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Punjab

A Return to 1857

Nikita Doval

The remains of a massacred battalion of mutinying Indian soldiers raise new questions about how the uprising is remembered

The Cost of Freebies

States like Punjab and Rajasthan that indulge the most in economic populism are also the most fiscally stressed

Who’s Afraid of the Hindu Vote?

The anti-BJP plank will resort to dividing the electorate along regional, religious, caste and linguistic lines in the run-up to 2024 despite the fact that such a strategy no longer yields the dividends it once did

The Triumph of the Outsider

AAP decimated Congress and SAD with a more attractive model of populism, changing the political map of a traditional two-party state

Modi & the Monk

It was the ‘double-engine’ magic of Modi-Yogi at work in UP. In the run-up to 2024, the unambiguous message is that leaders like Adityanath will give no quarter to slow-footed rivals

The Punjab Equation

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

The State of Abandonment

Traditionally two-party Punjab has become so unpredictable that a small difference in the number of votes can make or break political fortunes

A Veneer of Popular Choice

And the AAP chief ministerial candidate

Biding His Time

Navjot Singh Sidhu has past links with the Aam Aadmi Party. It is too early to count him out

The Order of Disorder

The Prime Minister’s security breach in Punjab highlights the increasingly extra-parliamentary nature of protest

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