politics

Out of the Chinese Dream

S Prasannarajan

Ma Jian’s resistance fiction

Quota Correction

Ullekh NP

The BJP hopes offering reservations to economically weaker sections will help retain its core vote base, batter rival partnerships and tide over discontent ahead of the polls

Institutional Atrophy

Shashi Tharoor

And the decline of democracy

2019 Forecast

Ullekh NP

One cannot foresee the future, but one can certainly assess signposts of the past and present to project their impact on it

The Modi Momentum

PR Ramesh

The Prime Minister’s transformation agenda will be put to the test

New Year 2019 Issue: Editor’s Note

S Prasannarajan

Gods, princes and women who dared

Being a Punjabi

Siddharth Singh

Marked by identity politics

Best of Books 2018: Politics

Siddharth Singh

The American role and the nature of Pakistan

K Chandrashekar Rao: The King of Telangana

Amita Shah

As Chief Minister, KCR’s outreach programme addressed farmers, senior citizens, women, youth and the poor with a series of welfare and social schemes

Ashok Gehlot: The Desert Fox

Ullekh NP

With Rahul Gandhi keen on promoting young blood, Gehlot stuck to the party line throughout the election campaign of not asserting himself over the state Congress chief Sachin Pilot