Intimations for the Incumbent

Freebie Fix

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

Promises and Prospects

A report card on performance and politics

What’s At Stake?

The upcoming Assembly elections will provide BJP cues for the General Election next year

The Assembly Test

War on Development

Maoists resort to open political mobilisation to stop the construction of roads and security camps

The “biggest revadi”

Reverting to the old pension scheme

The Illusion of the Olive Branch

Is there any possibility of peace with the Maoists?

Low on High Command

A daring move a rebuke to the Congress high command

Smriti Irani: The Spellbinder

She was television’s favourite daughter-in-law. She carved out her space at the top of Indian politics. And now she turns writer with a thriller set in the Maoist heartland. How Smriti Irani juggles the many hats of her life