Opinion Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Columnists Columnists Dinesh NarayananMahesh SachdevNishtha GautamAditi BhaduriSyed Zubair AhmedKanwal SibalYashwant DeshmukhHarsh V. PantManoj Kewalramani More Columnists Bloggers BLOGGERS Pankaj MishraShantanu Guha RayJitendra DixitRohit KhannaMaya SharmaAditi GautamPoonam MalpureDeborah Ann Samuel More Bloggers Opinion: Rahul May Just Have Put BJP on the Defensive The BJP has come to believe that Rahul Gandhi is an ineffectual 'Pappu'. Suddenly, has has hit and they don't know whether to attack him, says Kumar Ketkar. May 01, 2015 20:02 pm IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Opinion: The Sena-BJP Alliance Running Out Of Steam Yet again, there is an organized effort to raise communal passions in Mumbai. But mercifully, no violence has erupted. Apr 14, 2015 11:13 am IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Opinion: General Amit Shah's Black Tuesday Modi myth exploded in Delhi, writes Kumar Ketkar. Feb 16, 2015 12:32 pm IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Opinion: Without Bal Thackeray, Sena Seems Lost His father's birth anniversary highlights a Sena that's lost, writes Kumar Ketkar. Jan 25, 2015 13:35 pm IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Opinion: 50 Shades of Socialists vs BJP History is on BJP's side, writes Kumar Ketkar. Nov 28, 2014 20:58 pm IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Opinion: Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, Cornered Together The hostilities have enervated both, writes Kumar Ketkar. Nov 18, 2014 13:48 pm IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Opinion: The New Jungle Book That is Maharashtra Politics They have called each other "rats" and "cats" and "lame ducks," writes Kumar Ketkar. Nov 13, 2014 12:00 pm IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Opinion: Fadnavis May Win, But Can He Last? Full-term anxiety being raised by section of BJP, writes Kumar Ketkar. Nov 06, 2014 21:46 pm IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email What BJP's Victory Means for Maharashtra A complex state to govern, writes Kumar Ketkar. Oct 21, 2014 11:35 am IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email What BJP's Victory Means for Maharashtra A complex state to govern, writes Kumar Ketkar. Oct 21, 2014 01:03 am IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Modi Delivers "Congress-Mukt" Maharashtra Congress' losses piling up like an epidemic, writes Kumar Ketkar. Oct 16, 2014 10:24 am IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Opinion: BJP Appears Set to Take Maharashtra Kumar Ketkar on how the BJP stole Sena's march. Oct 13, 2014 11:54 am IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Opinion: The Mumbaikar vs Gujarati Divide in This Election The move-to-Gujarat appeal creates new tension, writes Kumar Ketkar. Oct 08, 2014 13:42 pm IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Opinion: It's Advantage Uddhav Thackeray Raj has been eclipsed; Uddhav appears strong, writes Kumar Ketkar Sep 30, 2014 11:15 am IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Narendra Modi Consistently Ignored Uddhav Thackeray Balasaheb Thackeray enjoyed trust and affection of Vajpayee, writes Kumar Ketkar Sep 26, 2014 13:36 pm IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email The Trapeze Act That is Maharashtra Politics Raj Thackeray is the joker in the pack, writes Kumar Ketkar Sep 18, 2014 15:56 pm IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Opinion: The Space Kejriwal Needs To Re-Occupy A long list of people vowed cleaner politics, writes Kumar Ketkar Sep 12, 2014 13:09 pm IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Opinion: Hailing Narendra Modi's Japan Visit As 'Historic' For India, Japan is neither threat nor competitor, says Kumar Ketkar. Sep 01, 2014 12:02 pm IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Opinion: BJP, Read the Signs That Modi Magic is Limited Despite denials, Modi wave appears curbed, says Kumar Ketkar Aug 26, 2014 18:31 pm IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email Opinion: Congress Refuses to Blame Rahul Gandhi. So What? Rahul failed, but other party leaders have, too, writes Kumar Ketkar. Aug 18, 2014 14:21 pm IST Share Twitter WhatsApp Facebook Reddit Email More author