Lok Sabha elections 2024 ground report: Tamil Nadu remains elusive for BJP

Apart from a few die-hard supporters here and there, the author found no enthusiasm among ordinary folks for the BJP. Forget Ayodhya, the contrast with even Assam and North Bengal was starkly visible... Read full story

You really think democracy is safer in Canada than in India?

So remarkable is the fine print in Canada’s new law that Stalin and Mao would have been proud sponsors of such a law. The annual Ides of March lamentation about the death of democracy... Read full story

Lok Sabha elections 2024 ground report: A tectonic shift in the Kashmiri narrative

Lok Sabha elections 2024: From clearly seen hostility earlier, the discourse in Kashmir now has transformed into mainstream “Indian”. Mubaraq speaks suave and flawless English of the kind... Read full story

Lok Sabha 2024: Why I Admire This Kashmiri Woman and Also Worry For Her

It’s a shade over zero degrees in downtown Srinagar where the author interacts informally with Suman and a few others who are students at Amar Singh College. What impresses the author is her personality. She radiates confidence. Suman... Read full story

Lok Sabha 2024: Shifting Sands in Kerala

There is a deep churn in Kerala society and politics that could have profound implications for the future even as the Congress-led alliance looks set to repeat... Read full story

The 1967 Elections Heralded the End of Congress' Monopoly Over Political Power

If someone had suggested in March 1967 that the beginning of the end of the Congress party as the dominant political force of India had started, they would have been dismissed as a crackpot. In hindsight, it is clear that... Read full story

Opinion: Why India badly needs a new data architecture

The authors had a chat soon after the MOSPI (Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation) released data on the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). Both had a... Read full story

Himachal Pradesh: Why the Congress crisis was destined

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had gathered a staggering 69% of the vote share in Himachal Pradesh. When the author arrived two-and-a-half hours later than expected at the Shimla resort from Delhi, the staff asked if he had... Read full story