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Crocodile-lover, fakir, now a man of wild for Bear Grylls – Modi and the power of makeovers

Ruhi Tewari -
As natural as he may have wanted to be around nature, the Modi that came across is the Modi that he mostly is - minutely orchestrated and carefully planned.

Foreign investors don’t know if ‘Watchman Modi’ will be good for them

John Micklethwait -
India needs more dynamic reforms, not less. Foreign investors should pray that if Modi wins, he should pick up from where he started in 2014, not where he left off in 2019.

‘Pakistan, terrorism, chowkidar’ — Modi’s favourite words in speeches after Pulwama attack

Ratnadeep Choudhary -
ThePrint’s word analysis of Narendra Modi’s public speeches before and after the Pulwama terror strike reveals a significant shift in his poll campaign.

Karnataka raids a brazen display of power, undermine democracy

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Samjhauta acquittal blunts India’s censure of Pakistani inaction on terror

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

I wear abuses as jewels, says PM Modi in chat with 25 lakh chowkidars

Ruhi Tewari -
The interaction with the security guards across the country via an audio bridge lasted for 23 minutes, one of the PM’s shortest public addresses.

Like Rahul Gandhi, British in India viewed chowkidars as ‘chors’ too

Ratnadeep Choudhary -
The British brought chowkidars, formerly under the control of zamindars (rich landlords), into the administrative fold in 1813 in Bengal.

PM Modi’s allies exempt from ‘chowkidar’ prefix drive, but it spares none in BJP

Jyoti Malhotra -
PM Modi took little time to decide that his entire party would go public with the ‘Chowkidar’ Twitter handles. Unity in unity, it was felt.

The participatory campaign logic behind ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’

Shivam Vij -
From Mahatma Gandhi to Arvind Kejriwal, everyone’s tried participatory campaigns to draw people’s attention.

Najeeb’s mom asks ‘chowkidar’ Modi where’s her son, fake IS image reappears in response

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
Right-wing handles and Facebook pages shared an old picture claiming Najeeb had joined IS, in response to the tweet from Najeeb’s mother Fatima Nafis.
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What can be expected from the ongoing talks in Islamabad? Odds of resolution remain slim

Swasti Rao -
The initial ceasefire functioned less as a resolution and more as a pause—an opportunity for both sides to recalibrate, while claiming victory.

Pig politicisation isn’t unique to Delhi’s Tri Nagar. It’s a worldwide anti-Muslim strategy

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

Economy

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

Bloomberg News -
New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Defence

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

Snehesh Alex Philip -
This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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