When counting of votes started in all the states, the spotlight was on magnum UP. The anticipated result in this state was attributed to everything from demonetization impact to the measure of Modi...

A lot of political pundits were comparing Indira Gandhi led era during emergency to the Modi led popular wave in the nation today. The similarities may be true in terms of hegemonic onslaught...

One of the everlasting significance of municipal elections in Maharashtra were not the BMC polls. It was Solapur which experienced a political turmoil after nearly four decades. Modi wave now transformed into a...

The reasons why I would love to denounce the Left in the country is not because of its ideological positioning. Somewhere their philosophy stems from a rabid sense of anti-nationalism emanating from their...

When there is an earthquake of massive proportions, the surface of the earth rattles into destruction. As a matter of fact, the epicentre and the fault line lies somewhere beneath and deep which...

When Arvind Kejriwal was standing beside Anna Hazare during Lokpal agitation, he was seemingly the torch bearer of the movement after him. The way he tried to portray his image as a corruption...

Bal Thackeray was a political legend and figurehead in the city of Mumbai and its polity. The idea of Shiv Sena, borne out from the 'son of the soils' movement has metamorphosed into...

Indian politics has seen many flip sides of democracy. Even if we pride ourselves being the biggest democracy in the world, unquestionably few flaws are glaringly easy to highlight. A lot of people...

In about a weeks time, municipal elections for the city of Mumbai will reach its ultimate fitting climax. The lucrative body of the BMC oversees a budget of thousands of crores and governs...

There is a similarity in the way George Bush and Donald Trump became Presidents. Their elections more or less were controversial with former embroiled in Florida recounting episode and latter being criticised for...

Tamil Nadu and its polity is like the game of Cricket in India. The whole political spectrum like the cricket team is treated as a religion. And few politicians akin to select cricketers...

Alliances in politics are formed simply on the basis of political compulsions and convenience or made on a profound ideological premise. When the purpose is served, the ones falling in the category of...