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Running debate

Nobody has won as many international races as Milkha Singh did. But Indian athletics is not a solitary-star story.

The deformists

While Congress subverted and then totally overwhelmed our political economy, BJP’s intellectually bankrupt response raises serious questions on its claims as our second largest party.

Lose-Lose

Congress knows it cannot repeat its 2009 performance. It simply does not have a track record. So what do you do if you know you cannot win?

Body politics

Irrespective of which side you are on, you would have to admit that a fake encounter would always be illegal. That's where we start to get into problems.

The chief in chief minister

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has attracted the many backward castes, while embracing the BJP and its upper caste voters, and yet comforting the Muslims, and in the process devastating Lalu Prasad.

Modi versus his party

For a party that eschewed the personality cult, & where the senior-most leaders were addressed as 'poojniya', Modi's projection as an almighty conquistador is remarkable.

The final accommodation

There is no final solution to any violent conflict in a democracy other than through talks just as there is no such thing as a final military solution or a victorious insurgency.

The bleeding heartless

During its 9 years in power, the UPA has not been able to decide whether it is with itself, or against itself, on the Maoist insurgency issue.

The giant fix

BCCI cannot blame a mere individual nor rely on the old cynical and lazy notion that cash will solve all problems. It has to clean up not just the IPL, but itself.

For democracy and bijli, uninterrupted supply

For many in Pakistan, the only issue in this election, is power. Electricity crisis has become such an overwhelming symbol of misgovernance, it has put other vital issues in the shade.

On Camera

India can face multi-front conflicts with hostile Dhaka. New Delhi missed chance to engage BNP

India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.