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PM Modi’s silence on Akhlaq murder in 2015 broke his global momentum

Reason why Time Magazine’s 2015 cover was a paean by Obama and its recent edition headlined Divider-in-Chief by Atish Taseer.

Modi-Shah’s poison has met its match in Mamata Banerjee’s poison

Modi & Shah are street fighters trying to win Bengal through Hindu-Muslim polarisation. But Mamata has the same instincts and she's taking them on.

Not just SP/BSP, but Congress crossing 100 can defeat Modi. Its diffidence isn’t helping

Decisive phase of polls begins with Congress & BJP in direct fight in about 150 seats. Fighting by itself, Congress looks like a lonely hare caught in glare of headlights..

Modi & Shah have turned India into ‘Jingostan’ & are out to conquer the paranoid country

The Modi-Shah BJP has resurrected dangers & the enemy from the past, and built a scary jingoism. It’s a great diversionary tactic, but it never ends well.

Imran Khan’s ‘support’ for Modi shows BJP has walked into its own Pakistan trap

Modi & the BJP hope to return to power by exploiting the fear of Pakistan. Imran Khan has turned the tables and become a factor dividing Indian public opinion.

It’s Modi vs 20 strong state leaders and there is no wave in the air

India has about 20 strong state leaders, whose voters no national leader can take away. Even Modi & his oratory can’t swing a majority in more than 7 states.

Modi’s 2019 mantra: Forget achhe din, fear terror, Pakistan, Muslim

Modi isn’t going to voters on his track record but on the fear of the terrorist across the border and the Muslims within. It’s a battle on his terms.

Why Rahul Gandhi’s Congress is in danger of morphing into a clueless NGO

Congress has questions but no answers, ‘leaders’ but no winners. Weeks before polls, it’s behaving like a virtuous, anti-establishment NGO just doing its thing.

Modi gives little to friendly US but wants a lot in return. No wonder Trump isn’t amused

Folly of Modi’s foreign policy is he launches trade war with Trump’s America, a stalwart ally, but treats the Chinese, who walked into Doklam, with deference.

Kitney aadmi thhey? The most juvenile question to arise from the 90-hour India-Pakistan war

India needs to invest in its military to scare Pakistan to peace and work on its own people to understand the realities of war.

On Camera

Tamil Nadu’s elections are fought on delivery—ideology appears only when needed

Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.