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India’s 10 Dumbest Ideas

The list could go on and on. However, for the sake of brevity, we pick only the most spectacular

Big Indian Ideas

Like them or not, the brainwaves that no citizen can ignore

Now the BJP Finds Its Centre Can’t Hold

The BJP’s troubles in Karnataka are set to worsen, as Yeddyurappa gears up for the next Assembly election in the state

Forget the Presidential Reference

It is difficult to understand why such an option is even being contemplated

The Jinxed Handover

Sonia Gandhi was expected to turn Congress leadership over to Rahul Gandhi. The failure to do so explains much of the mess the party now finds itself in

The Last Moments of Paana

The dramatic story of Paan Singh Tomar’s death, as reconstructed from the accounts of two eyewitnesses. On one side, a former police officer who led the encounter that killed him. And on the other, the dacoit’s nephew and former gang member who survived that 12-hour gunfight in October 1981

The Inheritance after a Loss

The curious case of the grandparents who want a surrogate child from a semen sample of their dead son

Why Even the Best Exit Polls in India Are Useless

Conclusions about caste and community vote patterns in Indian elections are all based on erroneous data. At best we can only make qualitative assessments, but if political ‘scientists’ were to admit this, what would they do?

Can’t the Congress Think Straight?

For all its talk of a lack of regional structure in UP, the party is destroying the one that exists in neighbouring Uttarakhand

Now That the Easy Part Is Over for Akhilesh

Winning UP may be far easier than governing it, as the new CM will have to depend on his father to shield him from internal threats to his authority

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