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Shruti Kapila

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BJP manifesto will disappoint its core voters who are waiting for a Hindu-first Bharat

If India still must guarantee food rations to millions of its citizens, then the besieged liberals and povertarians may after all, have a case....

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Kejriwal arrest brought focus back on corruption & moved big electoral bonds story off-stage

If a decade or more ago, corruption became the smokescreen for the populist mandate for Modi and Hindutva, then that has been pulled away.

26.03.2024 20

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Electoral bonds ruling cuts down corporate clout in politics. But it’s more complicated than that

Given its predicted loss, India’s opposition now will have the luxury of time to create a new, simpler, low-tech, face-to-face, patient politics...

19.02.2024 10

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Modi asked ‘what next’ at Ayodhya. A new date, grander ritual for an official Hindu state

Ram temple has transformed India in its entirety. From party politics to cultural warfare, India or Bharat is undeniably Hindu today. Pluralism is...

23.01.2024 20

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INDIA alliance is a poisoned chalice. Congress is in open competition with regional parties

As the only national alternative, the Congress could choose autonomy over generosity in a coalition and go for broke. It would lay down the...

04.12.2023 8

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Telangana to MP, political funding is the bigger problem. But all the talk is about welfareism

Hidden in plain sight, it is not competitive welfarism but the emerging shape and size of the political order that has been glimpsed before the 2024...

27.11.2023 10

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If Rahul Gandhi can tie aspirations to caste census, he will have a winning formula

The greatest challenge for Congress is to develop fresh ideas to address evolving Hindu-first identity politics and support India's competitive global...

16.10.2023 20

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Vishwaguru or victim? Modi politics will have an identity crisis in 2024

We are back in the last century of the ‘Hindu khathre mein hai' slogan but with a crucial twist. The Hindu nationalist party has been in power for...

03.10.2023 7

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