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About the AuthorNilanjan Mukhopadhyay

The writer is an author and journalist based in Delhi-NCR. His latest book is 'The Demolition and the Verdict: Ayodhya and the Project to Reconfigure India', and he�??s also the author of 'Narendra Modi: The Man, The Times'. He tweets at @NilanjanUdwin.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at a press conference at Chief Ministers office at Nabanna, Howrah. (Photo: PTI)

Didi sets the ball rolling, but road ahead is tough

The PM will do no good to his chances of securing another term by imagining the developments to be just an one-act skit...

30 March 2018 2:10 AM IST

UP CM Yogi Adityanath speaking on development schemes running in Uttar Pradesh.(Photo:PTI)

BJP vulnerable if Opposition can unite, state by state

These results underscore a major flaw in the way that the BJP conducts itself following credible victories in new...

16 March 2018 1:29 AM IST

A five-foot high fibre glass statue of Lenin was toppled at Belonia on Monday, while a smaller figure was razed at Sabroom two days ago. (Photo: ANI)

TD exit, statue attacks: BJP to rethink strategy?

The trouble with the present BJP leadership is that it remains intoxicated with the 2014 verdict, and reads too much...

9 March 2018 2:46 AM IST

In the first official response of the finance minister after the fraud was detected at PNB involving jeweller Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi of the Gitanjali group, Mr Jaitley neither revealed his treatment plan , nor did he provide any explanation why no monitoring system exists in the wake of auditors failing to do their jobs.

Govt failure' over PNB threat to its credibility

Mr Jaitley neither revealed his treatment plan , nor did he provide any explanation.

23 Feb 2018 3:26 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the Union Budget development-friendly and said it would strengthen the vision of a new India. (Photo: PTI)

Democracy recession? New low in Parliament

With every passing interventio, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking parliamentary debate to new lows.

9 Feb 2018 3:32 AM IST

Deepika Padukone plays the lead character in Padmaavat.

Padmaavat, mob rule & 68 years of the republic

Padmaavat is not just a film, an indulgence of an overenthusiastic picture-book maker.

26 Jan 2018 12:29 AM IST

The Supreme Courts decision to entrust 186 anti-Sikh pogrom cases to a new Special Investigation Team demonstrates the superficiality of the NDA governments promise to ensure delivery of justice for the victims and survivors of the 1984 carnage.

Heal '84 wounds: Give justice, end the politics

33 years since the carnage, non-Congress governments have been in power for well over a decade.

12 Jan 2018 2:56 AM IST

The winter session of RS began on a stormy note on Friday with the opposition demanding an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his conspiracy with Pakistan remarks against his predecessor Manmohan Singh, creating uproar and repeatedly disrupting proceedings. (Photo: PTI/File)

Short-term-vision netas India's growing danger

The threat to the BJP in the beginning of the year and the challenge it faced in the last weeks of the year were...

30 Dec 2017 12:20 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday casts his vote from booth number 115 in Sabarmatis Ranip locality. (Photo: Twitter | @BJP4India)

Touching new low: Guj race leaves bitter taste

The Gujarat campaign exposed Mr Modi's limitations.

15 Dec 2017 12:25 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Gujarat: A huge test for BJP as 2019 on horizon

Across the state, people are daring to speak against the BJP.

2 Dec 2017 12:29 AM IST

Former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi. (Photo: File)

Indira's rise & fall: A lesson for our times

Indira is accused of either being party president herself or installing rubber stamps.

17 Nov 2017 12:27 AM IST

BJP jittery in Guj: Will Rahul play cards right?

The BJP is consequently now much less certain about the public mood.

4 Nov 2017 1:11 AM IST