Welfare Wins

Maha Tsunami boosts BJP, JMM wins a keen contest in Jharkhand

A three-fourth majority for NDA buries Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray ambitions, consolidate feel good factor for BJP ahead of Parliament winter session. Soren is new tribal mascot

Collective Identity

In 40-odd seats in Maharashtra, Muslims voting as a single bloc can make the difference between winning and losing

Women Power in Maharashtra : She Will Have the Final Say

BJP and its allies hope the Maharashtra government’s Ladki Bahin Scheme will be a game-changer

Did Baba Siddique Meet Tejashwi Yadav for a Rajya Sabha Ticket?

A Promise of Dignity

The redevelopment of Dharavi is about justice and basic rights

Replacement Value

On the changing of railway station names in Mumbai

Gandhi’s Soft Power

A combination of hard and soft power is often described as “smart power” and this, if applied judiciously, often delivers the best results

Thackeray’s Folly and Shinde’s Sena

The Loneliness of the Patriarch

NCP’s best Lok Sabha tally was nine seats two decades ago but that never came in the way of Sharad Pawar being projected as a prime ministerial candidate. That image of the wily strategist has been shattered by Ajit Pawar’s departure