The Congress returns to its old leftist rootsSocialism is in the Congress’s DNA and in the very being of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
May 23, 2009
Goodbye identity politicsThe Congress spoke about the aam aadmi in 2004, and since then, has followed it up with welfare schemes that gave paid work to millions of poor, rural Indians.
May 17, 2009
A vote for inclusive IndiaThe Congress has won because it has gone back to being the Congress of old; it has the vision for a modern country that can carry every section of its populace with it.
May 16, 2009
T20, ODI or a Test match?If one of the big parties doesn’t win big, we are heading for one more unstable formation.
May 15, 2009
Why do our neighbours hate us so much?Indians can get boorish while abroad and they may not even consider Nepal as a foreign country but as their own backyard.
May 9, 2009
Terrorism has not worked as an election issueNo sooner did it become apparent that Mumbai’s voting percentage was slightly less than the last time round, than the television channels went into overdrive.
May 2, 2009
A CPM prime minister would be a great ideaIt will be a message to the world that Indian democracy is full participatory and has room for all shades of opinion.
April 26, 2009
Rahul (Congress) vs Varun (BJP) in 2019By bursting on to the scene in such a dramatic manner, Varun has leap-frogged over many other BJP leaders and positioned himself as a man to watch.
April 19, 2009
Is Mumbai cosmopolitan? Just check its candidatesBetween them, the candidates represent Mumbai in all its diversity — linguistic, religious, gender and economic status.
April 11, 2009
Sharad Pawar, the artful dodger of Indian politicsThough there have been rumours of scandals around him, no mud has stuck — he is India’s leading Teflon politician.
April 5, 2009
Post-poll, the prodigals could return homeThe probability that the Congress or the BJP would do better than most people give them credit for is rarely considered.
March 29, 2009
The wages of casual communalismNow Varun is on every front page, every TV channel’s prime time news and from being the insignificant cousin he has morphed into a budding star of the Sangh firmament.
March 21, 2009
Comrades fiddle while Left burnsImagine you went out to a party dressed in your finest suit and half-way realised that your trousers had begun to rip where you couldn’t see.
March 14, 2009
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