New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, which sends the largest number of members to Parliament (80), have often been compared to a mini general election, and the 2027 election wil... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- Uttar Pradesh sends 80 MPs to theLokSabha, more than any other State. The party that wins the State has, for decades, gone on to govern from Delhi. TheBJPis seeking an unprecede... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- In this episode of Frontline Conversations, Sanjay Kumar, political analyst and former director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), discusses the politic... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- Dear Reader, Bihar is in the news again, and for all the wrong reasons. Before the embers of the Jamui incident had cooled-a girl was harassed, groped, and threatened with rape... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- Dear Reader, This week, two stories nudged me to think about the unusual Indian habit of turning politicians into gods, and gods into politicians. The first was a row in Chenn... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Dear Reader, After politics and religion, films are what unfailingly catch my fancy. I don't have an exact order. Maybe it is the triguna (three qualities) of Sattva, Rajas, an... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- Dear Reader, Jobs are suddenly having a moment in political discourse. Or perhaps it is joblessness that is having a moment. Getting a job is difficult enough these days, so the... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- I woke up a little late this lazy Friday, which happens to be Rakshabandhan, the festival where sisters tie rakhis on their brothers, who are then contractually obliged by tradit... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- On August 25, when student protests in Patna turned violent-from dancing, bathing, and shampooing in front of water cannons to breaking barricades and pelting stones-the episode ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Dear reader, This week, a video clip of a group of people worshipping Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi's Press Club of India (PCI) went viral. Unsurprisingly, it trigge... Read More