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LK Advani: Rabble rouser or sane face of BJP's purportedly 'saner' phase?
Indian politics is too complex and full of paradoxes to reduce to an objective-type, yes/no Q&A session to understand its nuances, as is being done by media these days...more
While the Congress vice-president has already chided senior leaders for sycophancy, Chhattisgarh party chief’s crawling without being asked to even bend is among challenges that would confront him more as polls draw closer...more
Day after Mamata Banerjee accused women rallying against rape and murder of a college girl of being “CPM supporters”, a 23-year-old activist rues the death of dissent in West Bengal, and recollects the day protest landed her in police lockup...more
Staving off unions is not about negotiations anymore. Government offices may now just physically throw them off premises...more
Officers working as PS or OSD to ministers who have not completed their cooling-off period to be sent back to the parent cadre after tenure with minister ends, says department of personnel and training memo...more
While Bihar CM fires ‘betrayed’ salvo at erstwhile partner, his ex-deputy Sushil Modi and ally-turned-adversary Lalu Prasad have sent out the first upper-cuts...more
Policy explained: how politics influenced specific clauses, its impact on businesses, and how companies may subvert them...more
An upset stomach, a flight to Goa not taken and other details of a sulk untold...more
In 2004, Manmohan Singh overlooked five officers to anoint Shyam Saran as his foreign secretary. In 2006, Shiv Shankar Menon famously came over 16 brother officers. So, what’s the storm if S Jaishankar is the PM’s choice this time?...more
Download the full list of 1 lakh names, or search on database thrown open to the public by ICIJ...more
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Wait for the day when you will be told that Manmohan the individual can't be held responsible for what Manmohan the prime minister does...more
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Protests and Petitions
Gandhiji is the most misused name to justify all sorts of vested interests (exploitation and fraud, corruption, reservation against merit, and misuse of charities), and the prohibition system in Wardha is one of the worst examples...more
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We also share struggles for justice and equality. I was humbled to visit Mani Bhavan, where Gandhi helped move India and the world through the strength and dignity of his leadership.
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