In the last three years, an unnatural number of bank branches have opened in former Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s constituency in West Bengal
The outcome of Prakash Karat’s casting vote in favour of Pranab Mukherjee
Why the Congress cannot count on his support beyond India’s presidential poll
The party may yet revive a project it had given up just recently—the Third Front
Her Kannauj bypoll victory is historic. That is shamefully so
The state’s former CM has spoken up and put the CPM’s central leadership in a fix
An attack on a BSP rebel. A defensive speech by Mayawati. Spot the link
…has passed its point of no-return with the recent battle cry sounded at a BSP rebel conclave
Even if the speculation in Delhi is true, a Kamaraj Lite Plan is unlikely to help the Congress
Prakash Karat is openly aligned with the party’s Kerala faction while the Bengal unit is headed its own way
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma 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
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm
Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.
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