politics

Defection News

Jayanta Ghosal

The biggest rumour in the Delhi political circuit is that Congress leader and eminent lawyer, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, may join the BJP

A Lockdown ‘Workaholic’

Shashi Tharoor

A life without three things that had kept me busy

How Covid-19 is stirring up Kerala’s obsession with political satire

Mochish KS

Social media is the new home of creative political campaigns of all kinds

The New Abnormal

S Prasannarajan

The humanisation of power is a joint project undertaken by the ethical leader and the sacrificial citizen

Return Moves

Jayanta Ghosal

Kamal Nath of the Congress is busy trying to return to power

The Future of Politics

Amita Shah and Sudeep Paul

The next round of state elections, beginning with Bihar, will be the first test of how political leadership, parties and the electorate have adapted to the changes wrought by Covid-19

The Politics of Infection

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

The campaign against the government’s response to the pandemic has borrowed from the playbook of Chinese propaganda but has hit a wall in the trust Narendra Modi enjoys