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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
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Topic: Politics

2021 election has ended the Bengal exceptionalism. It’s now seeing American-style management

For long, Bengal’s party competition was unique. Campaigns were about political cadres speaking an ideological language. Not anymore.

Left, Mamata, Vajpayee – Sankha Ghosh and his poems could stand up to anyone, any party

Sankha Ghosh’s death has left a vacuum in Bengal’s civil society movement when it needed him most.

BJP values consensus, does not believe in political untouchability, says PM Modi

Addressing party MPs Thursday at a New Delhi event to mark the death anniversary of Deendayal Upadhyay, Modi said the BJP puts 'rashtraneeti' above 'rajneeti'.

The only thing offensive about Tandav is its simplistic, tacky portrayal of politics

The representation of politics in OTT shows, from Mirzapur to Sacred Games, and Paatal Lok to Tandav, has been over the top and poor.

It’s 2021 and Congress continues to make the ‘Rafale’ mistake

Congress leaders think they can win elections simply by criticising the incumbent. They forget to ask: what do the people want?

The 2020 Hall of Fame: The people who shone in a difficult year

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Rajinikanth to launch political party in January 2021, says will fight Tamil Nadu polls

Ending years of speculation, the actor said his party would fight the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections in April-May 2021 and emerge victorious.

How politicians win and lose the trust of voters

There are things Modi does to win and retain the trust of voters. The opposition could learn from him.

Mourn idea of India, but don’t forget that the idea of people is changing too

Modi’s new India is a new idea of the people. And politicians and intellectuals must bow to it unquestioningly.

In one-year-old Naya Kashmir, development is only visible in Twitter hashtags

For the first time since the emergence of the new militancy in Kashmir, the recruitment of local boys has seen an over 40% year-on-year decline.

On Camera

UPSC Civil Services Exam has been reduced to a memory test. That’s not how you select officers

India’s civil services were once called the ‘steel frame’. But steel is forged in fire, not moulded in a coaching class. While dilution has made the exam easier, it has also made it harder to find the game-changers we need.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.