Sons, Daughters and Rebels

The politicians in Maharashtra are now stopping at nothing, having overtaken Bollywood stars when it comes to promoting their own children in their profession. So many of them, at the...

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Karnataka | Deepa Balakrishnan

Things you didn't know about Krishna, Moily and Kharge

Some things you may not know about... S M Krishna a) The suave, US-educated lawyer saw politics first-hand first in America - when he was part of John F Kennedy's...

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Assam | Arijit Sen

On the margin

Sirajuddin Ahmed does not believe in votes. Last time he stood in a queue to vote was on February 14, 1983. Four days after that Ahmed's parents and two of...

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Gujarat | Meghdoot Sharon

The disunited colours of Gujarat

With all candidates having filed their papers, it time for the colour. And colour is there aplenty already. In the form of the profile of candidates. And this is how...

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Jammu and Kashmir | Pawan Bali

From apolitical to be political

First, he refuses to share a dais with L K Advani. Then he says the BJP has no voice in their agitated rhetoric. "It is all apolitical, for god's sake....

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Rajasthan | Swati Vashishtha

The K-Soaps of Rajasthan

Faraway from Ekta Kapoor's K-world, the word K, to Ashok Gehlot's ears -- just as those of many others in the Congress -- sounds anything but musical. To give the...

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Punjab | Jyoti Kamal

Revolving doors in Punjab

Captain Amarinder Singh and his party did a first at the Chandigarh Press Club recently. Rated as the country's best Press Club, it is a rather superior watering hole. The...

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Uttar Pradesh | Vinay Tewari

From Uttar Pradesh, with love

To, Mr Sanjay Dutt, C/O Shri Amar Singh, Samajwadi Party, Camp Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. From: Uttar Pradesh Residents' Welfare Association Camp: Lucknow Dear Sanju Baba, I am writing to express...

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Madhya Pradesh | Hemender Sharma

BJP's Pappu will have the last laugh

After ceding power Digvijay Singh rarely comes to the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. The one time he did come he badly embarrassed Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan. Chauhan had just...

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West Bengal | Sougata Mukhopadhyay

Nearest to the Church, farthest from God?

There is a well-crafted banner hanging in an obscure corner of the central gathering place of the non-descript village of Jangipur in Murshidabad. This is the district that bears the...

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