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TopicLeft alliance

Topic: Left alliance

Curious case of Kerala’s Left alliance: Divided on policy, united by power

Implementation of PM-SHRI isn't the first instance of discord among the allies. Tensions extend to the grassroots levels too.

Kumaraswamy needs to remember votes are not owned but earned before refusing Modi voters

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Left emerges as No. 1 among biggest losers this Lok Sabha election

Decimated, the once-thriving Left Front is leading in barely 6 seats, completely losing its grip over Bengal and Tripura, states that were once its strongholds.

After Tripura loss, CPI(M)’s next challenge is to fix internal problems

The Left party will have to resolve its dilemma over whether it will have an alliance with the Congress, in a crucial meeting due...

Nepal takes a Left turn towards Beijing Consensus

Oli has been selling dreams of trans-Himalayan railways, piped gas to every kitchen, metro rail and sending a Nepali on the moon as possible benefits of participating in China’s OBOR.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.