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Annasaheb Patil: A Lifelong Advocate for Workers’ Rights
Annasaheb Pandurang Patil, a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council, made significant contributions to the uplifting of scattered...

Niranjan Davkhare
Sep 26, 20243 min read


Sacred Sweets and Sacred Rage: The Politics of Religious Offence
The controversy surrounding the Tirupati Laddu, one of Hinduism’s most cherished offerings, underscores a stark truth about the nature of...

Kiran D. Tare
Sep 25, 20244 min read


Cash Crunch for Defected Minister’s Election Funds
An old associate of one of the present top ministers in the ruling Maharashtra government is worried. He says the minister is at his...

Mamta Chitnis-Sen
Sep 23, 20243 min read


The throne of thorns in Delhi
The most striking image, in recent times, of Delhi’s new Chief Minister Atishi Singh, was of her being wheeled away in a stretcher after...

Aditi Pai
Sep 22, 20243 min read


Mamata Gets a Dose of Her Own Medicine
In her thoughts and words, Mamata and movement are synonymous. She feels pride in her role in the anti-farmland acquisition protests in...

Romita Datta
Sep 20, 20244 min read


India’s ‘Caged Parrot’: The Compromised Integrity of Probe Agencies
In a telling moment during the recent bail hearing of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court of India admonished the...

Kiran D. Tare
Sep 19, 20243 min read


Maharashtra Elections and the Political Foot Soldiers
With Maharashtra approaching the elections, Rakesh, a loyalist of a minister from the Konkan region, struggles to find party workers for...

Mamta Chitnis-Sen
Sep 19, 20243 min read


Arvind Kejriwal: Political Firestarter
Few Indian politicians embody the contradictions of modern politics like Arvind Kejriwal. The former bureaucrat-turned-anti-corruption...

Shoumojit Banerjee
Sep 19, 20243 min read


Aandhi to Emergency via Sarkar : Tangled Relationship
Indian politics and the entertainment industry have always had a deep, tangled relationship. However, when films touch upon sensitive...

Abhijit Joshi
Sep 13, 20243 min read


If indeed there was a ‘devious’ PM or a ‘pliable’ CJI, they would not have been stupid enough to visit each other so openly
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the residence of Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud for Ganesh Puja sparked a furore,...

Shoumojit Banerjee
Sep 13, 20245 min read


Is The Shinde Sarkar Against Women Officers?
Yesterday, I came across a WhatsApp forward mentioning that, following the cases of V. Radha and Deepa Mudhol-Mundhe, it appears that yet...

Vikrant Joshi
Sep 11, 20243 min read


RSS’ stark warning to BJP: Listen to us or Perish
Sangh insists on criteria for candidate selection, prioritising grassroots connections and ideological commitment Mumbai: As Maharashtra...

Kiran D. Tare
Sep 10, 20243 min read


Ransacking History: Bickering over Shivaji Maharaj’s Legacy
The legacy of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj has sparked a political storm in Maharashtra, with NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Jayant...

Kiran D. Tare
Sep 8, 20243 min read


Uncle-Nephew Alliance Shaping Political Future
When I met Shyamsunder (name changed), a full-time loyalist and Man Friday of a certain political heavyweight cabinet minister from New...

Mamta Chitnis-Sen
Sep 8, 20243 min read


Modi: Changed Leader or Politics as Usual?
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections delivered a jolt to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s otherwise unshakeable political standing. For the first...

Kiran D. Tare
Sep 2, 20244 min read


Seeking the Godfather
Malatitai (name changed). a fifty-something Mahayuti political party worker is a constant fixture beside her boss, a prominent and...

Mamta Chitnis-Sen
Sep 2, 20242 min read
Retirement from politics…
Politicians are considered to be a class apart. Their rise could be self-sustained efforts, familial or party based. However, their stay...

Shyam Tare
Sep 2, 20242 min read


Can MMYKPY Initiative Solve Youth Unemployment?
Following the successful implementation of the Mukhya Mantri Ladki Bahin Yojana (MMLBY), the Maharashtra government has now initiated the...

Abhijit Mulye
Aug 29, 20243 min read


Cold war between Uddhav Thackeray and the Congress
The Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA), an alliance born out of political necessity rather than ideological congruence after the 2019...

Kiran D. Tare
Aug 27, 20243 min read


Devendra Fadnavis emerges as the strategic game-changer
In the election season all eyes are turning towards Maharashtra, where the political landscape is intensifying as the state eagerly...

Anoop Raghav
Aug 27, 20243 min read
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