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Friday, April 3, 2026
TopicCongress politics

Topic: Congress politics

Political MK Gandhi failed, caused harm. Gave Congress its tradition of backseat driving

Gandhi’s life shows how politics should not be done. Then where did this Gandhi-worship arise in India? It is a petty political ritual.

SubscriberWrites: An Ideological Proposition to the Congress

Although inconvenient, Congress' Muslim focus strategy worked for the party because it helped them win the Lok Sabha elections and keep the control of the party within the family.

From ‘I had idli’ to political megaphone, how tiny Twitter punches above its weight in India

Twitter has far less reach than WhatsApp or even Facebook, so why do political parties think it’s so important?

Let 2019 be Modi, son of lesser known parents, vs he who is known only for his parentage

Aspirational India judges parties & leaders very harshly. It doesn’t accept whoever is imposed. This was more than adequately proved in 2014.

Is anybody there?

Why the prime minister is so silent is not so much a question of whether it is better to have a leader who talks too little or one that talks too much. Is his silence doing him that much good?

On Camera

Where did Ramayana spend Rs 4000 cr budget? Ranbir Kapoor’s de-ageing or copycat rakshasas

The VFX effects are what you’d expect from a run-of-the-mill video game or a mediocre fantasy show. But a film that supposedly cost thousands of crores? The audience deserves more.

RBI trading ban rocks $149 billion-a-day offshore rupee market

The central bank has rolled out some of its toughest measures in more than a decade to curb speculation & support the currency, which has been setting successive record lows this year.

India sharpens foreign media outreach in post Op Sindoor world, new strategy in play

Three-day conflict between India and Pakistan underscored the growing importance of information warfare as a critical domain alongside conventional military operations.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.