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‘I even met an RSS cadre who voted Congress. BJP can’t take Gujaratis for granted anymore’

Unlike 2012, the BJP finally has some competition in Gujarat. Jignesh Mevani, Hardik Patel, and the BJP itself are factors behind it.

Who really is Jignesh Mevani: a Dalit, Gujarati or Jihadi?

Jignesh Mevani is using the resources of the Congress without using its name or succumbing to its patronising views on Dalits and Muslims.

Narendra Modi, Donald Trump, and the era of exhibitionist emperors

It is difficult to know whether Donald Trump copies Narendra Modi or vice-versa. But quite often, they talk and act in an identical manner.

If Modi wins tomorrow*

*Originally published on 22 December 2007, on the eve of the Gujarat assembly election results, this piece had analysed how a second Modi victory...

Between a ‘Hindu India’ and ‘Buddhist Myanmar’, a secular Bangladesh is under pressure

Bangladesh's independence came with a lot of losses, but a lot of hope. Forty-six years later its economic prospects remain bright, its democratic ideals have been hit.

The Gujarat poll verdict will decide if Narendra Modi needs to be reinvented

Modi jokes do not invite abuses like ‘anti-national’ and ‘anti-Gujarat’ on social media and in public conversations in the state any more.

JFR Jacob, Indian Army’s Jewish General who negotiated Pakistan’s surrender after 1971 war

In the fortnight of the 48th anniversary of the liberation of Bangladesh, remembering ‘Jake’, the most senior military leader to chronicle the land war.

अमृता फड़नवीस: एक राजनेता की ‘दबी दबी’ बीवी की आम छवि से कहीं अलग

महाराष्ट्र के मुख्यमंत्री देवेंद्र फड़नवीस की पत्नी अमृता फड़नवीस की पिछले तीन साल में काफी बड़ाई और बुराई भी हुई है, लेकिन इससे वह अपनी पसंद अपनाना नहीं भूली हैं.

मोदीजी न तो यह नो बॉल थी, न वाइड बॉल या बाउंसर या बीमर

राजनीति में तकरार चाहे जितनी भी तल्ख क्यों न हो, अपने विरोधी या पूर्ववर्ती की देशभक्ति पर सवाल नहीं उठाया जाता. उस पर खराब फैसले, रीढ़विहीनता, मतिभ्रम आदि के आरोप तो चलेंगे. मगर देशद्रोह के आरोप? कतई नहीं!

अब क्या सोनिया रानी या रानी मां बन जाएंगी या केवल राहुल की मां बनकर रह जाएंगी?

माना जा रहा है कि कांग्रेस पार्टी के अगले अधिवेषन में सोनिया गांधी के लिए आजीवन संरक्षिका का एक नया पद बनाने का प्रस्ताव पारित हो सकता है

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A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

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.