To remain relevant, irrespective of whether one donates for the Ram temple construction, Indians should ask a few questions of the fund collectors. The RSS and its affiliate organizations, including the ruling BJP, have launched the most massive public fund collection drive for construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, which will be built by …
The government’s adamant insistence on the 3 farms bills signals an either-or situation. Either Modi has miscalculated the entire gamble or he wants to pit poor and marginal farmers against the middleclass and rich farmers. Everything works for Modi and nothing works against him. This has been the experience of Narendra Modi’s friends and foes …
The game of wait, watch and do little is being played in the political theatre of Maharashtra. There is a poignant political pause in Maharashtra. The ruling alliance appears unwilling to set a governance agenda. The powerful opposition, in the form of the BJP, is in no hurry to return to power. The lack of …
The letter written by 23 Congress leaders has immediately achieved four objectives for the Congress party irrespective of the intentions of its signatories, and lifted the party out of its stupor. Sonia Gandhi’s term as the interim president of the Congress party ended this month. A year ago, she reluctantly accepted the responsibility despite knowing …
The developments over the past month are not only unusual but unprecedented, as per most of the strategic thinkers in India. Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) has described the scenario best when he said that India’s fingers have become trapped under Chinese boots. The unresolved border drama between India and China is flaring up …
Amit Shah’s eye continues to be fixed on Maharashtra. But there are three reasons why the BJP is likely to allow the Uddhav Thackeray-led government to continue. Parimal Maya Sudhakar explains. Will he? Won’t he? Certainly, he will! BJP’s Mission Man and India’s powerful home minister, Amit Shah, will not stop trying until the Maharashtra …
India is about to complete one full year of the second term of the Modi government. It has already felt like the longest political year of the present era. In September 2018, the Union Human Resource Development Ministry issued a circular that demanded that all education institutes must celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the Indian …
Over the past month, Uddhav Thackeray has emerged as a new rallying point for almost all the non-BJP folks in the state. Admiration for him increased to such an extent that a fairly successful I support Uddhav Thackeray campaign was trending on social media. The arrest of a television reporter in Mumbai has led to …
The Prime Minister is talking to all of us through different mediums. But we must talk to the Prime Minister too. Talking to the talkative is not easy but there is no easy way out either. In a parliamentary democracy, it is not unusual for the Prime Minister to seek the counsel of the President. It …
The real heroes emerging out of the coronavirus situation are several state governments. Long before the central government plunged into action, many state governments had undertaken various preventive measures to halt the spread of the virus. The states of Kerala, Maharashtra, and Delhi need a special mention for their early efforts to curb the virus …
