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Mere Illusion or a Battle for Survival?
The Congress’ ‘Sangathan Srijan Abhiyaan’ in Jharkhand seeks to rebuild its base and assert independence from its allies, but the party...

Akhilesh Sinha
Oct 8, 20254 min read


Dynasty Over Democracy: Bihar’s Politics Trapped in Family Legacy
From village constituencies to state assemblies, Bihar’s leadership is less a story of democratic struggle and more a tale of inherited...

Akhilesh Sinha
Oct 5, 20255 min read


A Century of Service and Nation-Building
As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) marks a hundred years since its founding in 1925, it stands as one of the most influential...

Parikshit Dhume
Oct 3, 20253 min read


Rites of Power
Maharashtra’s Dussehra rallies reveal that ideology, legacy and governance are potent weapons in the state’s upcoming civic elections. In...

Abhijit Joshi
Oct 3, 20254 min read


Lokyogi – The Saga of a Mass Leader
The journey of a leader who measured success not by personal gain, but by service to the people. In Lokyogi, Shivajirao Patil Kavhekar...

Vinod Chavan
Sep 30, 20253 min read


India’s Endless Reservation Debate
What began as a corrective for historical wrongs has ossified into a political crutch that we cannot seem to discard. Few issues stir as...

Prasad Dixit
Sep 30, 20254 min read


A Flood of Debt and Despair
Marathwada’s unseasonal floods are colliding with Maharashtra’s fiscal overreach, leaving farmers of the normally parched region stranded...

Abhijit Joshi
Sep 26, 20254 min read


A Grand Alliance sans Unity
As seat arithmetic turns toxic, Bihar’s Mahagathbandhan risks unravelling into a coalition of ambition rather than a credible alternative...

Akhilesh Sinha
Sep 25, 20253 min read


Golden Sales Tax: How GST has become India’s most important Reform in Decades
Once derided as the ‘Gabbar Singh Tax,’ the Goods and Services Tax has gone from being a political impossibility to India’s economic...

Akhilesh Sinha
Sep 21, 20255 min read


A Leader at 75: Celebrating PM Modi’s Journey
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi turns 75, the nation joins in celebration of not just a personal milestone but a historic era of change,...

Parikshit Dhume
Sep 16, 20253 min read


From Reel to Real: Can Actor Vijay Rewrite Tamil Nadu’s Political Script?
An icon’s fanfare is no substitute for political substance in the world’s most theatrically competitive state. Cinema and politics have...

C.S. Krishnamurthy
Sep 16, 20255 min read


Reservation Roulette: The Battle for Quotas in Maharashtra
As Maratha demands redraw political equations, OBC leaders are in no mood to knuckle under and crawl. Yet again, Maharashtra’s politics...

Abhijit Joshi
Sep 12, 20254 min read


Bhujbal opposes Maratha GR
Mumbai: In a major development food and civil supplies minister and senior OBC leader Chhagan Bhujbal has opposed the government...

Abhijit Mulye
Sep 9, 20253 min read


Bihar and India: Confronting Prejudice, Pursuing Progress
Once dismissed as backward, Bihar is now rewriting its narrative by standing tall in economic growth and drawing strength from an ancient...

Akhilesh Sinha
Sep 9, 20254 min read


Maharashtra’s Hunger Games
While Manoj Jarange-Patil’s hunger strike shook Mumbai, his future hinges on whether he remains an agitator or turns politician. Mumbai’s...

Abhijit Joshi
Sep 6, 20254 min read


The Decline of Political Decorum and the Culture of Abuse
Unless India’s leaders rediscover the discipline of restraint, politics will cease to be a forum of ideas and become instead a theatre of...

Akhilesh Sinha
Sep 2, 20255 min read


GST 2.0: Modi’s Winning Stroke?
By simplifying GST, Modi hopes to shield India’s economy from Trump’s tariff tantrums and win fresh political dividends. When Donald...

Ruddhi Phadke
Aug 30, 20253 min read


The Bhagwat Doctrine
The RSS chief has defied caricatures and unsettled detractors with a more measured vision of India. Marking the centenary of the...

Kiran D. Tare
Aug 30, 20253 min read


Jarange gets a day’s extension
Says "won’t leave, ready to go to jail, face bullets." Pic: Bhushan Koyande Mumbai: Even after he got a day’s extension to continue his...

Abhijit Mulye
Aug 29, 20252 min read


Ameet Satam’s Big Test
For a party that revels in bold strokes, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) latest move in Mumbai looks almost understated. The ruling...

Abhijit Joshi
Aug 29, 20253 min read
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