Balancing of Mandal-Kamandal

February 7, 2024

With this government, always watch out for the messaging. The two Bharat Ratnas given to Karpoori Thakur and LK Advani are significant, as one was a tall backward caste leader, while the other spearheaded the Ram Janambhoomi temple movement. It’s the balancing of Mandal-Kamandal and this is the twin plank...

Going Beyond the U-Turn

January 31, 2024

Nitish Kumar has done yet another U-turn and is back in the BJP fold. The key question is not so much about the Bihar Chief Minister’s political trajectory as it is about the larger political landscape. First let’s talk about what this tells us about the BJP’s strategy for 2024....

THE RAM JANMABHOOMI MANDIR MOMENT

January 24, 2024

The grand inauguration of the Ram Lalla deity at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya was watched not just within India but also across the world. It is being talked about not just a religious moment but also a civilisational moment, and it is easy to see why. For the...

Don’t Shoot the Messenger

January 17, 2024

The day the current Congress leadership boarded a flight to embark on the first leg of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, there was a high profile exit on ground. Milind Deora, the former MP from South Mumbai and more important a high profile second generational Congress leader quit the...

TALE OF TWO YATRAS

January 10, 2024

As Rahul Gandhi embarks on the second leg of his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the BJP is busy preparing for the Ram Janambhoomi inauguration ceremony at Ayodhya. As one will recall, the Ayodhya temple is the culmination of another yatra, one that took place over three decades ago. It was...

POLITICAL ROADMAP FOR 2024

January 3, 2024

It is out with the old and in with the new but what makes 2024 so special is the fact that it is also ELection Year. Although, going by the current trend, most psephologists have already called the election in favour of the sitting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that still...

The 2023 let down for the Congress

December 20, 2023

The Year 2023 has been a wake up call for the Congress that had begun the year on a positive note, with the high of the Bharat Jodo yatra, a new party chief at the helm and also the win in Himachal Pradesh in 2022. And the year 2023 began well...

Redefining love: Navigating relationship shifts in a changing landscape

December 16, 2023

“We Women Want,” our weekly show where we delve into women’s issues, celebrate achievements, and provide support for those in need. Feel free to share your topics for discussion. Today, we’re exploring the evolving dynamics of relationships and marriages, with changing values and women’s increasing financial independence challenging traditional norms....

Those who made it and those who did not

December 13, 2023

The one person who must be more upset than Kamal Nath post the Madhya Pradesh election results, is probably Shivraj Singh Chauhan, the ex chief minister who won the state but still couldn’t keep his old job. And in Shivraj’s personal angst lies the larger story of how the Modi-Shah...

Congress has lost both elections & also key opposition allies

December 6, 2023

The results of the recent round of assembly polls have been a downer for the Opposition with the Congress failing to make a dent in any of the states where it had a straight fight against the BJP. This has got the INDIA block worried (and rightly so) as to...