New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Dear reader, Delhi's streets are crowded these days with protesters: ordinary citizens, politicians, journalists, some who are perhaps a bit of all three. Connaught Place, once ... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- Lawlessness in Bihar has been hogging the headlines in recent times, with the latest incidents ranging from open harassment of girls, their molestation, and filming and uploading... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- Dear Reader, The country's politics has been on the boil for some time, as the protest season comes back, not only in the national capital but elsewhere. After the student prote... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- Dear Reader, This week, the Samajwadi Party's (SP) list of Rajya Sabha candidates came with a surprise. Dhanraj Nathwani-a key aide to Mukesh Ambani and the son of Parimal Nathwa... Read More
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