The writer is Contributing Editor, The Indian Express

July 09, 2021 03:30 IST
Neerja Chowdhury writes: It aims to protect Brand Modi, distance the government from Covid criticism and reach out to OBCs ahead of UP poll.
Fri, Jul 09, 2021
April 25, 2021 03:20 IST
Recently, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, the ruling party in Jharkhand, chose to go public about the electoral bond donation of Rs 1 crore it received from aluminium manufacturing company Hindalco.
Sun, Apr 25, 2021
December 20, 2020 03:50 IST
While icons keep a nation’s spirit alive, it is iconic structures such as Parliament that help give the nation its identity and connect the present to the past, giving it a direction to move more confidently towards the future.
Sun, Dec 20, 2020
October 12, 2020 02:29 IST
Paswan’s death is another reminder that the wheel is now coming around a full circle, both on “Mandal” and coalition politics, the two themes of the last 25 years, of which he was an advocate.
Mon, Oct 12, 2020
September 01, 2020 04:09 IST
India will remember Pranabda for his contribution as a minister heading virtually every important ministry. He will also be remembered as a leader who believed in holding conversations across the political divide.
Tue, Sep 01, 2020
April 20, 2020 16:56 IST
It is government which has to act and deliver, but system of governance can become more broadbased and national in character.
Mon, Apr 20, 2020
December 05, 2019 03:57 IST
Sharad Pawar is cast in the old Congress mould. He knows that politics in India is not just about parties but is also contingent on personal relationships across parties. He has a network all over the country which is well-disposed to him.
Thu, Dec 05, 2019
October 26, 2019 04:05 IST
It would be inaccurate to conclude that the outcome in Maharashtra and Haryana point to a weakening of Narendra Modi. Yet, it does raise the question: Has Modi peaked?
Sat, Oct 26, 2019
July 30, 2019 01:55 IST
Jaipal Reddy’s passing is a poignant reminder that the India we knew is gone.
Tue, Jul 30, 2019
June 14, 2019 00:30 IST
There are enough people in the Congress who can head the party, and this time it can be somebody from the South, since the southern states have stood by the Congress more than the North and the West.
Fri, Jun 14, 2019
May 26, 2019 01:30 IST
Mandate 2019 has challenged caste- based identity for the first time in 30 years, since the Mandal Commission’s report to give job reservations to the OBCs came into effect in 1990.
Sun, May 26, 2019
March 16, 2019 00:38 IST
New report gives constituency-wise data for malnutrition. High-profile MPs have not paid attention to a grave issue in their backyard.
Sat, Mar 16, 2019
January 25, 2019 00:27 IST
She takes the political plunge when many of Rahul Gandhi’s decisions seem to be paying off for Congress
Fri, Jan 25, 2019
October 18, 2018 00:29 IST
M J Akbar’s resignation from the Union government is a seminal moment in India’s Herstory.
Thu, Oct 18, 2018
September 19, 2018 00:45 IST
With the PM backing the POSHAN (Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme For Holistic Nourishment) Abhiyan, launched in March from Jhunjhunu, the usually elusive “convergence” of effort by relevant ministries becomes somewhat easier.
Thu, Sep 20, 2018
August 17, 2018 04:00 IST
Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s spirit of moderation, and of give-and-take to find solutions, endeared him to leaders across the board.
Wed, Aug 16, 2023
April 10, 2018 00:39 IST
Dissatisfaction with the ruling party will exert pressure on the Opposition to come together.
Tue, Apr 10, 2018
December 16, 2017 00:00 IST
Rahul Gandhi takes over a party she held together, a party that made possible Hindutva’s rise
Sat, Dec 16, 2017
January 08, 2016 02:14 IST
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has bequeathed the “talwar ki dhaar” he had walked on to Mehbooba, to fulfil his dreams for J&K — and for India.
Fri, Jan 08, 2016
October 31, 2015 01:11 IST
The story of Bihar is incomplete without the stories of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav and their contrasting styles of functioning
Fri, Dec 25, 2015
October 08, 2015 04:16 IST
Calling the lynching in Dadri “an attack on India’s diversity”, Sayeed said the Prime Minister “must fight” elements trying to create a “communal” atmosphere in the country by “polarising communities”.
Thu, Oct 08, 2015
October 08, 2015 00:42 IST
An interview with Chief Minister of Jammu and Kahmir Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
Thu, Oct 08, 2015
July 08, 2015 18:54 IST
Shahnaz Anklesaria Aiyar’s passing is a reminder of the fading away of an era
Thu, Jul 09, 2015
June 15, 2015 00:00 IST
Only Kejriwal stands to gain from the CM-LG face-off, whichever way it goes.
Mon, Jun 15, 2015
March 30, 2015 00:45 IST
Will drastic cuts in child health, nutrition outlays really be made up by states?
Mon, Mar 30, 2015



