ideology is a reason for the ideological ambivalence of its leaders
POLITICS
Are high-profile exits from the Congress accidental, or part of a larger design?
While Sachin Pilot’s future has been speculated ever since Jyotiraditya Scindia made the switch to the BJP, there could be more such exits of young politicians from a rudderless Congress in days to come
POLITICS
Politics | Kerala’s political leaders make a mockery of gender sensitivity
Misogynist statements and sexist comments are disturbingly commonplace in Kerala, especially in politics and popular culture. All these point towards a larger malaise in societal Kerala with its high human development indices
POLITICS
Politics | The decadence of Kerala Chief Minister’s eulogy of a murder convict
By glorifying a murder convict, Pinarayi Vijayan's pretensions of being a social democrat stand exposed and reminds everyone of the ‘Kannur Model’ of politics
