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Last year the "doing things tumblr blogs" were a rage. Narendra Modi doing things and Rahul Gandhi doing things were massive hits. This post of mine is dedicated to Vikas Purush, ...

A republic like ours depends on our representatives. Their job was to make a case for their constituents. Their dharma was to tread according to their moral and practical compasses. But ...

The biggest news to come out of Tamil Nadu over the last few days has been a vociferous call for alcohol prohibition by opposition parties. While prohibition has been a hot ...

With elections in Bihar around the corner, the national political scene has come to life. The stakes for this edition of the Bihar elections are unusually high, higher than they have ...

A historical primer: The year 1975 saw the imposition of Emergency, a highly unpopular decision of the then Congress Govt. that was criticized by many as being contrarian to democratic principles. ...

Kanika was one of the Counsellors in King Dhritarashtra’s court. He was a part of Dhritarashtra’s inner circle. Kanika was said to be well versed in the science of politics and ...

He had a constant threat of imprisonment hanging over his head. His colleagues gossiped about his involvement in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. In a speech to mark the 125th anniversary ...

“Boys are boys, they make mistakes.” – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party   “Rape is a social crime which depends on the man and the woman. It is sometimes right and ...

Mao Zedong was a fêted activist. He co-founded Student Associations, strengthened trade unions and advocated the need for a "Great Union of the Popular Masses". He led communist forces in China ...