Politics

Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar: Family Feud

Lhendup G Bhutia

Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar battle it out for the sugar belt of western Maharashtra

The New Maharashtra–Jharkhand Impetus

BJP banks on Hindutva mobilisation and welfare schemes to maintain the Haryana momentum while the I.N.D.I.A. alliance rests its hopes on a mix of populist promises, caste and the muslim vote

The Isolation of Raj Thackeray

Madhavankutty Pillai

The MNS chief goes it alone in a few seats, unable to guarantee a victory for his son

A Battle of Legacies

Lhendup G Bhutia

Aaditya Thackeray and Milind Deora face off in a high-stakes constituency in Mumbai

Women Power in Maharashtra : She Will Have the Final Say

Amita Shah

BJP and its allies hope the Maharashtra government’s Ladki Bahin Scheme will be a game-changer

Dangerous Delusion

Rajeev Deshpande

Sonam Wangchuk’s demand for Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh is misplaced as the strategically sensitive region needs more, not less, integration with the rest of India

The Unbearable Lightness of the Proxy

Rahul Pandita

Why the independent candidates failed to deliver in Kashmir

The Fall of Tau’s Clan

Amita Shah

Devi Lal’s heirs deluded themselves into believing farmers would never let them down

The Quiet Path to History

Siddharth Singh

Congress’ populist rhetoric comes a cropper as BJP wins a morale-boosting third term

BJP regains momentum with its historic hat-trick in Haryana, allowing Modi to renew his attack on Congress as a party driven by a divisive agenda, while Jammu & Kashmir delivers a pro-development verdict