elections

The French Resolution

Samantha de Bendern

Europe may avoid a nervous breakdown as a neophyte globalist is likely to win the Elysee Palace in the final round. But how long can France resist the populist?

Indraprastha

Virendra Kapoor

Delhi Municipal elections, celebrity Rajya Sabha members and Gymkhana Club membership

Open Diary

Swapan Dasgupta

Unimaginative TV coverage, incorrigible journalists and Gurinder Chadha's Partition film

The Damned Science of Psephology

Sanjay Kumar

Maybe we need a new method for reading the mood

The Voodoo Vote

Kumar Anshuman

The unopposed candidacy of superstition

What’s Wrong With Democracy

S Prasannarajan

Will the rule of knowers save the world?

Out of Maya

Rahul Pandita

Old-timers in BSP are disillusioned with Kanshi Ram’s protégé. Do Dalits share their sentiment? Rahul Pandita travels in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh to gauge the depth of dissent against Mayawati