||'কারও পৌষ মাস, কারও সর্বনাশ|| (Karou Poush Maas, Karou Sarvanaash) There is a famous Bengali proverb that says one's harvest season is another's complete devastation. Mamata Banerjee's harvest season began 5 ...
The concept of national capital has historically had no meaning in India. In a large, diverse country like ours, which was more united in spirit than politically, the capital served as ...
The sheer number of variables make the politics of J & K pretty interesting. The majority community of India becomes a minority in the state and the vice versa. Further ...
The MNREGA started as a ‘pro poor’ scheme during the UPA era and was supposed to have done away with poverty or at least account for a substantial reduction in poverty ...
In the first essay of this series, we outlined our theory of neo-monarchy and third Indian occupation. We observed that the key to building such an empire in a democratic setup ...
Narendra Modi’s successful presidential style political campaign for the General Elections of 2014 has in my view, had a lasting impact on how elections will likely be fought in India in ...
The killing of MV Shabeer: Still our society has some Barbarians There are some disturbing news. More disturbing are the associated images. But, the video of MV Shabeer 's killing was ...
There are two kinds of terrorist attacks, one which happened, others which could not - The averted terror attacks. And it is imperative we count both, and learn from both. ...
One of the biggest electoral battles of 2016 will be fought in Assam. Tarun Gogoi is facing enormous anti-incumbency as he leads the Congress to the hustings even as a resurgent ...
When Prime Minister Modi announced special package for Bihar, he was roundly criticised. Some questioned his style, and some accused him of trying to bribe the voters of Bihar. It didn't ...
Why we express shock at the incident of stripping a Tanzanian woman? Has this occurred for the first time in India? Way back in Mahabharata, Draupadi was stripped in open house, ...
On January 30th 2016, Rahul Gandhi visited Hyderabad Central University to join the protesting students in their hunger strike against a number of demands that they have raised after the suicide ...
