elections

Newton Movie Review

Ajit Duara

It is an observational film with very well written characters, and conversations that are funny, and sometimes poignant

The Battle for Karnataka

Amita Shah

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is setting the poll agenda but the BJP has found a way to counter it

Modi’s Mandal: The Day of the Most Backward

Ullekh NP

Tapping the wrath of ‘lower’ OBCs is a strategy that the BJP Government expects will pay off as it goes ahead with a major overhaul of the backward quota system

Ram Nath Kovind: The First Citizen as a Forceful Unifier

Siddharth Singh

Quiet dignity

With Allies Like These

Haima Deshpande

The Shiv Sena’s rejection of BJP’s presidential choice hints of worse to come for Maharashtra’s ruling alliance

Ram Nath Kovind: First Person Singular

Kumar Anshuman

It is not his Dalit identity alone that makes Ram Nath Kovind an ideal presidential choice

All the President’s Mien

Sunanda K Datta-Ray

A brief history of the interface between the ceremonial and the political

May Be a Wounded Lion

Lance Price

The ideal day after June 8th: A new Theresa May and a new Labour

Indraprastha

Virendra Kapoor

The battle for the next President

Emmanuel Macron: March of the Seducer

Samantha de Bendern

At 39, he is France’s youngest ever president, and his election a relief for a world distressed by Trump and Brexit. But the real test for Emmanuel Macron comes next month as France elects a new parliament