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

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
Congress or BJP, dynasty and conspiracy cannot reign forever.

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

Vir Sanghvi -
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

D.K. Singh -
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

Pia Krishnankutty -
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

Owen Bennett-Jones -
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

Rahul Verma -
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

Shivam Vij -
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

Shivam Vij -
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

Yogendra Yadav -
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

Rahul Verma -
Powerful political families mediate between the state and the society, shape policies, and bend the administrative machinery in line with their interests.
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Maach & mutton for Mission Bengal. What BJP-TMC are cooking in new poll battleground

Stela Dey -
The stereotype of the fish-loving Bengali has now become a contested political site and both the BJP and TMC know it. And the voters do too.

Casteism didn’t disappear in Indian cities. It just learned English

India’s endless loop of babas is powered by daddy issues, mythology. And now social media

Economy

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Alex Gabriel Simon Thattil -
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

Defence

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

Keshav Padmanabhan -
UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

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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