ASSEMBLY ELECTION: Uttar Pradesh Down to the wireVenkitesh Ramakrishnan Divya Trivedi The OBC-MBC consolidation created by the BJP has broken down following the desertion by strong regional leaders. The smaller allies of the S.P. are ex
COVER STORY: UP Assembly Election Uttar Pradesh Assembly election: A sticky wicket in the west Divya Trivedi Venkitesh RamakrishnanThe first two phases of the election cover western Uttar Pradesh, the hotbed of the historic farmers’ agitation against the now-repealed farm laws. Th
The battle for Punjab Punjab Assembly election: Riveting raceZiya Us SalamVenkitesh RamakrishnanIt is a three-cornered fight between the ruling Congress, the challenger Aam Aadmi Party, and the Shiromani Akali Dal, but the run-up to the upcoming
Assembly Elections: Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections: It’s Akhilesh’s agendaDivya TrivediVenkitesh RamakrishnanThe Samajwadi Party takes the lead in the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh elections, setting the agenda and driving the debate, while a number of worries,
COVER STORY: PM's 'Security Breach' The Sangh Parivar’s sympathy mantraVenkitesh RamakrishnanThe Sangh Parivar’s famililar tactic of communal polarisation does not seem to be yielding the expected dividends in the run-up to the 2022 Assembly e
U.P. election campaign Shaky start to BJP's Uttar Pradesh election campaignVenkitesh RamakrishnanAmid a sudden upsurge in the Samajwadi Party’s popularity in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the Assembly election and the anti-incumbency mood against the Adi
Farmers' struggle Cloud of suspicion over the Narendra Modi government's decision to repeal contentious farm lawsVenkitesh RamakrishnanDespite the victory of the farmers’ prolonged struggle against the controversial farm laws, they are wary of the Modi government’s real intentions and
Interview: Akhilesh Yadav Akhilesh Yadav: ‘The strongman image of the Prime Minister is in tatters’ Venkitesh RamakrishnanInterview with Akhilesh Yadav, president of the Samajwadi Party.
Farmers' Movement Masterstroke that misfired: BJP unlikely to gain in Uttar Pradesh from Narendra Modi's decision to repeal farm laws Venkitesh Ramakrishnan The Bharatiya Janata Party’s plans to win back the support of farmers alienated by the three controversial farm laws are unlikely to yield results in
Politics BJP under pressure with Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on the horizonVenkitesh RamakrishnanChallenges posed by the farmers’ year-long agitation against the controversial farm laws, the impact of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, the judiciary’s
Vaccination India's COVID vaccination drive infused with doses of propagandaVenkitesh RamakrishnanZiya Us SalamThe reality on the ground shows that the government’s promise to vaccinate all Indians by the end of 2021 is mere rhetoric. But the propaganda machine
Byelection results point to an anti-BJP churningVenkitesh RamakrishnanThe results of the byelections to three Lok Sabha seats and 30 Assembly constituencies across different parts of India, which were held on October 30,
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.
