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Thursday, October 23, 2025
TopicDynasty

Topic: dynasty

Congress or BJP– Indian parties will have polls. But ‘eventually’ is a long time in India

Congress or BJP, dynasty and conspiracy cannot reign forever.

Modi dislikes dynasties. But he dislikes BJP losing elections even more

Modi is right, dynasty is one of the biggest evils in Indian politics. So, why is he nuancing his approach?

This is why Modi revised his stand on dynasty politics. Beyond usual Gandhi family bashing

BJP leaders no longer have to feel apologetic about hailing from a political family or promoting their sons or daughters. Modi's shift on dynasts has won many hearts in BJP.

Whiff of big-ticket dynast pact in Philippines as Marcos’ son & Duterte’s daughter eye top posts

Sara Duterte, 43, and Ferdinand Marcos Jr, 64, have entered the race for Philippines vice-president and president, respectively. Elections will be held next year.

Why Gandhis losing to Modi has a clear lesson for PPP’s Bilawal Bhutto

In ‘The Bhutto Dynasty’, Owen Bennett-Jones writes that even if Bilawal Bhutto tightens his grip on the party, he must win over voters too.

SP, BJP, Congress — A guide to how Rahul Gandhi can renew aging party

The Congress is in the middle of a battle of generations again. But Sanjay and Rajiv Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav and Modi can give the party a few lessons.

Nepotistic privilege should be a matter of social shame. It holds India back

Woke young millennials should start looking down upon friends who take the easy route of following up on their parents’ careers.

Jyotiraditya didn’t want to become Rahul. He could’ve become Sachin. Will end up like Varun

Maharaja Scindia may have bargained for a good deal now, but one day, the BJP won’t need him.

Congress is failing in its historic duty, and also standing in the way of defeating BJP

The real question is not whether Jyotiraditya Scindia betrayed Congress or whether the Nehru-Gandhi party failed him. The crisis is much deeper.

A chaiwala is PM, but it’s the cartel of power elites that calls the shots in India

Powerful political families mediate between the state and the society, shape policies, and bend the administrative machinery in line with their interests.

On Camera

Pakistan can’t bend Taliban with bombs. It must stop the Yemen-isation of Durand Line

This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.