Can Modi’s appeal do wonders for Nitish?
Although Narendra Modi's appeal and popularity is intact, can it offset the impression that Nitish is well past his prime? Here the record is mixed. Modi couldn't offset the anti-incumbency against Raghubar Das in Jharkhand; he and Amit Shah couldn't prevent the AAP victory in Delhi because Kejriwal had a...
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Hard task ahead for charismatic Jacinda
25 October 2020 | Makhan Saikia -
Filthy air?
24 October 2020 | Pioneer -
Vaccine politics
24 October 2020 | Pioneer -
Recall Frontier Gandhi
24 October 2020 | JS Rajput -
Closure of budget private schools looms large
24 October 2020 | Shivaji Sarkar -
An exaggerated Clampdown
24 October 2020 | Gwynne Dyer -
Dangerous delay
24 October 2020 | Vedant Kabra
Wait, what?
The lack of a single feature can irritate a car buyer For those of you who might not know, I have a little human who has just entered my life and as a responsible, sort of, car reviewer, I bought a child seat to ferry around. For those of you who...
Big, loaded and Chinese
How can one bring geopolitics into a car review? Well, one can Let me be very honest at the outset, the MG Gloster for what it offers with regards to technology features, comfort, space and size is tremendously good value. Everything may not gel together all that well at times but...
Legalise marijuana
India can accelerate technology and innovate around a plant that is part of its botanical heritage There are several logical arguments to be made about why marijuana and products derived from the plant, colloquially known as ganja, should be legalised in India. For one, the draconian Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic...
The federal might
Punjab and Maharashtra have taken the Centre head on by contesting farm Acts and CBI’s rights. Will this be the new trend? Two States are taking up the fight for federal rights against the unilateralism of the Centre — Punjab and Maharashtra — showing an emerging trend of a new...
Politics of prohibition
In its enthusiasm to ban liquor, Nitish Kumar’s Government may have actually driven a fair few towards alcoholism. There are better ways to tackle addiction In the US, the Volstead Act was passed in 1920 to ban alcohol. This prohibition stretched for nearly 14 years and established a parallel illegal...
The pandemic of violence against women rages on
In today’s modern, digital India, the caste factor and group identity further accentuate a dominant-submissive gender role culture, especially in the northern States The Hathras incident forced us all to relive the horrific Nirbhaya gang rape. What stands out in public memory is the burning of the Dalit girl’s mortal...
An ancient, crumbling city
No matter how glitzy or well-ranked a metro is, without an efficient network of drains, it can be brought to its knees within days Hyderabad usually evokes images of nawabs, Nizams and royalty on one hand and information technology prowess on the other. But for the last few days, the city,...
