Congress

Swami Aseemanand: Myth of the Monk Who Preached Terror

PR Ramesh

Swami Aseemanand’s acquittal brings to an end the cries over saffron jihad

Reclaiming the Coast

V Shoba

Open follows the taproot of Hindutva politics in Dakshina Kannada

A Private Figure

Urvashi Butalia

It’s the personal that makes this political memoir of Sheila Dikshit different

Cambridge Analytica: The Foreign Hand

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

A proposal by the tainted Cambridge Analytica details how it can revive the Congress

Karnataka Elections 2018: Close Encounter

V Shoba

Karnataka 2018 could be BJP’s grand prelude to India 2019. Can Chief Minister Siddaramaiah contain the force?

Can the Indian Left Reinvent Itself?

Ullekh NP

Communists face a do-or-die battle for survival

Narendra Modi: Optimum Power

PR Ramesh

The undiminished popularity of Narendra Modi and the unmatched organisational skills of Amit Shah have made BJP India’s natural party of governance. Is India closer than ever to one-party dominance?

The Revenge of the Underclass

Amita Shah

A historic win for BJP as the last Marxist citadel falls to a Tribal backlash

Northeast: Dividends of Geography

Siddharth Singh

The terms of governance will change as the lotus blooms in the Northeast

Playing With Faith

V Shoba

With the Congress cashing in on the Lingayats’ demand for a separate religious identity, Karnataka’s caste politics comes full circle on the eve of a nervous Assembly election