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Is the son losing the generational war in Lucknow—at least for the time being
An ambitious Central scheme to give out gas connections could work wonders
An unrepentant Shahabuddin returns home and the rift in Bihar’s ruling coalition gets wider
How AAP has vacated the space it once owned as a moral alternative to politics-as-usual
Mayawati needs to build a coalition that goes beyond mere social identities
The vanishing idea of the supreme leader in a party without a plot
The ideological paranoia of fellow travellers mars a literary doyen’s birthday party