Final battleVenkitesh RamakrishnanBy all indications, the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to suffer significant losses in Election 2019, but a number of imponderables make the final outc
Uttar Pradesh Loosening holdVenkitesh Ramakrishnan There is no perceptible Modi “wave” this time and the muscular nationalism plank that the BJP banks on fails to evoke the required response in the fac
Changing narrative Venkitesh RamakrishnanStung by the failure of the campaign based on muscular nationalism in the early phases of voting, the BJP desperately looks for new strategies and alt
Cover Story Rude awakeningVenkitesh RamakrishnanThe BJP realises that its muscular nationalism evokes little response from people and returns to its traditional campaign style aimed at communal pola
Uttarakhand Faltering fervourVenkitesh Ramakrishnan The focus on “muscular nationalism” does not seem to be working out in the way the BJP expected in Uttarakhand, which has a large number of families t
Uttar Pradesh Tired tacticVenkitesh RamakrishnanThe going gets tough for the BJP in western Uttar Pradesh, where the paradigm of communal polarisation translating into an electoral divide does not s
Overview Five years of betrayalVenkitesh RamakrishnanThere is disenchantment all around five years after Narendra Modi came to power with a huge popular mandate, won on tall promises. But the seller of f
Rhetoric and realityVenkitesh Ramakrishnan and Divya Trivedi In the wake of the air strikes in Balakot, the nation is caught between warmongering right-wing political leaders and media on one side and a question
Cover Story Pulwama and afterVenkitesh RamakrishnanThe terror strike in Pulwama, the deadliest faced by the security forces in 30 years, and its aftermath expose the repeated failures of the Narendra M
The political context Clutching at strawsVenkitesh RamakrishnanThe political context of the announcements in Budget 2019 is the BJP’s defeat in the recent Assembly elections in the Hindi heartland and its urge to
Tribute George Fernandes: Man of extremesVenkitesh RamakrishnanGeorge Fernandes’ (1930-2019) personal life and political career saw many highs and lows and this is generally attributed to his mercurial mind.
Politics of Nationalism Creating the enemyVenkitesh Ramakrishnan The politics of “nationalism versus sedition” is a Sangh Parivar project to essentially divert attention from the failures of the government and enthu
Can there be something such as an honest critic? The critic is a persona largely missing from India’s classical music and dance scene.
SlideshowOut at seaThe month-long fishing trips of migrant fishermen at Veraval port in Gujarat are the stuff of adventure, endurance, and life lessons.
