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Dissidence Down

Jayanta Ghosal

The BJP is seeing a mellowing of rebel leaders like Vasundhara Raje and Uma Bharti in state units

UPset and SetUP

Why Mamata Banerjee didn’t contest any seat in UP despite visiting the state twice

Political Traders

Fiercely fighting for votes by dangling carrots of free bijli-paani, rations and cooking gas

The Punjab Equation

Will Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi take his revenge against Navjot Singh Sidhu?

The Endearing Paradoxes of Vajpayee

Sagarika Ghose brings out the qualities and contradictions of India’s most indulged prime minister in a new biography

Rahul’s Choice

The gossip is that the Gandhi family, particularly Rahul Gandhi, is not keen on contesting from Amethi again

The Fall of Lalu

From caste revolutionary to one more jail sentence

Shah Bano 2.0

The hijab controversy can take the country into dangerous territory but, unlike the 1980s, it will not take people years to grasp its import

Who Will Be President?

From the stable of the ruling BJP, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh seems to be the first choice

Love and Separation

The aesthetics of Indian politics XIII

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