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Mahesh Rangarajan

The dramatic fall of the Left citadel

India, unlike China, is a democracy. To stay on in power, winning the vote in a free and fair poll is a must
Section: India  | Thursday, May 19, 2011 1:01 IST

Why history matters

It is time now for Rahul Gandhi to take an active role in the Congress party
Section: Analysis  | Wednesday, June 2, 2010 2:00 IST

Advantage Congress

For the Congress and the ruling alliance, what has been a great blessing is the inability of the premier opposition party to find its feet.
Section: Analysis  | Thursday, April 29, 2010 22:06 IST

North-South divide

The further south one goes, the higher is the age of marriage for women and the smaller the size of the family.
Section: Analysis  | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 0:04 IST

Death of a pragmatist

Far more than that other key cadre party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, they managed mostly to keep to an image of honesty and probity in public life.
Section: Analysis  | Thursday, January 21, 2010 22:16 IST

Caught napping

Only a few days ago, the dramatic announcement by the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram had seemed to herald a new dawn for proponents of small states in general.
Section: Analysis  | Thursday, December 24, 2009 20:56 IST

The opposition is in disarray

The Maharashtra assembly election has thrown up a clear verdict. This is a vote for continuity for the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alliance.
Section: Mumbai  | Friday, October 23, 2009 1:51 IST

The inner frontier

As seen in the Northeast, a strategy based only on force will not work against red terror.
Section: Analysis  | Monday, October 12, 2009 2:00 IST

Regional equations

But beyond the issue of whether or not to anoint his son as heir is the larger challenge of how to accommodate regional leaders in a party.
Section: Analysis  | Sunday, September 13, 2009 19:12 IST

Futile gestures

The Congress as a party has long had a shrewd appreciation of the close linkages of foreign policy at the home front.
Section: Analysis  | Tuesday, August 11, 2009 21:02 IST
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