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India: 25 Years as a Nuclear Weapon State

How Washington’s attitude towards Delhi changed after the Pokhran tests of 1998

Karnataka result can set off a new “revadi” race

The Karnataka poll results cheer BJP's rivals. But economists point to a likely political fallout: the race to dole out lollies

Kingmaker dream over, Gowda & Son biggest losers

Apart from family rivalries, JD(S) has lost its shine among voters who do not seem to associate it with the son-of-the-soil interests that patriarch HD Deve Gowda once leveraged very successfully

Congress Makes a Comeback

After a long gap, Congress gets it right in a major state, reasserts its main challenger status. But the party’s success needs to be replicated in crucial state elections due at the year end.

Cong wins big in Karnataka as BJP ‘double engine’ stalls

Grass roots anger over price rise, factional frictions hurt BJP while Congress gains by exploiting incumbency and focussing on local discontent.

Patriarch At Play

The astute politician is finding it difficult to manage his family’s ambitions

The Real Kerala Story

The debate on The Kerala Story, though, is not really about the ‘facts’ of the case or the presence of radical organisations in Kerala

‘Never before has the Pak army been held in such low public esteem – not even after 1971’

Pervez Hoodbhoy on the political crisis in his country following Imran Khan’s arrest

Farm Unions Muddy Wrestling Match

Presence of some of the unions who blockaded Delhi over the farm bills raised worrying questions

A Case of Euro Tunnel Vision

The false allegation that India is laundering Russian oil

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