Congress

Modi and the New Common Sense

PR Ramesh

The prime minister will lead from the front as BJP forges a firm response to political and parliamentary subversion while efforts to acknowledge historical violence against Hindus will help preserve India’s cultural ethos

The Priyanka Papers

Minhaz Merchant

Her presence in Lok Sabha normalises the idea of dynasty

Being Manmohan Singh

Rajeev Deshpande

Manmohan Singh holds the rare record of a non-Gandhi to complete two terms as a Congress PM but sterling achievements sit side by side with missed opportunities

The Man Who Opened India to the World

Siddharth Singh

With the passing away of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday night the saga of India’s transition from a statist economic system towards an open economy has come to an end

An assault in Parliament

Rajeev Deshpande

A tale of how a push became a shove

The Great MP Makeover

Amita Shah

The new India has recast the parliamentarian

The Age of Creative Conservatism

Swapan Dasgupta

The right thing to do in India today

Missed Call

Rajeev Deshpande

Internal drift and worn-out themes have shrunk Congress and kept the party from capitalising on the Lok Sabha results while a defining idea to counter BJP still eludes the Opposition