Don’t underestimate its impact. The Women’s Reservation Bill could prove as significant as the Mandal reservations in altering India’s political landscape.
10 March 2010With searchlights out for ‘bourgeois tendencies’ within the party, the CPM drives one of its own leaders to his death.
25 February 2010Partners once, rivals now. There is a deep split within the CPM that threatens to surface if the party loses Bengal.
05 February 2010Amar Singh’s troubles are only a sign that a caste group long used to power is now finding itself short of options.
14 January 2010The demand for new states are suddenly flying thick and fast. What does the Constitution say about this?
23 December 2009Old rivalries resurface as Naxals face poll challenges from within their ranks. The Jharkhand election could determine the future of Naxalism.
10 December 2009The amazing story of a feisty leader of the downtrodden in Bihar who procured fair wages, water and micro-finance for her fellow Dalits. She also looks into her husband’s eyes while talking to him
02 December 2009India’s grand old party is sitting pretty, notching up one electoral triumph after another. Is the long forgotten Tina—there is no alternative—factor back with a bang?
28 October 2009If you think Prakash Karat would be lying low after his party’s recent rout, think again. He’s back at the helm with a grand plan for change
07 October 2009The party got a big chunk of upper caste votes in the state.
24 September 2009Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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