Harsh V Pant
Modi has made the relationship more forward looking
The past kept intruding into Narendra Modi’s spectacular London visit. Still, he and his host David Cameron won the day by focussing on the future
Astute manipulation of the caste matrix and a savvy campaign led the Grand Alliance of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad to an epochal victory. The BJP underestimated the power of its opponent and fell victim to its own contradictions
There are plenty of initiatives that Modi can take to keep the economic reforms going even if Bihar makes a dent in his bid for a Rajya Sabha majority
Strong regional parties will continue to hold sway against the BJP
Nitish Kumar reinvented himself and socially engineered his campaign around goodwill he knew he held among Biharis
The Prime Minister has heralded a less-hypocritical approach by the state to business and wealth creation
The so-called crisis in capitalism is not solved by applied dogma, but by ethics—call it compassionate capitalism or whatever