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The end of immunity?

New Delhi, July 25 -- "First wicket down," was how young protesters at Jantar Mantar described the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as Union Education Minister. They had gathered there for over a mon... Read More


Mamata Banerjee's fight for Trinamool's identity is more than symbolic

New Delhi, July 25 -- On January 1, 1998, Mamata Banerjee founded the Trinamool Congress, unveiling a new chapter in the politics of West Bengal. At a rally held in Kolkata to launch the party, Mamata... Read More


How Gen Z hijacked the Monsoon Session

New Delhi, July 24 -- The unprecedented outpouring of youth anger on the streets of the national capital on July 20, when thousands of young protesters almost reached the gates of Parliament, braving ... Read More


Politics and the pulpit

New Delhi, July 15 -- The moment seemed just right for the Aam Aadmi Party to get into top gear for the Assembly election in Punjab due early next year. As the ruling party, the AAP had done well in t... Read More


The many meanings of Digvijaya Singh's padayatra

New Delhi, July 11 -- Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has declared that he will undertake a padayatra from the Mahakal Temple in Ujjain to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. He said he will begin the ... Read More


The SIR's unresolved citizenship question

New Delhi, July 2 -- From the time the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on June 24, 2025, that it would conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar, a questi... Read More


The merger escape clause

New Delhi, June 26 -- On January 30, 1985, when the Constitution Amendment Bill providing for a law against defection by legislators was being discussed in the Lok Sabha, George Gilbert Swell, then an... Read More


Will the BJP weather the Gen Z revolt?

New Delhi, June 13 -- In the second week of June, the BJP held special briefings for the media in Delhi on completion of 12 years of the Narendra Modi government, where a 15-minute film lauding the Mo... Read More


Vajpayee and a vanishing political culture

New Delhi, June 10 -- The book devotes a separate section to the complicated association Vajpayee had with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. There are photographs which hark back to the good old days in t... Read More