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Will its Hindu revivalist past haunt West Bengal’s future?

Ullekh NP

Ullekh NP travels across a state where the social base of one of India’s strongest regional leaders faces the challenge of subterranean Hindutva

The Last Battle of the Long Marchers

It may be the final act in the political theatre for these war-scarred veterans

Death of Chemistry

The mistrust within the Congress-JDS coalition adds to BJP’s advantage in Karnataka

‘Pulwama attack and India’s response not indefinite substitute for all other issues voters care about’

Gilles Verniers, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ashoka University and co-director at its Trivedi Centre for Political Data, spoke to Executive Editor Ullekh NP on dominant ideas in India's 2019 election campaign

Nationalism: Right on Time

Nationalism is back as a persuasive theme in this General Election

The Gender Card

The outrage at the Pollachi sex abuse racket gives Opposition politicians a foothold in the battle to win the trust of women, a constituency methodically cultivated by MGR and Jayalalithaa

The Illusion of Unity

Despite desperate moves, national opposition lineup against the BJP remains elusive

The Rise of NOTA Power

What do the protest voters want?

The Showdown in Tamil Nadu

Both BJP and Congress hope to gain by piggybacking on AIADMK and DMK, which in turn are stitching up patchwork alliances with smaller parties

Southern Rethinking

The man behind DMK’s social media strategy works towards a Dravidian makeover

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