Rahul Gandhi’s discovery of his inner Brahmin is smart and audacious politics
Rahul Gandhi is audacious to mix his religion with Congress politics. He can win or perish, but can’t retreat from this Chakravyuha.
How CBI went from being a caged parrot to a wild vulture
India’s premier anti-corruption agency has defied two decades of reform and become an embarrassment with its bosses calling each other thief.
India has a new political divide —Majority kanwarias vs elite Halloweeners
Modi-BJP govt draw their instincts from the street and respond likewise. This has flummoxed the Congress and isolated the critical elite.
There are two ways opposition can beat Modi in 2019—and mahagathbandhan is not one of them
Only way to defeat Modi-BJP in 2019 could be through local battles against strong leaders, as it makes psephological sense despite ideological contradictions.
No Ajit Doval, from Indira to Modi, majority govts are overrated. Don’t fear coalitions
A secure, majority government like Modi’s, makes politicians complacent, arrogant and create unsustainable personality cults.
Supreme Court cannot become the priest between Indians and their Gods
Sabarimala verdict is an example of why the Supreme Court shouldn't intervene in religion.
The new Doval Durbar reduces India’s layered security system to a top-down Caliphate
Ajit Doval is now India’s all-powerful security boss. But this concentration of power disrupts our layered security system.
Rafale isn’t Modi’s Bofors scandal — at least not yet
The opposition campaign on Rafale has many limitations – no V.P. Singh, no smoking gun, no story, no slogan.
HAL doesn’t fly because Sukhois aren’t Rafales
If they were, the Great Indian Bureaucrat would be the Marshal of the Air Force. Bofors mummified our defence acquisitions, Rafale could entomb it now.
There’s a humongous scam in the Rafale deal. It is called stupidity
The Rafale deal is just a glaring example of the BJP government’s unsuccessful handling of defence purchases.
Is AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal also guilty of treating Muslims as an unthinking votebank?
Days after Delhi voted in the Lok Sabha elections, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal said the Muslim vote “shifted” to the Congress at the last minute.
Defence
Pakistan sends a ‘message’ to Modi, test-fires nuclear missile on day of his poll sweep
Pakistan tested ballistic missile Shaheen-II, which has a range of 1,500 km. Indian security experts say timing of the test clear signal to new govt.
Pracharak Modi: The mask you see, is the man you get
India has its first leader who is unapologetic about belonging to the social and political Right. This is how Shekhar Gupta foresaw Modi’s five years in this National Interest within three months of his victory in 2014.