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Nitish Kumar

Mandal seeks a comeback against Kamandal

Rajeev Deshpande

The opposition hopes the Bihar caste survey will revive the Mandal debate but BJP’s Hindutva-plus model has changed the ground rules

I.N.D.I.A. and Its Discontents

An Opposition alliance has unseated a strong incumbent at the Centre only when it has had a promise to sell and a charismatic leader. The anti-Modi alliance has neither while its own contradictions threaten to pull it apart

Putin’s Stakes

The recent visit of North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-Un to Russia is being viewed from varying perspectives

Guessing Games

Modi has displayed a capacity for springing surprises

Did Upset Nitish Spoil INDIA `Optics’?

Despite JD(U) denials Bihar CM’s early departure from the Bengaluru Opposition enclave fuels speculation

A Call to Arms

Can the grand alliance of the Opposition survive its inbuilt contradictions before taking on the ruling coalition led by Modi at his peak?

The Biden-Modi Connection

Biden has been far less ‘ideological’ than many other US presidents and sees a genuine need to build common ground with India

Opposition Meet Postponed

Because of absence of key Congress and other Opposition leaders

A Whiff of Mandal

The Opposition’s demand for a caste-based census is a desperate gambit to splinter Modi’s Hindu constituency

Nitish’s Misplaced Mission

It will take more than the Bihar chief minister’s enthusiasm to ensure opposition unity

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