Congress

Gandhi to Gramsci: How Congress Lost Its Indian Roots

Unless Congress returns to Gandhi-Vinoba-Radhakrishnan, it will keep strengthening Hindutva forces with its own hands. Rahul Gandhi’s speech at the ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ programme in Pune was not merely a speech, but an ideological manifesto. He stated: “70 crore women...
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Victim Card

There is something almost literary about the Congress’s reaction to Sonia Gandhi’s memoir not being published in India by Penguin Random House. The episode follows a familiar script. Each time something happens where the facts are inconvenient for the Congress...
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Edited Patriotism

Edited Patriotism In its decision to stick to the 1937 resolution and sing only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram at party events, the Congress party has once again exposed its deep discomfort with the vocabulary of Indian nationalism....
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Crown Games

The Congress party has finally performed the political equivalent of a hostage exchange in Karnataka. After months of whispers, denials, tantrums and choreographed smiles, Siddaramaiah finally resigned as Chief Minister, making way for his deputy, D.K. Shivakumar under the fabled...
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Hindu symbolism reshapes UP’s politics

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav offers 'prasad' to people on the occasion of Bada Mangal in Lucknow on Tuesday. Pic: PTI New Delhi: In Uttar Pradesh politics, "saffron" has evolved from being merely a color to a potent political symbol...
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Patient Architect of Grassroots Politics

New Delhi: In Kerala, reaching the Chief Minister’s office is never merely about winning an election. Political legitimacy in the state is shaped through ideology, organizational work, public engagement, student politics, social balancing, and years of patient political labor. That...
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Red Retreat, Dravidian Disruption

By dismantling old certainties, voters in Kerala and Tamil Nadu have exposed the fragility of India’s most durable political models. While Assembly elections often promise upheaval, rarely do they deliver it with such clinical force. The 2026 Assembly results in...
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Race for lone MVA seat intensifies

BJP finalises strategy with four seats Mumbai: The upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Council elections have exposed clear fault lines within the opposition Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi. Based on its current numerical strength in the state assembly, the opposition alliance is likely to...
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Ideology, Illusion, and the Politics of Power

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi greets supporters during a roadshow ahead of the Kerala assembly polls, in Kozhikode district on Tuesday. | Pic: PTI New Delhi: At a critical electoral juncture in Kerala, the political contest...
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