The chameleon’s game
Regional parties have become experts in sensing the political climate by switching sides at the slightest possibility of a better electoral outing and negotiating a relevance for themselves The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) may be the latest ally to desert the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016,...
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Playing the game of Brexit chicken
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In the eye of the storm
14 January 2019 | Deepak Sinha -
Key to quality learning
14 January 2019 | JS Rajput -
Sending right message
14 January 2019 | Pioneer -
The Bua-Bhatija dare
14 January 2019 | Pioneer -
Leading from the front
14 January 2019 | Bhopinder Singh -
10% quota nips in bud pro-reservation protest
13 January 2019 | Swapan Dasgupta
Citizenship Bill: What troubles Assam?
The influx of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, after its independence from Pakistan in a 1971 war, spurred periodic public uprisings, ensuing in Assam Accord in 1985. If the new Bill fails to dispel fears among Assamese, it will reopen old wounds The Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016...
The 2019 wish list
Usually these wish lists are prepared around the turn of the year. But the last year being a rather tumultuous one from many angles, it took around two weeks to conceive what to seek for in the present year. However, given the confusion that prevailed, this was inevitable. Moreover, the...
Mamata’s mega Kolkata rally to test the unity of Opposition
Mamata Banerjee is all set to address a mega rally in Kolkata’s Parade Ground on January 19, and the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) has set a target to ensure a turnout of 15 lakh people. The rally has a two-pronged purpose: On one hand, it will be Mamata’s show...
Fighting fire with fire
The Pakistani state has attempted to counter one dogmatic ideology it has fostered by promoting another, with disastrous consequences The Director of the Pak Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS), Amir Rana, wrote in his December 30, 2018 article for daily Dawn that the State’s romance with radical Barelvi groups was...
Fast-track the missing links
Not all is lost for the BJP. The politics of development alone may not be enough for the party that needs to strengthen its core leadership base The Congress-led UPA lost the 2014 Lok Sabha election miserably due to people’s anger and disillusionment over a series of scams. While the Congress...
Legacy of a lyrical genius
In an illustrious career spanning over a few decades, there was no dearth of awards but the real reward is the adulation of the people which kept Majrooh Sultanpuri going till a ripe old age The song, Chah Barbaad Karegi Hemen...’ from KL Saigal’s film, Shahjehan (1946) and ‘Papa kehte...
Just another trope
Films have always been used as propagandist tools of the establishment. Why the noise now then? Films they say are a mirror of who we are and have since their evolution reflected society and history from the time-bound context of the story-teller, in this case the fillmmaker. And as they...
