Political allegiances are changing in UP, clearly in favour of BJP and Modi. But the Ram temple seems to have also deepened the fault lines of polarisation. Last month in Ayodhya, I witnessed a surge of… Read full story

The author drove back from Shimla just as voting inside the assembly was about to take place to elect a Rajya Sabha MP from Himachal Pradesh. Quite a few people the author met in the state between 25 and 27

It would be three more years before all Nehruvian idealism and illusions were smashed and pulverised into smithereens. It was about ten years after Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had formally warned Jawaharlal Nehru… Read full story

Apart from a few die-hard supporters here and there, the author found no enthusiasm among ordinary folks for the BJP. Forget Ayodhya, the contrast with even Assam and North Bengal was starkly visible… Read full story

So remarkable is the fine print in Canada’s new law that Stalin and Mao would have been proud sponsors of such a law. The annual Ides of March lamentation about the death of democracy… Read full story

Lok Sabha elections 2024: From clearly seen hostility earlier, the discourse in Kashmir now has transformed into mainstream “Indian”. Mubaraq speaks suave and flawless English of the kind… Read full story

It’s a shade over zero degrees in downtown Srinagar where the author interacts informally with Suman and a few others who are students at Amar Singh College. What impresses the author is her personality. She radiates confidence. Suman… Read full

There is a deep churn in Kerala society and politics that could have profound implications for the future even as the Congress-led alliance looks set to repeat… Read full story

If someone had suggested in March 1967 that the beginning of the end of the Congress party as the dominant political force of India had started, they would have been dismissed as a crackpot. In hindsight, it is clear that…

The authors had a chat soon after the MOSPI (Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation) released data on the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). Both had a… Read full story