Keeping up with UP | Analysts predict Muslim consolidation, say the community will vote en bloc in UP

India, April 13 -- In the 1991 film Silence of the Lambs, Clarice Starling, the detective played by Jodie Foster, tells Dr Hannibal, a psychopathic killer played by Anthony Hopkins, about how when she... Read More

Keeping up with UP | As young leaders emerge, Dalit community seeks their share of power

India, April 9 -- Young leadership is taking centre stage in Dalit politics around the country and certainly in Uttar Pradesh. Akash Anand, the nephew of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati... Read More

Keeping up with UP | Will Varun Gandhi's absence impact Pilibhit polls?

India, April 3 -- "One thing I want to talk about is how to make Parliament as a space for policy and not politics. I don't remember the last time I heard a policy debate on any serious issue like hea... Read More

Keeping up with UP | Will Ram sway the angry farmers of West UP?

India, March 30 -- Actors Arun Govil and Dipika Chikhlia Topiwala, famous for their portrayal of Ram and Sita, dressed in bright golden yellow and red, walked the streets of Ayodhya invoking memories ... Read More

When Arvind Kejriwal had challenged Narendra Modi in Varanasi

India, March 28 -- Barely a decade ago, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) founder and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is now facing corruption charges in the Delhi excise policy case, had dared the BJP'... Read More

Keeping up with UP | Will politicians listen to their rightful demand for political inclusion?

India, March 23 -- Amidst all the pre-election brouhaha over bonds, about 26.8 million persons with disabilities (PWDs), about 2.21% of the country's population (as per the 2011 census), are waiting t... Read More

How critical it is for BJP to win all 8 first phase seats in Uttar Pradesh

India, March 21 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently exuded the confidence of breaking the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 2014 record of 71 Lok Sabha seats ( 73 with allies) in Uttar Pradesh. Wi... Read More

Keeping up with UP | Modi juggernaut, INDIA dreams and the power of number 80

India, March 15 -- Socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia often used to say that elections are the biggest festival of the country in which an excited public dresses up and participates. Much of the vote... Read More

Keeping up with UP | After Ram temple, BJP gets down to correcting its caste calculus

India, March 8 -- Despite Modi's guarantee and the Ram temple hype, the Bharatiya Janata Party is busy setting its caste calculus right in Uttar Pradesh where it is aiming for a 100% result for the Na... Read More

Keeping up with UP | Can the Congress-SP alliance slow down the BJP tornado?

India, Feb. 26 -- The three young leaders of poll partners Samajwadi Party and the Congress, came together on one platform on February 25 to encourage their cadre and supporters for the upcoming 2024 ... Read More

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