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M. R. Venkatesh

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The writer is former Chief Political Coordinator at The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy.

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BJP’s Elusive Search in Tamil Nadu

The BJP’s strategy to raise its vote share in Tamil Nadu to 16 per cent by enlisting the support of smaller regional parties and caste-based groups wa

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DMK’s Azhagiri Riddle: Realpolitik or Bravado Overdone?

The line between bravado and pyrrhic victory is slender, more so in the realm of political melodrama in India. The latest case in point is the interna

Dipankar Gupta
Leadership vacuum feeding India’s right-wing politics: Dipankar Gupta

Sociologist Prof. Dipankar Gupta re-conceptualises Indian citizenship, rooting it strongly in equality at a basic level, wider than a political

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Thinkers at Jaipur Literature Festival hope for a better political discourse

Eminent Indian and international thinkers shared their varied views on the present wave of change in India's political climate. In the run-up to the 2

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Thinkers at Jaipur Literature Festival hope for a better political discourse

Eminent Indian and international thinkers shared their varied views on the present wave of change in India's political climate. In the run-up to the 2

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'Indian democracy has improved since globalisation' - Meghnad Desai

Indian-born British Economist Lord Meghnad Desai held globalisation 'good', and indicated it had improved Indian democracy, in a candid interview with

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Event report: India at the Crossroads (includes video)

The political landscape of India is changing and the urge for a new dawn is much more now than ever before. This passion for change emerged as the cen

Karan Singh
Exclusivism will not work in India

Senior Congress leader Karan Singh says an exclusivist cultural construct is alien to India and not valid even within Hinduism, in an exclusive chat w