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Kalyani Shankar
Kalyani Shankar is a political commentator and a syndicated columnist. She was the Political Editor of Hindustan Times and also its Washington correspondent. A press fellow at Cambridge University and senior fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington, Shankar is a founder member of the Indian women press corps.
The x-factor in State elections
It is always unexpected and sometimes might play a positive and at other times a negative role in the polls Are there any X-factors that could play an important role in the ongoing five State Assembly polls? The X-factors are always unexpected and might play sometimes positive and at other times...
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Kerala: Door to Left resurgence
31 March 2021 | Kalyani Shankar -
Vaccine diplomacy is winning India new friends and goodwill
23 March 2021 | Kalyani Shankar -
Reject unrealistic poll promises
16 March 2021 | Kalyani Shankar -
India must not let china woo hasina
09 March 2021 | Kalyani Shankar -
Many fortunes at stake
02 March 2021 | Kalyani Shankar -
Must Reduce money power in politics
23 February 2021 | Kalyani Shankar -
Didi needs to halt the tmc’s slide
16 February 2021 | Kalyani Shankar
A new chapter has begun
South Block believes that Indo-US relations will be strengthened further with the Biden Administration President Joe Biden has brought cheer to Indians working in the US with his liberalised immigration policy. For many Indians, especially those in the Information Technology (IT) sector, working in the US is a cherished dream. One...
Vital lessons learnt from the Corona contagion
India hasn’t fared as poorly as many had feared and the lessons learnt will go a long way in handling future health emergencies Anniversaries are a day we look back and also look to the future. The world remembered one year of the Covid–19 outbreak on January 21, when the first...
wake up and smell the coffee
The Congress is at a ‘historic low.’ It will sit in Opposition again if CWC polls are not held soon Will the Gandhi family continue to control the over 136-year-old Congress Party? Will it shrink further? This are the questions bothering not just Congress leaders but also millions of party workers...
Unite for the sake of the nation
It is high time the Opp stood united and formed a strategy to keep the Govt on its toes in the Budget Session The forthcoming Budget Session of Parliament is likely to be a boisterous one, with a lot of controversial issues expected to be raised by the Opposition. Although Parliamentary Affairs...
Drama in the US is not over yet
US President Donald Trump might make some more attempts to subvert democracy till January 20, when President-elect Joe Biden takes over There is a WhatsApp message doing the rounds: “Americans recently found out that it’s much easier for them to change presidents in other countries than in their own nation.” So,...
What lies ahead for Sasikala?
Soon to be released from prison, the late Jayalalithaa’s companion is keeping her cards close to her chest. But 2021 is not 2017 VK Sasikala, a close aide and companion of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, will be released from prison soon. Post-Jayalalithaa’s demise in December 2016, there was...
