Prime Minister

Hollow Man

S Prasannarajan

How Manmohan Singh wrecked his party— and defeated Rahul Gandhi even before Narendra Modi could

A Man Out of Time

Simon Denyer

The silent fall of Manmohan Singh

The Rebirth of a Prime Minister

Hartosh Singh Bal

The reform announcements that have given Manmohan Singh and the Congress another lifeline are driven primarily by cold electoral logic

Still a Wild Field

Jatin Gandhi

Jostling for the honour of being the NDA’s prime ministerial candidate has begun. And how

The Leadership Deficit

Hartosh Singh Bal

At a time when the country needs leadership, India is being managed by an able and dutiful economist who far too often forgets that he is supposed to possess a spine

The PM of a Banana Republic?

Hartosh Singh Bal

When did it become more important for a Prime Minister to assuage ‘corporate nervousness’ than to address ‘national nervousness’?

Desperately Seeking Consensus

Sudeep Chakravarti

After fifteen failed attempts at electing a Prime Minister, the question in Nepal now is whether it can maintain its cohesion

Behind the Curve

Hartosh Singh Bal

Can this PM summon another ‘nuclear’ moment, or will the chaos in Kashmir continue to spiral out of control?

Why Rahul Is Popular

Rahul Pandita

A lot of them, men and women, upper caste Hindus and Dalits, young and old, find Rahul “clean, accessible and energetic”. His looks count for something too.

It’s a question India’s Prime Minister asked a long time ago when he first embarked on his political journey. Now, in his latest effort to lead the country in keeping with his long-term vision, he may well want to ask it again: who fails if India wins?