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Move over Gully Boy, this rap song on Modi is shock-and-awe attack on Khan Market wannabes

Narendra Modi has always been an early data crusader, and knows his target audience well.

How Modi left the opposition ashen-faced with 10% upper caste arithmetic

Even if the Supreme Court strikes it down, the BJP would have already won political credit for being the party to think through this highly contentious idea.  

Why The Accidental Prime Minister matters to ‘chowkidar’ Narendra Modi

The saffron party certainly hopes the movie will evoke some of the anger the book did in 2014 and help push Modi over the finishing line in 2019.

Narendra Modi govt simply can’t comprehend the enormity of the problem in Kashmir

Unlike Vajpayee, Narendra Modi’s BJP has shown no inclination for dialogue with Kashmir.

Narendra Modi’s stony silence after BJP’s losses in recent state polls is troubling

For Narendra Modi and the BJP, the loss in these three states is not a chronicle foretold, but a lesson in disguise.

With Kartarpur, Punjab has forced Narendra Modi to make another U-turn on Pakistan

For the Modi government that is so focused on bringing Pakistan to book, this climb down is remarkable.

In Madhya Pradesh, Narendra Modi ko gussa kyon aata hai

Instead of hope, Narendra Modi’s state election campaign has been marked by an unusual anger. Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week took the battle to the bastions...

Narendra Modi might be donning many hats, but do they fit?

Prime Minister Modi's comments in the run-up to 2019 hold answers about his agenda.

Narendra Modi had to use the guillotine before the CBI-ED war engulfed him

Narendra Modi knew he had to take charge, even at the cost of exposing the government's security flanks.

By removing M.J. Akbar from his government, Narendra Modi must do our dirty job

The flaw was always there for us to see. We saw and turned away. We didn’t want to see.

On Camera

How startups are falling into lenders’ debt traps

Increasingly, lenders have stepped in where equity funding has slowed amid global market volatility. But instead of helping startups, they end up extracting a pound of flesh that outlasts the crisis itself.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.