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What CJI Misra does this weekend will decide the future of Indian judiciary

The four judges have shattered the judiciary’s code of silence. How this crisis ends is up to Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.

दलित राजनीति: क्या जिग्नेश मेवाणी बन पाएंगें दूसरे कांशीराम?

पंजाब से आए दलित कौटिल्य कांशीराम ने मायावती को अपना चंद्रगुप्त बनाया. अगर जिग्नेश में कौशल व महत्वाकांक्षा होगी तो वे इस कथा से काफी...

Does Jignesh Mevani have it in him to become Kanshi Ram 2.0?

Kanshi Ram was a Dalit Kautilya from Punjab who built the heartland’s Mayawati as his Chandragupta. It’s a good playbook for Jignesh Mevani, if he has the skill and ambition.

मध्यान्तर के बाद, प्रधानमंत्री मोदी के आंसू देते हैं उनके इरादों का पता

अब 2019 लोकसभा चुनाव तक विकास नहीं बल्कि राष्ट्रवाद, हिंदुत्व और भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ जंग के इर्दगिर्द घूमेगी मोदी की राजनीति.

Not growth & jobs but nationalism, Hindutva, corruption will drive Modi’s push to 2019

The BJP’s close shave in Gujarat, and not the sweep in Uttar Pradesh, will shape the party’s strategy. Growth, jobs, and achche din will be mere afterthoughts.

क्या भ्रष्टाचार और सजा की जात होती है? बड़े-बड़े मामलों का मूल्यांकन तो यही कहता है

क्या ‘निचली’ जातियों और समूहूों के नेता ज्यादा भ्रष्ट होते हैं? यह सवाल तब भी उठा था जब एक मुकदमे में लालू यादव के खिलाफ फैसला आया था.

Are leaders from ‘lower’ castes and subaltern groups more corrupt?

An inconvenient question two days after A. Raja and Kanimozhi are acquitted, and on the day Lalu Prasad Yadav is convicted and Jagannath Mishra is acquitted.

आखिर गुजरात में भाजपा क्यों ‘नरभसा’ गई है

गुजरात में 22 सालों से सत्ता में रह चुकी पार्टी दोयम दर्जे के खिलाड़ी के तौर लड़ रही है, जो अपने उपलब्धियों की जगह गांधी परिवार को मुद्दा बना रही है

BJP is furious, nervous in Gujarat & has itself to blame

BJP’s Gujarat campaign is a nervous paradox of a double-incumbent fighting like an underdog, making the Gandhi dynasty and not its own performance the issue.

I.K. Gujral: An accidental PM, who also dealt with Pakistan’s first nuclear blackmail

Gujral’s death anniversary passed unnoticed this week. There are two great mysteries of his times, one involving chemical weapons, the other, nukes.

On Camera

Sheikh Hasina battling ‘India Out’ campaign with Indian saree. But has she made it worse?

Hasina is unabashedly India’s best friend in the neighbourhood. But Delhi is hard put to match China’s deep pockets and big investments in Dhaka.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.