The Swaraj Aura

A Socialist Mirage

Policies that encourage redistribution have a poor track record and Congress’ leftward lurch is more a vision of class war than empowerment

Modi’s Doosra

In what could be a pivotal moment in the election, PM links Congress’s redistribution stance to its pursuit of quotas for Muslims at the cost of OBCs

Spare the EVM Please

Look who’s losing faith in democracy

No Trump Card

On the tenuous relationship between justice and order

Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024): The Mind Reader

The polymath demystified the Indian psyche like nobody else did

The Gukesh Effect on Indian Chess

“The day you say Modi is ‘satisfied’, you can say you are paying homage to him”

PM Narendra Modi says he is impatient to complete unfinished work of national development and expresses confidence of voters backing his government’s record.

Battle of the Equals

Shashi Tharoor seeks a fourth-term from Thiruvananthapuram while his formidable challenger Rajeev Chandrasekhar hopes for a sensational debut

The Saffron Dare

BJP makes an ambitious push in Tamil Nadu, challenging traditional calculations in a state used to bipolar contests between DMK and AIADMK, writes