Assembly elections
Pinarayi Vijayan: The McMarxist From Malabar
Ullekh NP
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of Kerala, a communist feared as well as admired, is a market-friendly pragmatist in power
West Bengal: Marx Is Dead, Long Live Mamata
Revolution is relentless in West Bengal—but at what cost?
Reading the Future in the Ashes of Thursday
A comrade who defies both biology and ideology in Kerala. The triumph of Kancheepuram kitsch in Tamil Nadu. The compelling subaltern-sandesh socialist in Bengal. A Modi wave on the Brahmaputra. And a Family that couldn't provide the sheltering shadow for a withered party...The summer thriller of 2016
Congress: The Dead Old Party of India
A verdict that magnifies the irrelevance of the Congress and strengthens the modernisation agenda of the Prime Minister
Kerala: Red With a Dash of Saffron
The UDF has suffered a humiliating setback after a no-holds-barred campaign in which it was seen as aligning with communalists of all hues
West Bengal: Soaring Sister and Falling Fossils
Mamata Banerjee’s victory is a major embarrassment for Yechury who jostled for CPM’s poll pact with the Congress
Pinarayi Vijayan: The Politician Who Does Not Smile
In the run-up to the Assembly elections, will Pinarayi Vijayan’s ‘tough guy’ image be tough enough to outshine VS Achuthanandan’s charm
Jayalalithaa: The Mother of All Battles
A smug Jayalalithaa parachuting into constituencies, Stalin in damage control mode, smaller parties turning up the heat. V Shoba watches the great election circus in Tamil Nadu
Mamata Banerjee: What, Me Worry?
Mamata Banerjee is unfazed by the advantage the CPM-Congress combine has in terms of electoral math
Assembly Elections 2016: Backlash or Backslap?
How the minority vote will make the most decisive difference in the coming Assembly polls
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