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Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Will Sena, NCP rivals unite? Uddhav & Pawar still in play

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Will Sena, NCP rivals unite? Uddhav & Pawar...

Understandably, most analysts, including this writer, scrutinise the electoral performance of winner(s), seats won,...

27 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Each election is different: No single formula fits all

Shikha Mukerjee | Each election is different: No single formula fits...

The results of the high-profile Assembly elections in Maharashtra and the less-conspicuous Jharkhand election are...

26 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

Aakar Patel | India visa ops’ disruption in Bangladesh is hurting us too

Aakar Patel | India visa ops’ disruption in Bangladesh is hurting us...

India and Bangladesh share deep-rooted bonds of history, language, culture, and multitude of other commonalities. The...

26 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

Kishwar Desai | Storm Bert, Xmas ads engulf UK; Joy honours IVF nurse Jean Purdy

Kishwar Desai | Storm Bert, Xmas ads engulf UK; Joy honours IVF nurse...

London may not be as bad as up North where snow and floods are expected, but it is cold enough, brrrrr. Of course, the...

25 Nov 2024 12:00 AM IST

Sanjaya Baru | NDA triumph in Maha will stabilise Modi’s leadership

Sanjaya Baru | NDA triumph in Maha will stabilise Modi’s leadership

If New Delhi is India’s national capital, Mumbai is the financial capital. Political control of both cities is...

25 Nov 2024 12:00 AM IST

Anita Katyal | Atishi, Sisodia may change their seats; EAM plays squash & breathes cricket

Anita Katyal | Atishi, Sisodia may change their seats; EAM plays...

Now that the Jharkhand and Maharashtra Assembly polls are over, the next electoral battleground is all set to shift to...

24 Nov 2024 2:09 AM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Two photographs, two last goodbyes

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Two photographs, two last goodbyes

The other day, I got a couple of pictures from an old school friend whom I hadn’t heard from in a while.These were...

24 Nov 2024 1:58 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Casinos, beef, prohibition: Get off the moral pedestal

Pavan K. Varma | Casinos, beef, prohibition: Get off the moral...

Elections will come and go, and our great democracy will run on, but at the social level — and not unrelated to politics...

24 Nov 2024 1:26 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Chump returns! Democracy sets off nightmares across the globe

Farrukh Dhondy | Chump returns! Democracy sets off nightmares across...

“O Bachchoo, astrologers will tell you Mars Will open closed doors on your next day Though we know that all the...

23 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Dirty air could be a blow to India’s $5 trillion dreams

Patralekha Chatterjee | Dirty air could be a blow to India’s $5...

India aspires to become a $5 trillion economy, the third largest in the world, in the next five years. But that dream,...

23 Nov 2024 12:00 AM IST

Pradeep C. Nair | Help citizens of Nagaland, don’t worry about new Muivah threats

Pradeep C. Nair | Help citizens of Nagaland, don’t worry about new...

The media was abuzz recently with the statement NSCN(I-M) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah saying that the Centre ...

22 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

Wasbir Hussain | Mistrust, ‘won’t talk’ stand may keep Manipur on boil

Wasbir Hussain | Mistrust, ‘won’t talk’ stand may keep Manipur on boil

In the full-scale ethnic war between the Meiteis and the Kukis that Manipur has been witnessing since May 3, 2023, the ...

22 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST