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politics
Ticket to Pollywood
Mayank Shekhar
Why mass entertainment is a perfect training ground for a career in politics
What Is Past Is Provocation
The lamentation of Romila Thapar, our most venerable historian, is understandable: philistines have come to dominate the political space. The age of the philosopher king is gone; today it is all about spin and sound bites.
‘The Arms Lobby Is Very Strong’
General VK Singh has perhaps been India’s most controversial Army chief since Independence. Excerpts from an interview with him
Those Who Do Not Want to Bury Modi
Commentators warming up to Modi forget that his decade in power has seen the logic of the 2002 violence pursued by other means
Ruin of the Congress
As two recent books tell us, India’s most charismatic leader, Indira Gandhi, has left a debilitating effect on the party. Rahul’s efforts to shelve personality-driven politics only bewilders it
Nitish Must Make a Choice
In supporting Ramdev’s movement, he could be making a mistake his Lohiaite predecessors did—of strengthening those they claimed to oppose
Dread and Belonging in Kerala’s Party Villages
The state’s Kannur district is riddled with villages that are dominated by a single political party. A closer look at this peculiar phenomenon
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