The likes of Telangana CM KCR — who are in favour of a non-BJP, non-Congress front — have decided to skip Saturday’s rally or just send a representative.
Only way to defeat Modi-BJP in 2019 could be through local battles against strong leaders, as it makes psephological sense despite ideological contradictions.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
What this spotty attendance in Calcutta tells us, more than the state of the mahagatbandhan, is that Bengal will miss the bus, for the third time. Ms Mamata Banerjee will join the list of great Prime Ministers India never had. A similar fate awaits other would be Caesars, unless the Congress tally collapses in a heap, which is unlikely. 2. KCR is an agile politician. One does not see his party wasting its dozen or so Lok Sabha members, seated in the opposition.
What this spotty attendance in Calcutta tells us, more than the state of the mahagatbandhan, is that Bengal will miss the bus, for the third time. Ms Mamata Banerjee will join the list of great Prime Ministers India never had. A similar fate awaits other would be Caesars, unless the Congress tally collapses in a heap, which is unlikely. 2. KCR is an agile politician. One does not see his party wasting its dozen or so Lok Sabha members, seated in the opposition.