Politics

VK Pandian: A Very Special Officer

Amita Shah

Is VK Pandian the second most important public figure in Odisha?

The Loneliness of the Patriarch

NCP’s best Lok Sabha tally was nine seats two decades ago but that never came in the way of Sharad Pawar being projected as a prime ministerial candidate. That image of the wily strategist has been shattered by Ajit Pawar’s departure

The Lighter Side of Legislators

Lhendup G Bhutia

When lawmakers engage in a frank discussion on the pitfalls of politics

Foreign Hand

PR Ramesh

To secure NRI support in the US Rahul Gandhi aligns with groups and individuals holding questionable views on India

Chandrababu Naidu Makes His Move

V Shoba

TDP reaches out to BJP and announces a welfare package ahead of next year’s assembly election in Andhra Pradesh

Peace By Peace

Siddharth Singh

Manipur has an adequate legal machinery to end the violence and restore order without splintering the state

‘Our roads will rival those of the US by the end of 2024,’ says Nitin Gadkari

Amita Shah

After nine years as Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari’s achievements include radically increasing the pace of highway construction to 28.3 km a day. But, he tells Open, his biggest success is the popularisation of e-rickshaws