politics

Final Call in Karnataka: A Wave or a Goodbye?

V Shoba

The BJP bets on Modi magic and caste arithmetic to beat a popular chief minister

The Victim Politics

S Prasannarajan

Politics driven by industrial victimhood is hollow

Open Diary

Swapan Dasgupta

Enoch Powell has been condemned less for what he said than how he said it

An Embarrassment of Saffron Riches

V Shoba

The famous Reddy brothers and other worthies of oversized reputations make the mining district of Ballari a site of titanic clashes

Zimbabwe: The Day After the Dictator

Karan Mahajan

The liberator-turned-tyrant has fallen, the streets erupt to celebrate, and the breakaway dissenters take over. Freedom is still uncertain in Zimbabwe. From #OpenArchive

In an Unequal World

Siddharth Singh

Too many questions to ask but no answers in sight

Judiciary: Saving the Institution

Siddharth Singh

In rejecting the petition to remove the Chief Justice of India, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu has helped fortify the independence of the higher judiciary

The Incompatibles United Against Modi. Really?

PR Ramesh

The noise apart, how united is the front against Modi?

Swami Aseemanand: Myth of the Monk Who Preached Terror

PR Ramesh

Swami Aseemanand’s acquittal brings to an end the cries over saffron jihad

Most southern states are up in arms against the disadvantage they fear they might suffer if the Central pool of tax funds is shared the way they suspect New Delhi wants. Their complaint is that they are being penalised for their good performance. Is there an anti-south bias?