Politics

Freebie Fix

Siddharth Singh

Competitive populism of the manifestos can only come at a very high post-poll cost

Mandal seeks a comeback against Kamandal

Rajeev Deshpande

The opposition hopes the Bihar caste survey will revive the Mandal debate but BJP’s Hindutva-plus model has changed the ground rules

A new turn in Amaravati

Amita Shah

Chandrababu Naidu’s arrest has put him back in the national spotlight

Vivek Ramaswamy: The American Dreamer

Seema Sirohi

The conservative entrepreneur with an anti-woke agenda, Indian-origin Vivek Ramaswamy, has become an influential contender in the Republican primaries

An Existential Threat

Sandeep Balakrishna

Udhayanidhi Stalin’s attack on Sanatana Dharma stems from a long tradition of anti-Brahminical Dravidian politics

Restoring Lost Heroes

Amita Shah

Honouring lesser-known freedom fighters on independence day will be the culmination of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav

The Victims Within

Ullekh NP

A hate campaign and other incidents in Andhra Pradesh expose the relentless persecution of Ahmadiyyas by Sunnis

A Call to Arms

Rajeev Deshpande | Amita Shah

Can the grand alliance of the Opposition survive its inbuilt contradictions before taking on the ruling coalition led by Modi at his peak?

VK Pandian: A Very Special Officer

Amita Shah

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

The Loneliness of the Patriarch

PR Ramesh

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