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Free Elections: Democracy's Best Response
Rediff.com21 Oct 2024

The long term trends on violence in Kashmir are positive and India must secure these...

If Modi Wants His 3rd Term To Work...
Rediff.com16 Oct 2024

To govern effectively, to legislate successfully, Modi must reach out to the...

Is Modi Losing His Impact?
Rediff.com24 Sep 2024

Today even those who support Prime Minister Modi feel there is a certain sense of...

Modi Preaches World Peace But...
Rediff.com28 Aug 2024

'...We should first look at and acknowledge what we have done to ourselves.' 'To not do...

Modi Should Listen To Criticism
Rediff.com23 Aug 2024

The prime minister and his cabinet will be compelled to do what governments in other...

Can Bangladesh Become A Secular Nation?
Rediff.com16 Aug 2024

Pakistan wanted to be constitutionally communal, India wanted to be secular but is...

Is Trouble Brewing For Modi In BJP?
Rediff.com3 Aug 2024

As the 240-seater prime minister attempts to moderate his image of hardline hero, he...

What Happens If Biden Drops Out?
Rediff.com11 Jul 2024

The Democrats have elected a set of state representatives who will act as an electoral...

Will Godi Media Change In Modi 3.0?
Rediff.com28 Jun 2024

'The election results mean that the Opposition can no longer either be ignored or...

Modi's Invincibility Is Gone And Gone Forever
Rediff.com21 Jun 2024

It is possible to be blind to this and pretend to carry on as if nothing has happened...

An Era Of Secrecy Is Over For Modi
Rediff.com11 Jun 2024

'The word 'ally' in a coalition is misleading because it suggests someone who is always...

What Can India Expect If Modi Returns?
Rediff.com3 Jun 2024

'The Opposition will continue to be attacked through misuse of agencies, civil society...

Is India Still A Democracy?
Rediff.com3 Jun 2024

Today in 2024, the BJP jails its opponents during an election and still believes, or at...

Where Was Modi When We Needed Him Most?
Rediff.com24 Apr 2024

'From April 25, 2021, Modi disappeared. He made no public appearance for 20 days.' 'The...

BJP's Complete Distrust Of Federalism
Rediff.com1 Apr 2024

What is to be done to resist the twin thrusts of the BJP's ideology, majoritarian and a...

Desis Rally For Secular India
Rediff.com25 Mar 2024

The Constitution's Preamble says that we Indians have resolved to secure for Indians...

Is Modi's Authoritarianism Good For India?
Rediff.com22 Mar 2024

We need not spend much time going over what this government has done and is doing to...

The Birth Of BJP, Child Of Largest NGO
Rediff.com13 Mar 2024

Immediately following its ban being lifted on July 11, 1949, the RSS began debating...

Electoral Bonds Exposes Weakness In India's Institutions
Rediff.com22 Feb 2024

When a strong executive decides it wants something, even something that is dangerous...

Caste Is Missing In Prohibition Debates
Rediff.com5 Feb 2024

The point made by sociologist M N Srinivas, that it represented a Sanskritic act that...