BUSINESS
Is it time for the federal front to emerge?
The Opposition would do well to not think too far ahead, and take the first few steps on the road to 2024
BUSINESS
The road ahead for Rahul Gandhi after May 2
Does Rahul Gandhi become the Congress’ leader in the south, while his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra handles northern India? Or will he still try to be the party president even if it were to mean a split in the party?
POLITICS
The questions against electoral bonds must not be brushed aside
The anonymity promised by electoral bonds have made it the most popular mode of donations to political parties. The law does not require political parties to mention the names of those contributing through these bonds.
BUSINESS
Can Aam Aadmi Party expand beyond Delhi?
The AAP needs to focus on the next 12 months that could make or mar its future prospects on the political scene, and that of its chief Arvind Kejriwal.
POLITICS
West Bengal Elections | A fight to its bitter end
Any challenger in West Bengal needs muscle power to match the cadre strength of the ruling party. The challenger should be able to instil confidence among those likely to vote for its candidates that the party will be able to form the government
POLITICS
Yashwant Sinha has got a new role in West Bengal elections
TMC supporters argue that Yashwant Sinha’s words still carry weight among the educated middle classes, significant sections of which in West Bengal, the bhadralok, are gravitating towards the BJP
BUSINESS
Haryana’s reservation law and BJP’s ‘India First’ are at loggerheads
The BJP has succumbed to not merely the coalition pressures of running a government in Haryana, but appears to be going against its avowed project of ‘India First’
POLITICS
The political calculus behind Budget 2021
The reason for some of the courageous announcements in the Budget are dictated less by the forthcoming assembly polls, and more by the extenuating circumstances of the last one year
BUSINESS
Protesting farmers and a resolute government: Where will the twain meet?
If the government’s strategy is to tire the farmers into returning their homes, it seems to have underestimated the trust deficit between itself and the protesting farmers
BUSINESS
Is the farmers protest a silent revolution?
Beyond its core demands, the protesting farmers are also questioning the increasing centralisation of decision making in a federal structure, lack of consultations with stakeholders on the ground, including on subjects such as land
POLITICS
Ahmed Patel’s imprint on the Congress and the road ahead for the party
Let’s see if Ahmed Patel’s passing away could turn out to be another nail in the coffin of a fast dissipating Congress, or whether Rahul Gandhi, and his team, can rise from the ashes
POLITICS
Parties calculate political permutations for the West Bengal elections
The arithmetic for the 2021 West Bengal assembly polls is that if the Left parties and the Congress, as part of a pre-poll alliance, manage 12 percent vote share, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress will just about sail through
POLITICS
Bypoll Results | BJP consolidates its position, Congress has reason to worry
The BJP has reason to cheer — the voters have not gravitated away from where they were a year ago during the general elections. The Congress seems to be failing election after election
POLITICS
Bihar Elections | 77 and 52 are magic numbers this election
The Bihar assembly election seemed a done and dusted affair a few weeks back—However, now it is interestingly poised with various indicators changing over the election campaign
POLITICS
A vacuum in Dalit politics in the Hindi heartland
As the forthcoming Bihar assembly polls might show, Dalit assertion is at the risk of getting subsumed within the two big national parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress
POLITICS
Ram Vilas Paswan | A towering Dalit leader and tactful politician
Ram Vilas Paswan had an important role in the VP Singh government conferring the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, on BR Ambedkar posthumously and declaring his birth anniversary on April 14 as a national holiday
POLITICS
RJD losing badly will be a blessing in disguise for Bihar
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar faces a 15-year anti-incumbency, and the JD(U)-BJP government has earned flak for its handling of the migrant crisis and the spread of COVID-19. However, the results of the assembly polls seem a foregone conclusion with a limp Opposition
BUSINESS
There’s something about poll-bound states and job schemes
The BJP governments at the Centre and in the states have in recent weeks expressed intent or announced plans to fill vacancies in government jobs and disbursed loans to the self-employed
BUSINESS
Elections | How a weak JDU and RJD could change the Bihar’s electoral landscape
If there is a possibility of a leadership change in Bihar, there is also hope that the results of the upcoming election could sow the seeds for a more transformative politics
BUSINESS
Mundhra scam and the importance of Question Hour
Sixty-three years ago, on September 4, an innocuous unstarred question raised during the Question Hour in Parliament led to the unravelling of the infamous Mundhra scam — India’s first big financial fraud
POLITICS
Pranab Mukherjee | The politician, adviser, and friend Lutyens’ Delhi will miss
Pranab Mukherjee, who had studied in a village school, was not only the last of the stalwarts of the Indira Gandhi era, but also a rare politician in a party of public school educated leaders
