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New levers in the BJP machinery

India, Aug. 18 -- To dominate a country as culturally and linguistically diverse and geographically massive as India, a political party needs to havea robust organisation. Key cogs in this structure m... Read More


White Paper, whitewashed

India, Aug. 17 -- When the TVK won a surprise victory in Tamil Nadu earlier this year, it was attributed to a yearning for a change from the established pattern of politics. One of the first things th... Read More


Terms of engagement

India, Aug. 17 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government's decision to set former premier Sheikh Hasina's extradition as a condition for Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's visit to New Delhi h... Read More


A road map for progress

India, Aug. 17 -- Like every such address from the ramparts of the Red Fort over the past eight decades, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech to mark the 80th Independence Day combined a short-term a... Read More


Census as a registry of citizenship

India, Aug. 16 -- Will the census become a registry of citizens? This is now the biggest question vis-a-vis the 2027 census exercise after the government has added sections to the schedule which seek ... Read More


A road map for progress

India, Aug. 16 -- Like every such address from the ramparts of the Red Fort over the past eight decades, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech to mark the 80th Independence Day combined a short-term a... Read More


A longer-term vision for India

India, Aug. 15 -- Today, India enters the 80th year of its independence. When freedom came in 1947 - with the material and social scars of colonial plunder and partition - not many in the world gave I... Read More


A letter versus spirit dilemma

India, Aug. 14 -- The Lok Sabha passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, on Wednesday. The legislation essentially overturns a 2024 Supreme Court judgment that ... Read More


Ameliorate, don't stoke, migration fears

India, Aug. 14 -- Should the government be in the business of adjudicating which citizen learns what language? In any mature democracy and for any rational person, the answer should be no. This is why... Read More


Ameliorate, don't stoke, migration fears

India, Aug. 13 -- Should the government be in the business of adjudicating which citizen learns what language? In any mature democracy and for any rational person, the answer should be no. This is why... Read More