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BJP has become adept at quota politics but a deeper awkwardness remains.
Bina Agarwal
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Budget silencesSubscriber Only
It has left out key concerns of agriculture, environment and women.
Meghnad Desai
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The world will think India has some secrets to hide which are worse than what is already known.
Coomi Kapoor
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Inside trackSubscriber Only
Kejriwal called Hazare his guru during the Lokpal campaign, which he exploited to become a nationally known figure.
P Chidambaram
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Across the aisle – Budget 2015: Good, bad & uglySubscriber Only
I am an honorary member of both. I am also the selector who will unhesitatingly axe that which is plain ugly.
Tavleen Singh
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Fifth column: India defamed?Subscriber Only
India’s Daughter holds up a mirror to Indian society and it does this with compassion and sensitivity.
Inder Malhotra
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Border in the middleSubscriber Only
Beijing’s reaction to Modi’s Arunachal Pradesh visit was unusually strong.
Surjit S Bhalla
Mar 6, 2015
No Proof Required: So why not ban the RSS?Subscriber Only
It is wrong to ban ‘India’s Daughter’, wrong to extend ambit of cow-slaughter ban, and wrong to ban extremist political organisations.
Khaled Ahmed
Mar 6, 2015
A lively, literary LahoreSubscriber Only
The literary festival hosted by the city saw a coming together of creativity, eclecticism, ideas and dialogue.
Suhas Palshikar
Mar 6, 2015
From Congress to AAPSubscriber Only
Can our political parties manage their internal affairs democratically, viably?
Express News Service
Mar 6, 2015
Talking termsSubscriber Only
India and Pakistan have broken their silence. But it will require focused effort to break the impasse.
Brinda Karat
Mar 6, 2015
Face the truthSubscriber Only
Descriptions of the ‘monster’, the ‘evil one’, for the rapist tend to ignore that we are creating, replicating, encouraging misogyny and its violent expression.
C. Raja Mohan
Mar 9, 2015
Sharif owes big to Saudi Arabia, which sheltered him at the darkest moment of his political career.
Shailaja Bajpai
Mar 5, 2015
Tele scope: Moving eastwardSubscriber Only
In television entertainment, it is goodbye Viranis, hello Shuklas and Mathurs.
Mar 5, 2015
View from the right: Mainstreaming J&KSubscriber Only
Though running this government will be a tightrope walk, especially for the PDP, if interests of the people of J&K are kept in mind.
Sanjay Nirupam
Mar 5, 2015
A policy of spectre-mongeringSubscriber Only
Sangh Parivar has zeroed in on Census 2011’s data on religion. But Modi government needs to go back to the Sachar report.
Putting the ‘universal’ in healthcareSubscriber Only
India needs prudent compromises to achieve its health coverage goals.
Harish Damodaran
Mar 5, 2015
Against the grainSubscriber Only
In a country like India, inflation targeting could create anti-farmer policy bias.
Neelkanth Mishra
Mar 5, 2015
States in chargeSubscriber Only
The changing electorate and competitive federalism will be checks on their profligacy.
Express News Service
Mar 4, 2015
View from the Left: Neoliberal pushSubscriber Only
Modi government moved to withdraw three crucial bills from the Rajya Sabha.
C. Raja Mohan
Mar 4, 2015
The great Game Folio: Kashmir gambitSubscriber Only
All of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s predecessors, from Jawaharlal Nehru to Manmohan Singh, have had to deal with this external dimension to Kashmir.
Balbir Punj
Mar 4, 2015
Taking chargeSubscriber Only
Prime minister’s success in securing the release of a priest from the Afghan Taliban points to India’s new clout.
Yoginder K Alagh
Mar 4, 2015
Many small bangsSubscriber Only
A reformist budget was tripped up by short-run pressures.
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Mar 4, 2015
Two experimentsSubscriber Only
With the budget, BJP-PDP alliance, Modi may be charting a new course.
