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Vir Sanghvi

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When A President Disliked A PM
Rediff.com7 Apr 2023

How could a President, seen as a political time-server, have manoeuvred things to a...

Situation in Punjab is more dangerous than it seems
Rediff.com3 Apr 2023

This is a challenge India's political establishment will have to face unitedly, without...

Foreign Media: Enemy Of India?
Rediff.com6 Mar 2023

Much of the the-foreign-media-is-biased hysteria that we see on social media these days...

Airline Staff Are NOT Your Servants!
Rediff.com3 Jan 2023

Talk to any member of the cabin crew on any Indian airline and you will hear the worst...

Can Flyweight Kejriwal Be A Hindu Hriday Samrat?
Rediff.com7 Nov 2022

How did Arvind Kejriwal, a one-time votary of secularism, turn into a bargain-basement...

6 Reasons Why It's Near Impossible To Defeat Modi
Rediff.com5 Apr 2022

It may well be possible to defeat Modi. But nobody seems to know how, points out Vir...

Politics Scores Over Battle Against Covid
Rediff.com28 Jan 2022

Politics, bureaucracy, ineptitude, double-standards and an attempt to politicise the...

The desire to win elections turns everybody into a Yogi Adityanath
Rediff.com4 Jan 2022

Nobody of consequence from the BJP condemned the lynchings. Nor have the Akalis. Nor...

Kangana and Vir Das have every right to their opinions
Rediff.com7 Dec 2021

By sacrificing an important component of the right to free speech, we have strengthened...

This Is The Week Of 26/11: Never Forget
Rediff.com22 Nov 2021

In India, the anniversary of 26/11 comes and goes with only the bare minimum of...

Jail, not bail, is the rule in today's India
Rediff.com29 Oct 2021

It is not just the weak who are harmed by the judicial process's failure to grant bail....

Gandhis and the Punjab Congress muddle
Rediff.com29 Jul 2021

When events like these take place, it is easy for the BJP to portray the Gandhis as...

When Dilip Kumar met Vajpayee...
Rediff.com8 Jul 2021

It is to Vajpayee's credit that he told Dilip Kumar to ignore Thackeray and to follow...

Is Modi copying Indira's Emergency textbook?
Rediff.com26 Jun 2021

'Consider Mrs Gandhi's view of her opponents: Traitors, anti-nationals,...

What if it is not Modi vs Rahul in 2024?
Rediff.com23 Jun 2021

It won't be wise old Modi versus an immature Pappu any longer. It will be Modi versus a...

Modi has reasons to worry
Rediff.com26 May 2021

But his opponents are making a mistake. They shouldn't be smug, argues Vir Sanghvi.

Sack the guys who screwed up!
Rediff.com21 Apr 2021

You need, first of all, to figure out how we messed it all up so badly. You need to...

Weaponising Hinduism will win elections, but...
Rediff.com30 Dec 2020

'...It won't help the party run a peaceful and equitable India,' warns Vir Sanghvi.

Voters approve of Modi's vision of Ram Rajya
Rediff.com23 Nov 2020

This is something that Modi's critics are reluctant to accept: He is the most popular...

Why is Modi still so popular?
Rediff.com1 Oct 2020

Will a time come when people will look beyond what they see as Modi'S strengths and...