Taiwan is a valuable partner
By Chung-Kwang Tien The largest and the most arduous election in India has accomplished with great success. On behalf of the government and people of the Republic of China (Taiwan), I wish to extend...
View ArticleOh, for that syncing feeling
By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay The push for simultaneous Lok Sabha, state assembly and panchayat elections has been the BJP’s project for two decades. Initially mooted by the Law Commission in its 170th...
View ArticleHeart sinks with oil prices rising
Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and Russia, the world’s third largest oil producer, have decided to cut production by 1.2 million barrels a day immediately. Opec met again late...
View ArticleTriple talaq poses a dilemma for liberals – they’re damned if they do and...
In chess there is a position called the fork, in which one piece threatens two of the opponent’s pieces, one of which has to be sacrificed. In a brilliant move of political chess, the BJP-led...
View ArticleAchievements during first 50 days tell vision of Modi 2.0
The work accomplished and initiatives taken in the first 50 days of the Modi 2.0 government shows a clear roadmap and a vision for taking India to the next echelon. Pace in decision-making and scale...
View ArticleThat was some nifty i-deation
By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first Independence Day speech in his second tenure was remarkably communicative and packed with ideas. It had the hallmark of an encore. It began...
View ArticlePop sangh: Mohan Bhagwat’s Dussehra speech continues a balancing act
By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Before 2014, BJP’s commitment to its most contentious objectives was essentially a tactical rallying call to expand its footprint. Once Narendra Modi became prime minister...
View ArticleNitish Plays His Game of Seats
By Rahul Vatsa The year has started in election mode in Bihar. Janata Dal (United) vice-president Prashant Kishor has more than once asserted in the last few days that the seat-sharing arrangement...
View ArticleBihar’s Nitish Kumar – BJP will do well not to miss the bus
After long conspicuous silence Nitish Kumar has now spoken out, “There is no question of NRC in Bihar (NRC ka toh sawal hi nahi hai)”. This is after too much of statements by his Vice...
View ArticleDelhi Elections 2020 – A time for introspection for BJP
One more loss in Delhi and it is certainly time for the BJP leadership to do some serious introspection on why, after such a sweeping win in the Lok Sabha elections in mid-2019, they have...
View ArticleBihar – Beauty of being Nitish Kumar
Politics always remains an art of stealing the show making oneself look distinguished and special, finding opportunities of putting opponents disarmed and supporters floored and stunned! It is very...
View ArticleCan Caesar decide what is Ceasar’s?
It is welcome that the government has, at long, agonising last, found a concrete measure to give relief to the telecom sector reeling from the government classifying various kinds of non-telecom...
View ArticleThe NDA’s false parenthood claim, writes Abhishek Manu Singhvi
In addition to its diverse achievements as the world’s largest social welfare programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has the unique accomplishment, which has...
View ArticleOld political equations under strain as Bihar set for a digital age election...
Election Commission’s announcement of Bihar poll dates could see the hitherto muted campaigning shift to higher gear. The two main fronts are still in the middle of alliance and seat sharing talks. The...
View ArticleBihar Shakes Off Its Old Normal
So, the insurance that NDA had sought to counter the anti-incumbency sentiment of the 15-year-old Nitish Kumar government — PM Narendra Modi — worked. In a see-saw battle that clearly makes Bihar the...
View ArticleWith new leaders to deal with in BJP, Nitish Kumar’s job just got tougher
The NDA meeting which confirmed Nitish Kumar as the next Bihar chief minister also threw a surprise with BJP choosing senior leaders Tarkeshwar Prasad as house leader and Renu Devi as his deputy,...
View ArticleThe ‘silent’ voters of Bihar
The BJP-JD(U) combine has won the Bihar elections and Nitish Kumar has returned as the Chief Minister for the fourth consecutive term. But the focus has been on his (newly appointed) two Deputy Chief...
View ArticleIf Kiran Bedi is made LG of Delhi, the Modi government will be sending a...
Contrast these two scenarios: On November 15, 1978, a 31-year-old DCP (deputy commissioner of police) called Kiran Bedi (India’s first woman Indian Police Service officer) repeatedly lathi-charges a...
View ArticleFormer Ambassadors of India on Modi’s foreign policy: Looking at facts...
An article published in an English daily by renowned former ambassadors deserves attention by those who wish to understand the complexities of foreign and security policies and see the facts...
View ArticleAir India disinvestment- Delivery of poetic Justice
It took long 68 years to right a wrong that the the Government of India perpetrated on JRD Tata- managed Air India by nationalizing the airliline on 1st day of August 1953 in a blatant...
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