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When the Kerala capital has a BJP mayor

India, Dec. 28 -- A BJP councillor, VV Rajesh, was sworn in as the mayor of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on Friday. This achievement is significant for both the BJP and Kerala politics. First, the symb... Read More


In Myanmar, a flawed election

India, Dec. 28 -- The three-phase elections that the Tatmadaw (the armed forces) announced to elect a civilian government in Myanmar began on Sunday. But with the principal political group in that cou... Read More


No place for faith vigilantes

India, Dec. 26 -- On Thursday, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi attended the morning Christmas service at the Cathedral Church of the Redemption in New Delhi, sending out a message of communal harmon... Read More


Addressing the political vacuum in Bangladesh

India, Dec. 25 -- The return of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Tarique Rehman to Dhaka after 17 years in exile in the UK is a development with significant ramifications for his party and th... Read More


The vanishing Indian Left

India, Dec. 25 -- The Communist Party of India (CPI), the oldest Communist party in the country, was born exactly 100 years ago on December 26 in Kanpur. Today, CPI - and, in fact, the entire family o... Read More


The victim has rights, even after death

India, Dec. 24 -- The Supreme Court's verdict expanding the definition of a "victim" under criminal law is a timely and necessary reaffirmation of the idea that justice cannot be allowed to collapse u... Read More


The battle to rule Mumbai

India, Dec. 24 -- On Wednesday, the Thackeray cousins pledged to reunite, revive the Marathi manoos (people) first agenda, and reinforce the pre-eminence of their parties and their alliance in Mumbai,... Read More


Do not mess with the Aravallis

India, Dec. 23 -- That the Aravallis is under threat is an understatement. Mining (mostly illegal) and real estate development (some illegal) have encroached on this rugged landscape that acts as a na... Read More


What India's FTA with New Zealand signals

India, Dec. 23 -- Amid trade uncertainty owing primarily to tariff weaponisation, countries have made trade deals their lifeboats. India, too, needs these deals as much as others, but the country also... Read More


Gaining ground at the grassroots

India, Dec. 23 -- The results of the first phase of the Maharashtra local bodies polls are in step with the trend the state witnessed in the assembly polls held in November last year. Mahayuti, the al... Read More