Tribute Sushma Swaraj: Compassionate to the coreVenkitesh Ramakrishnan Sushma Swaraj (1952-2019), the bright star of the Sangh Parivar, was known for her awesome political and individual connect and humanitarian streak.
BJP's game plan Devious designsVenkitesh Ramakrishnan The BJP’s manipulation machine is working full swing, with blatant aggression, in order to achieve the goal of an opposition-free India.
Russia The "happiness" project Venkitesh RamakrishnanRussia showcases methods and programmes associated with its own iteration of the “happiness project” pioneered by Bhutan, with specific focus on longe
Congress Time to introspect Venkitesh Ramakrishnan Purnima S. Tripathi The monumental defeat in the general election has created a crisis of confidence in the Congress, which urgently needs to resolve internal issues and
General Election 2019 Right on topVenkitesh RamakrishnanNarendra Modi once again trounces the weak and hopelessly divided opposition parties, and there are already signs that India is moving faster than eve
Uttar Pradesh Curious patternsVenkitesh RamakrishnanThe biggest story in the 2019 Lok Sabha election is the boost in the BJP’s vote share in the State, taking it close to 50 per cent of the votes polled
Uttarakhand Emphatic victoryVenkitesh RamakrishnanA well-oiled organisational machinery and the absence of a credible alternative carry the day for the BJP.
Uttar Pradesh Battle for U.P.Venkitesh Ramakrishnan With voting in 39 constituencies in the first four phases of the election over in Uttar Pradesh, the gathbandhan, with its unprecedented social bondin
Electronic voting machine ‘Missing’ EVMs Venkitesh RamakrishnanAn RTI-based public interest petition in the Bombay High Court points out that 20 lakh EVMs that the manufacturers affirm to have delivered are “missi
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
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
