politics

The Nuts and Bolts of History

Siddharth Singh

A timely examination of the microfoundations of big political events

The Identity Angle in Assam

Siddharth Singh

Why an alliance between the Congress and the AIUDF may end up helping the BJP

Pranab Mukherjee (1935-2020)

MJ Akbar

He understood that democratic politics is algebra, where various parts of the electoral equation are held together by governance, not deposits in vote banks

The Secret Diaries

Jayanta Ghosal

Former President Pranab Mukherjee used to maintain a personal diary that he wrote late night after finishing all his work

The Revenge of Ideology

Keerthik Sasidharan

Don’t write off the Rasputin of resentment politics

Delhi Gymkhana Elections

Virendra Kapoor

An ungentlemanly zeal in fighting for a place on the managing committee

The Expert and the Populist

S Prasannarajan

Between the politburo of knowledge and the callousness of politics

Enter the Unregistered Opposition

PR Ramesh and Siddharth Singh

As the Congress vacates the space of an active opposition with a counter-argument, civil society activists and other professional dissenters rush in to fill the vacuum

Crisis and the Congress

Sudeep Paul

Rebels in the ranks

Gandhis Win, Congress Loses

Harish Khare

Sonia and Rahul Gandhi can have the satisfaction of a Pyrrhic victory. The party has formally reaffirmed their leadership, but it is seen as completely out of sync with the times