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Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress alliance offers hope for opposition

Possibility of a state government led by Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress combine seems to be strong in the state of Maharashtra where there has been a political instability since declaration of assembly election results on 24 October. Instability arose ...

Reliving the sad destruction of Babri Masjid

SIGNS OF THE TIMES
"Do you remember that one telling picture of L K Advani and Uma Bharti and Murli Manohar Joshi gleefully hugging or clasping each other at the mosque demolition site? I cannot erase that picture, more so as instead of facing any trial or punishment or imprisonment for ...

Winning the land, losing the country

There are many dreadful things we all know about human societies and institutions, which are absolutely true and yet we like to think otherwise, lest we come across as being too cynical. Even more so we live in the hope that, some of our wishful thinking about how thin...

'Unwriting' history, creating myths

What I like about history is that if the event is sufficiently far back in time, and we no longer remember how it happened or who did it, we can spin any story and present it as fact and most people will not be any the wiser. However, if you do it too publicly or loudl...

India exits the RCEP: What happens next?

Globalisation
On November 4, India announced its decision to exit the negotiations on the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) - a mega-regional free trade agreement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed the decision at the third RCEP Summit that took place i...

Early solution to resolve Maharashtra unlikely

With the promulgation of President's rule, the key state of Maharashtra seems to have plunged into a period of political uncertainty and instability after all the stake holders failed to come up magic number that is required for government formation in the state. The ...

The Ayodhya verdict: Majoritarianism at play?

Raja bola raat hai, Mantri bola raat hai Court bola raat hai Yeh subah-subah kee baat hai (The King said it was night; The Ministers said it was night; The Court said it was night; It was early morning) The Court of the Honorable Chief Justice of India's below...

Poaching has become a big game for BJP

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The BJP leadership has decided not to make any major concession to allies as its own position has improved and the need to bring regional parties on board is not necessary. The offer to regional parties is to accept the position of being at best number two with BJP pl...

The verdict for a common future

The changes from a pretension of secularism to a majoritarian Hindutva culture within the mainstream psyche was slow and steady during the post independent India. The growth of Islamophobia from the partition period to the destruction of Babari Masjid was one stage in ...

As Modi govt's anti-Muslim agenda ramps up, Sheikh Hasina won't be able to contain anti-India voices

"Modi government's policies in Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast will have repercussions in the neighbourhood. In Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina could find it hard to contain anti-India voices."
It is an extraordinary image. Prime Minister Narendra Modi posing, no less, holding hands with Henry Kissinger, surrounded by a bevy of grinning former world leaders. For many with a memory, or an interest in Bangladesh, it also conjured a muffled, 1970s recording from...

Supreme Court on Babri Masjid: Possession is Nine-tenths of Law

Whatever the answers to these questions, one thing is clear: it is a sad day for all of us who want an India that is not locked in a past, real or fabricated.
Why are Indians in the 21st century debating where a god was born and where that god should be worshipped? Is the "dispute" over Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi about the birthplace of Rama and faith? Or is it simply a means to assert that "Hindus" are now the dominant fo...

India's not so clean family managed public companies

Private firms doing better than those listed
Over the years, the corporation tax has emerged as the biggest source of tax revenue of the central government. In this year's budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has projected corporate tax collection at Rs 7.66 lakh crore, an increase of over 14 percent fr...

Maharashtra Next: Governor Down, Pawar Up

It is a theatre of the absurd in Maharashtra politics with villains on all sides and no heroes. And, to the long list of cunning politicians and their misdeeds, the discretion of the Governor is also now added. While writing, Governor has recommended imposition of Ar...
 

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