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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    An Indian man dance and others cheers during a program to unite India ahead of Independence Day in New Delhi, India. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    India at 70: Still young, restless, beset by crisis

    Political power is in the hands of the BJP, which brings with it its nationalist fervour, which is a symptom of economic...

    15 Aug 2017 12:20 AM IST

    Pilgrims cross mountain trails during their religious journey to the Amarnath cave on the Baltal route, some 125 kms away from Srinagar on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    In Kashmir, it's vital to keep democracy going

    The party in power has to deal with the situation that arises out of the terror attacks.

    12 July 2017 12:50 AM IST

    NDA Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind with LK Advani, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah (from left) after filing nomination papers. (Photo: Twitter | @narendramodi)Opinion
    A symbolic Dalit duel & democratic dynamics

    The Indian polity has changed in a great many ways, and dalits can't be used as political pawns any longer.

    26 Jun 2017 12:41 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to discuss the MMTS phase-II project on 9th June 2017 through a video conference.Opinion
    Modi's biggest test is to get economy going

    Combined with low productivity, low inflation is a symptom of an ailing economy.

    14 Jun 2017 2:24 AM IST

    Congress President Sonia Gandhi with Vice-President Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    In a changed India, can Cong reinvent itself?

    The political ennui in the Congress is symptomatic of the state of the country.

    8 Jun 2017 1:09 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    After 3 years, coming to terms with reality

    The Modi government has got down from the high horse of rhetorical claims.

    26 May 2017 12:28 AM IST

    Chief Economic Adviser Arvind SubramanianOpinion
    Why the pundits fail to speak truth to power

    The charge levelled by chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian appeared to be a serious one.

    14 May 2017 1:20 AM IST

    Hindi, despite official backing, has not managed to gear itself up to make itself an eligible language to meet the needs and challenges of governance on the one hand, and of raising itself to the level of easy communication in the fields of science and technology, economics, philosophy and literature.Featured
    A red herring and a red rag

    Hindi is not going to swamp the country.

    23 April 2017 7:56 AM IST

    From 2004 to 2014 the Indian economy grew by an average of over 7.8 per cent each year.Opinion
    Growth crawls, DeMo blues linger

    Demonetisation hurt the economy more than anything else.

    21 April 2017 12:35 AM IST

    Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Will BJP put Hindutva on backburner in UP?

    The BJP's counter-strategy will be to prove their detractors wrong.

    21 March 2017 12:38 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to people during his road show in Varanasi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    UP voted for change, not ideology

    People want change, and a change for the better.

    12 March 2017 12:38 AM IST

    Policemen guard as All India Students Association (AISA) and Jawaharlal Nehru University students hold a protest demanding the arrest of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members at the police headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: File/PTI)Opinion
    Limit to free speech? Debate call ominous

    The nation cannot be broken up in the name of free speech and ordinary people have nothing but disdain for leftist...

    1 March 2017 12:31 AM IST

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