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Politics

Pinarayi Vijayan: A Marxist in the Marketplace

Pinarayi Vijayan chants a new development mantra—and brooks no distraction. The Kerala Chief Minister in conversation with Open

Amma is Not Well

A veil of mystery and panic descends over Tamil Nadu following speculation over Jayalalithaa’s health

Bloodshed in the House of Mulayam

Is the son losing the generational war in Lucknow—at least for the time being

Modi’s Weapon of Mass Seduction

An ambitious Central scheme to give out gas connections could work wonders

River on Fire

The waters of goodwill between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are fast receding

Shahabuddin: “What Should I Kill People For? My Ego?”

An unrepentant Shahabuddin returns home and the rift in Bihar’s ruling coalition gets wider

AAP: The Pornography of Power

How AAP has vacated the space it once owned as a moral alternative to politics-as-usual

End of an Illusion

Mayawati needs to build a coalition that goes beyond mere social identities

His Master’s Lost Voice

The vanishing idea of the supreme leader in a party without a plot

Namvar Singh: What Will Marx Think?

The ideological paranoia of fellow travellers mars a literary doyen’s birthday party

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