Yogesh Kumar Goyal

While exit polls sketch a dramatic map of India’s electoral mood, the line between projection and verdict remains perilously thin. With the ballots across five politically pivotal arenas of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry falling silent until the results are announced on May 4, poll surveyors have filled the vacuum with exit poll numbers that excite, alarm and often mislead. These projections have already begun shaping narratives well before D-Day on May 4. If India’s...

India’s great mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan was a globally acclaimed genius who made unforgettable contributions across various branches of mathematics, giving the subject a new dimension. His discoveries, such as the “Ramanujan Theta” and “Ramanujan Prime,” inspired researchers worldwide for further study and development. About a decade ago, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, while paying tribute at Ramanujan’s 125th birth anniversary in Chennai, remarked that such individuals of...

Samrat Choudhary’s ascent marks the BJP’s long-awaited primacy in Bihar but escaping Nitish Kumar’s towering legacy will define his rule. Reaching the summit of power in Bihar has never been easy. Staying there, while commanding acceptance across the state’s intricate social mosaic, is harder still. The recent elevation of Samrat Choudhary as Bihar’s 24th Chief Minister marks the beginning of a new political phase, one in which the Bharatiya Janata Party finally assumes the role it has long...