The Modi-Rahul face off is good democracy The forthcoming electoral contest of 2014 is fast passing into pop culture. The Battle of the "Bachelors" ...
07:04 AM, Apr 10, 2013
While much work has been done on exploring and exposing communalism in India, relatively little attempt has been made to understand its conjoined twin, secularism. ...
05:54 PM, Feb 13, 2013
So Modi has indeed vanquished all threats and odds to score a resounding win, proving that pro-incumbency can beat anti-incumbency! The 2012 Gujarat elections ...
11:21 AM, Dec 21, 2012
There is a Goliath called Modi looming over the state of Gujarat, in real life as well as in 3-D, who is once again poised ...
12:59 AM, Dec 19, 2012
Travelling into Gujarat during election time is like entering the kingdom of an absolute monarch. Never before has a state election been so completely dominated ...
12:14 AM, Dec 14, 2012
Muslims are seeking a new narrative in Gujarat beyond victimhood The land of historic Gandhian satyagrahas like Kheda, Bardoli and the Dandi March, Gujarat ...
08:37 AM, Dec 12, 2012
The debates surrounding Gujarat has in the last decade revolved perhaps a little too much around Narendra Modi. His followers have tried to portray him ...
03:37 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Two decades is almost a third of the journey that independent India has covered since 1947. It's been a long journey, chequered with events that ...
12:39 PM, Dec 06, 2012
Predicting elections can be injurious to the health of journalists and pollsters, more so when there is still a month to go before voting. Even ...
12:10 AM, Nov 16, 2012
Shock rhetoric is an innate attribute of the beast of politics. In campaigns under the 24 hour media scanner, they do a great deal to ...
12:10 AM, Oct 18, 2012
In an emotionally surcharged and polarised polity, even riot politics can become a zero sum game. So, any television debate on Gujarat 2002 must necessarily ...
12:10 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Before a major heavyweight boxing title bout, there are sideshows on the day's entertainment. Call it a teaser or a trailer, the aim is to ...
12:02 AM, Jun 29, 2012
Narendra Modi always hogs the headlines and always generates sharp responses of two kinds. One from the people who believe Modi is the future of ...
05:52 PM, Apr 25, 2012
There can be little doubt that Gujarat is India's dragon state. The past decade has been the best since Gujarat became a state in 1960. ...
02:22 PM, Mar 07, 2012
Has Gujarat really moved on ten years after the terrible violence of 2002? The answer depends on who the question is asked to. Chief minister ...
12:31 AM, Feb 24, 2012
On 13 February, I wished Pramod Muthalik a 'Happy Valentine's Day' in advance! To my surprise, Muthalik, whose Sri Rama Sene, known for its strident ...
04:13 PM, Feb 20, 2012
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Narendra Modi's fast is the most misunderstood event of the year. This essay would like to argue that the fast has little connection with the ...
04:24 PM, Sep 19, 2011
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This week, two states, separated at birth, completed their 50th birthday celebrations. While comparing siblings is often best avoided, the journey of Maharashtra and Gujarat ...
12:10 AM, May 06, 2011
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With the demand for JPC having been met and Manmohan bashing heading nowhere, the BJP will have to re-think its strategy to sustain the pressure ...
05:09 PM, Mar 03, 2011
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The Congress is not wrong when it asks Amitabh Bachchan to take a stand on the Gujarat riots of 2002. Bachchan spelt out earlier this ...
07:04 PM, Mar 31, 2010
