Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
Topic2002

Topic: 2002

The Modi magnifier

Shekhar Gupta -
This is the first Indian election where a politician is winning by not promising governance, but simply seeking a vote against Musharraf, the Muslims and the Italian church.

Why many Muslims in Gujarat publicly supported Modi’s BJP after 2002

Raheel Dhattiwala -
One of the characteristics author Raheel Dhattiwala found common among many Muslim testimonies in Gujarat was self-blame.

Operation Parakram: The war that wasn’t but could have reined in Pakistan

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
‘Coercive diplomacy’ was a mere fig leaf to cover the strategic fiasco in 2002.

Rahul Gandhi will benefit from personal jibes just like Narendra Modi once did

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay -
The Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duopoly have made the same mistake as Congress

Why is everyone so worked up over the phrase ‘Sarkari Mussalman’?

Saira Shah Halim -
Forget ‘Sarkari Mussalman’, there is no place for even a ‘good Muslim’ in India's current political climate.

If Rahul Gandhi can be cornered for 1984, why not Narendra Modi for 2002?

Kumar Ketkar -
India’s well-meaning media wants Rahul Gandhi to improve, but don’t want Narendra Modi to even learn.

Talk Point: 21 per cent first-time voters in Gujarat are ‘extremely dissatisfied’ with state govt

Yashwant Deshmukh -
Communal tension is not an issue even for 1% of the first-time voters of Gujarat in 2017 as unemployment and inflation remain top worries.

Talk Point: Rural Gujarat in 2002 was backward, bleak, and lacking in reliable electricity and water

Tavleen Singh -
The Gujarat model cannot be a model for the whole of India, but it can work at the state government level.

On Camera

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Opinion

J.P.Singh, joint secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran Division), MEA, meets Taliban's interim foreign minister Amir Khan Mottaki | Photo credit: Twitter/@QaharBalkhi

Hard-nosed, practical—why India has revived relations with Kabul, and why Taliban is welcoming

Jyoti Malhotra -
By protecting the Indian embassy in Kabul for the last ten months, the Taliban is sending a message to its neighbours and the rest of the world.

India readying Bharat NCAP for safer cars but curbing violations can make big difference too

Punjab bypolls: AAP worried as SAD-A's Simranjit Singh Mann leads in Sangrur

Simranjit Singh Mann is reborn because there’s an uneasy vacuum in Punjab

Economy

An employee works at Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. facility in Chakan, Maharashtra | Bloomberg file photo

Bigger cars, smaller chips — Why Mahindra is worried about increased wait time

Katrina Nicholas -
A major focus for Mahindra will be defending its market share in the large-format SUV segment from Tata Motors and Hyundai Motor.

Defence

The Indian Air Force logo | Commons

Almost 4,000 enrol for IAF’s Agnipath recruitment scheme on day 1 of online registrations

Raghav Bikhchandani -
These registrations pertain to the Indian Air Force's Agniveer Vayu programme. The online portal for the first phase was opened at 10 am Friday, and will close on 5 July.

National Interest

With Agnipath, Modi govt’s shock & awe doctrine may have misfired a vital reform, yet again

Shekhar Gupta -
Modi govt's biggest flaw has been its disinclination to accept limitations of electoral majorities. This ruined land acquisition and farm reform, stalled labour codes.

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