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Nana Patole: Out of His Depth?

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His transition to Maharashtra Congress president, after he left BJP in 2017, has been far from smooth

Code Red

QR codes to smear in Cong vs BJP war in poll-bound Karnataka

The Rewards of Ambition

How India moved from coercive controls to economic freedom

Hilary Mantel (1952-2022): Past Perfectionist

Hilary Mantel (1952-2022) humanised characters from history, as she was interested in where politics met psychology, where the private met the public

BR Ambedkar: Flawed Genius

In a new biography of Ambedkar, Shashi Tharoor gets a measure of the constitutionalist and nation-builder, contending that an honest survey of Ambedkar’s life and its impact needs to also look at those faults for which he can be legitimately criticised without taking away from his greatness

Shivraj Singh Chouhan: In and Out

The BJP leadership has had its way and will continue to call the shots when it comes to the party

Rewarding Betrayal

The Gandhis have eggs on their faces, while the Rajasthan chief minister holds all the cards

Trying to solve its party chief riddle, Cong creates a Rajasthan problem

Congress leadership miscalculates as official “favourite” Ashok Gehlot refuses to quit as chief minister and becomes the centre of a revolt by MLAs

Shadow boxing over NTR vs YSR legacy unlikely to win Jagan any points

Marginalised TDP uses row over renaming of NTR university to gain mileage after YSR Congress picks a fresh fight with its rival

The Revision Fetish

Does renaming streets or demolishing statues redeem history?

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