Congress

Sam Pitroda: The Original Whiz

Ullekh NP

Sam Pitroda relives his journey from the remoteness of dispossession to the world of digital possibilities

For the Day Bihar Thinks Beyond Caste

Shruti Vyas

Complexity, despair and hope in Bihar

EVM prototypes, a big hit in Bihar

Kumar Anshuman

As the state gears up for its first phase of voting on 12 October, EVM prototypes are selling like hot cakes as awareness material

Congress: From Here to Where?

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

Devoid of ideas and dismissive of its own legacy, the Congress, its social base fast eroding, faces its biggest leadership crisis

Sonia Gandhi’s Iftaar Democracy

Kumar Anshuman

It also turned out to be an occasion to exhibit the new-found friendship with Janata Dal (United), which assumes significance in the wake of Bihar Assembly elections scheduled later this year

Congress in Revival Mode?

Kumar Anshuman

Congress has turned aggressive as Rahul Gandhi prepares to take full command later this year, but old rhetoric and internal rifts hold the party back

One Rank One Pension

Open

Seeing the Centre dither even after it allotted Rs 1,000 crore to the scheme last July, a massive protest rally has been announced for 14 June

“Arresting the party’s decline is my biggest challenge”

Kumar Anshuman

Sitaram Yechury, CPM's new general secretary, meets Open Assistant Editor Kumar Anshuman for a wide-ranging conversation. Excerpts

The relaunch of Rahul Gandhi

Kumar Anshuman

The 56 days ‘Chintan’ has not changed Rahul Gandhi much and he has yet to become Rahul 2.0. But it’s a marketing strategy that seems to be working for Congress as of now