Vandita is The Indian Express National Opinion Editor

January 12, 2025 21:49 IST
The unravelling of the INDIA bloc, that seems underway, has long term consequences
Sun, Jan 12, 2025
January 05, 2025 20:54 IST
Ahead of the Delhi elections, the party is haunted by a “sheesh mahal” of its own making
Sun, Jan 05, 2025
December 30, 2024 04:50 IST
Having enacted the role of a journalist in the recently released film Despatch, Manoj Bajpayee's career spans a wide range of genres and includes a rich experience in theatre.
Mon, Dec 30, 2024
December 01, 2024 21:12 IST
While the free-ness and fair-ness of polls is fundamental for a democracy, it would be unfortunate if it becomes a mere stand-in or a red herring
Sun, Dec 01, 2024
November 24, 2024 19:41 IST
While the cash transfer scheme for women may have played a role in the Mahayuti’s victory in Maharashtra, the over-estimation of its impact is problematic.
Tue, Nov 26, 2024
November 18, 2024 07:23 IST
In villages and towns of Vidarbha, both sides desperate to pull ahead of the other
Tue, Nov 19, 2024
November 03, 2024 21:22 IST
The new recalls the old in Maharashtra, and in Tamil Nadu a new political player embarks on a journey
Sun, Nov 03, 2024
October 26, 2024 07:07 IST
Kajol and Kriti Sanon on their journey, the changing role of women in the industry, trolling and why super stardom is dead. The session was moderated by Vandita Mishra, National Opinion Editor, and Shubhra Gupta, Film Critic.
Sat, Oct 26, 2024
October 13, 2024 21:36 IST
A relook at the result in Haryana, and what lies between the lines of Mohan Bhagwat’s speech
Sun, Oct 13, 2024
October 06, 2024 21:38 IST
In Kashmir, this election is a turning point, but the work of politics has only just begun. In Bihar, it remains to be seen if Prashant Kishor’s party can find an opening
Sun, Oct 06, 2024
September 29, 2024 20:10 IST
The BJP is still the dominant party, the onus of proving their difference from the BJP is still on its opponents, while, at the bottom, both the BJP and its opponents are joined by similar undemocratic impulses
Sun, Sep 29, 2024
September 22, 2024 19:13 IST
AAP’s Atishi gambit and BJP’s One-Nation-One-Election strategy speak of disquieting things
Sun, Sep 22, 2024
September 08, 2024 21:22 IST
There are wider and deeper complicities in perpetuating the same-old that have not been ruffled by the June 4 electoral verdict
Sun, Sep 08, 2024
September 01, 2024 21:23 IST
In different ways, the belated legal reckoning for the crimes of Delhi 1984, and the travails of Sukhbir Badal, speak of a state where the centre of gravity has gone missing
Sun, Sep 01, 2024
August 25, 2024 20:55 IST
An endangered neighbourliness was a recurring motif in the main speeches at the Democratic Convention in Chicago. In India, it is still to be framed as a challenge
Sun, Aug 25, 2024
August 18, 2024 21:34 IST
He sounded different. Even when he spoke of a big and controversial move — the Uniform Civil Code — he did it with an uncharacteristically constrained style
Sun, Aug 18, 2024
August 11, 2024 21:19 IST
The onus is on both government and Opposition to prove themselves anew, to lower their voice and act with humility
Sun, Aug 11, 2024
August 04, 2024 20:17 IST
Supreme Court has spoken on sub-classification among Scheduled Castes and Tribes for reservation. Parties, legislatures, governments and citizens must join the conversation
Sun, Aug 04, 2024
July 28, 2024 19:01 IST
In the flooded basement of the UPSC coaching centre in Delhi, the coming together of several crises
Mon, Jul 29, 2024
July 21, 2024 19:34 IST
Parliament is a critical showcase for an Opposition with a new-found confidence
Sun, Jul 21, 2024
July 14, 2024 19:51 IST
The world will watch as America asks itself searching questions. But other democracies can ill afford to only sit back and watch the mighty America squirm
Sun, Jul 14, 2024
July 07, 2024 20:10 IST
While Rahul Gandhi’s carry-on pugnacity may be an opportunity wasted to introduce the people to a new, more mellow Opposition, conscious of its larger responsibility, PM Modi’s speech disappointed more
Sun, Jul 07, 2024
June 16, 2024 19:24 IST
This mandate is also harder to decode because of its peculiarity — it did not throw out the incumbent while delivering a strong rebuke to it, and gave an unmistakable leg-up to the Opposition without voting it in
Mon, Jun 17, 2024
June 02, 2024 19:58 IST
If Modi comes back to power for a third term, parties of the Opposition will need to ask themselves why the challenger ended up looking like the status quoist
Sun, Jun 02, 2024
May 26, 2024 20:19 IST
To take on a BJP that has a multi-layered appeal for voters and is using all its considerable resources to corner its opponent, is the Opposition throwing it all in, is it doing so together?
Sun, May 26, 2024




