Sonia Gandhi

Withering Away

Rajeev Deshpande

The redundancy of the Dynasty and the trial of the Nehruvian legacy

I.N.D.I.A. and Its Discontents

PR Ramesh

An Opposition alliance has unseated a strong incumbent at the Centre only when it has had a promise to sell and a charismatic leader. The anti-Modi alliance has neither while its own contradictions threaten to pull it apart

Priyanka Gandhi’s Stealthy Rise

Minhaz Merchant

She is the obvious choice to keep Rahul’s Wayanad seat warm

‘Legacy is not just about genes. It cannot be taken for granted’

Rajeev Deshpande

In conversation with Ghulam Nabi Azad

Congress Has Lost the Will to Fight

Ghulam Nabi Azad

The party should have been proud of Prime Minister Modi’s speech at my farewell

The Congress Question

Rajeev Deshpande

Can Mallikarjun Kharge be more than a figurehead?

Travels in Hyperreality

V Shoba

On the road with Rahul Gandhi

A Tale of Two Congressmen

S Prasannarajan

Together, Rahul and Tharoor make the best Congress story in the worst time of the party

Why Abdul Kalam Was Denied a Second Term

RK Prasad

On the eve of his birth anniversary on October 15, his former private secretary makes some startling revelations about the politics behind the scenes

Congress 2022: War Dance in the Puppet Kingdom

MJ Akbar

Congress wants a regent, a placeholder for Rahul Gandhi. But who can combine political sagacity with a saintly heart? Ashok Gehlot, the loyal one, has weakened Sonia Gandhi at a vulnerable moment. If she relents, the aura of command gets blown apart. Congress has become a puzzled jigsaw rather than a jigsaw puzzle, a combination of small cardboard pieces that no longer add up to a coherent picture