Abhijit Joshi

The death of a young concertgoer has exposed uncomfortable questions about drugs and the hidden costs of Mumbai’s nightlife boom. Mumbai has long prided itself on being India’s city that never sleeps. From luxury lounges and music festivals to celebrity concerts and exclusive nightlife experiences, the city has cultivated an entertainment culture that attracts thousands of young people every weekend. However, recent incidents have once again raised uncomfortable questions about the dark...

Unopposed victories and opposition withdrawals reveal the widening gap between Mahayuti’s organisational muscle and the MVA’s fading grassroots strength. As Maharashtra heads towards the Legislative Council elections for 17 Local Authorities Constituency seats on June 18, the political narrative appears to have been settled even before a single vote is cast. A supposedly keen contest between the ruling Mahayuti alliance and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has instead become a...

Amid mounting economic pain, Maharashtra’s Opposition is losing the plot on price rise. As tensions between the United States and Iran roil energy markets, crude prices have surged, currencies have wobbled and inflationary tremors have spread across much of the developing world. India, heavily dependent on imported oil, finds itself exposed once again to the brutal arithmetic of global instability. The rupee is under strain. Petrol prices have breached the psychologically important Rs...