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May18
Didi vs bhadralok
Last Sunday, Mamata Banerjee celebrated the first anniversary of Trinamul Congress’ victory and the Left Front’s defeat in Assembly elections
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May04
A mouthful of controversies
The inclination to be wilfully outrageous and even iconoclastic in a bid to challenge orthodoxies is a part of growing up.
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Apr20
Mamata goes the Leftist way
There are few politicians who have made the journey from the sublime to the ridiculous in so short a time as West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee.
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Apr06
The man who kicked the hornets’ nest
There is concern over the fate of a national institution that must remain above partisan politics.
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Mar22
Foreign affairs gone local
Non-Alignment 2.0 is a policy primer for the Congress’ designated heir apparent
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Mar08
The royal battle of political dynasties
There were many battles that were simultaneously being fought in Uttar Pradesh over the past three months.
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Feb24
Rahul now ready for the big fight
Elections are one occasion Indian politicians work hard, very hard. This month’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly election
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Feb09
The new, but not great, Britain
Earlier this week, the British monarch celebrated the 60th anniversary of her reign.
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Jan26
Inhumanity in Norway
The establishment of an all-embracing “nanny state” has been a cause of concern to many sensible, right-thinking citizens of EU.
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Jan13
EC is democracy’s dull censor board
The debate on Muslim reservations has just about begun.
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Swapan Dasgupta
Swapan Dasgupta is a senior conservative Indian journalist who was the managing editor of India Today weekly until 2003.