Two books that explore the rise of the Left in Latin America, especially in Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela.

The BJP’s manifesto has accorded high priority to agriculture but the new government must integrate various schemes if it wants to work out an effective plan to enhance agricultural profitability.

It will be watched keenly whether the new government will take up proactively issues relating to women’s rights in consultation with organisations that have been pushing a progressive agenda.

Interview with Prakash Karat, CPI(M) general secretary.

Interview with Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh.

Interview with Atishi Marlena the Aam Aadmi Party.

There are pressing issues affecting the labour force that the new government has to address, including price rise and contract jobs.

It remains to be seen whether and how social and cultural engineering on the lines unleashed in Gujarat will be tested in the country under Modi and the BJP.

KEHELIYA RAMBUKWELLA, Sri Lanka’s Media Minister and government spokesman, may have spoken too soon. Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted him as saying ...

Relations with Pakistan, China and Sri Lanka and the stand it will take on the looming new Cold War will constitute the biggest foreign policy and security challenges before the Modi government.

Overcome by bifurcation blues, the people of Seemandhra fell for the development mantra of the Telugu Desam Party’s warhorse, N. Chandrababu Naidu, ...

The SDF returns to power for the fifth consecutive term in Sikkim, but for the first time in 10 years the Assembly has a strong opposition.

How the Modi government prioritises the huge legislative agenda before it will reveal its character and commitment.

ON May 1, the Shiv Sena’s newspaper, “Saamna”, published an editorial condemning the Gujarati community. The article accused the community of living ...

The ruling Congress makes gains in Arunachal Pradesh, but the BJP’s vote share has made a quantum leap.

ON the morning of February 7 when Archana Ramasundaram received the news of her appointment as Additional Director of the Central Bureau of ...

Modi has persuaded people that his “development” magic can deliver what others do not even dare to promise. But is he ready to reverse a number of “reform” measures that have contributed to the inflationary tendency and risk capital flight and corporate backlash?

Given the support the BJP gets from the upper-caste population and corporate meritocrats and the clash of interests between caste Hindus and backward communities, Narendra Modi is sure to face difficult times when he takes up social justice programmes.

The track record of the previous government led by the BJP offers clues about what to expect from the Modi government.

The BJP’s manifesto has accorded high priority to agriculture but the new government must integrate various schemes if it wants to work out an effective plan to enhance agricultural profitability.

It will be watched keenly whether the new government will take up proactively issues relating to women’s rights in consultation with organisations that have been pushing a progressive agenda.

Interview with Prakash Karat, CPI(M) general secretary.

Interview with Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh.

Interview with Atishi Marlena the Aam Aadmi Party.

There are pressing issues affecting the labour force that the new government has to address, including price rise and contract jobs.

It remains to be seen whether and how social and cultural engineering on the lines unleashed in Gujarat will be tested in the country under Modi and the BJP.

KEHELIYA RAMBUKWELLA, Sri Lanka’s Media Minister and government spokesman, may have spoken too soon. Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted him as saying ...

Relations with Pakistan, China and Sri Lanka and the stand it will take on the looming new Cold War will constitute the biggest foreign policy and security challenges before the Modi government.

How the Modi government prioritises the huge legislative agenda before it will reveal its character and commitment.

Overcome by bifurcation blues, the people of Seemandhra fell for the development mantra of the Telugu Desam Party’s warhorse, N. Chandrababu Naidu, ...

The SDF returns to power for the fifth consecutive term in Sikkim, but for the first time in 10 years the Assembly has a strong opposition.

The ruling Congress makes gains in Arunachal Pradesh, but the BJP’s vote share has made a quantum leap.