Opinion

Opinion | Telangana A Lab For Congress's Minority Policy

One of the that catapulted Revanth Reddy to the Chief Minister's chair in Telangana is his aggression. He does not believe in keeping it subtle when he wants to drive a point home.

Opinion | The BRS Upheaval And the Future Of K Kavitha

The suspension of Kalvakuntla Kavitha from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi is more than a disciplinary footnote. It is a political earthquake rocking the party.

Blog | Chandrababu Naidu 4.0: Still Strong On Vision, Innovation And Reforms

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu completes 30 years of taking oath today -- on September 1, 1995, he was sworn in as the youngest Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh at the age of 45 years.

Blog | Instagram Friends, Then Humiliation: On The Tragic Death Of Two School Students In Hyderabad

The deaths by suicide of two young Class X students in Hyderabad, who studied in the same school, within five days of each other, is a stark example of precisely that world.

Blog | For Right-Wing, A Owaisi Is Indeed Team 'B'

For years, Asaduddin Owaisi has lived with the Team 'B' tag.

Opinion | Pawan Kalyan: Reel Meets Real

In his avatar as deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Kalyan is playing the sincere, goody-goody guy who asks tough questionssomeone who is willing to take on a fellow cabinet minister for the sake of the larger public good.

Blog | Will Kalki 2898 AD Do A Baahubali Or RRR?

Billed as the most expensive Indian film at Rs 600 crore, will Kalki be able to do a Baahubali, an RRR, or a Pushpa? Will it find pride of place among those films from Tollywood that have catapulted to international fame?

Opinion | T.T.V vs Tamilselvan: Once Friends, Now Rivals In Tamil Nadu's Theni

Both T.T.V Dhinakaran and Thanga Tamilselvan used to be in the AIADMK once, and it was Dhinakaran who had introduced the latter to Jayalalithaa and aunt Sasikala, who controlled the party apparatus back then.

Analysis: Relationship Status Of BJP, Pawan Kalyan, C Naidu - Complicated

Pawan Kalyan makes one public appearance with PM Modi in Hyderabad and the BJP allots half a dozen seats to his Jana Sena in Telangana. This, when the actor-politician is already electorally committed to Chandrababu Naidu in Andhra Pradesh.

Analysis: War Rooms, Classifying Voters - Inside KCR's Big Telangana Plan

Campaign slogans set the stage for an election. If they catch the public mood and imagination, they can change the drift of an election.

Analysis: In Avoiding Repeat Of Telangana, BJP Pays Price In Tamil Nadu

Word on the street is that the BJP made a monumental blunder by allowing its alliance with the AIADMK to crash in Tamil Nadu. All it would have taken to salvage it was to replace the state BJP chief.

Opinion: For Chandrababu Naidu's Bicycle, A Puncture Could Prove Costly

Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu would often take a jibe at every public meeting he addressed -- that his political rival Jagan Mohan Reddy has spent time in jail.

Blog: 13 Reasons Why KCR Is Attacking PM Modi So Directly

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao used to be someone the BJP could rely on - so why exactly has he suddenly gone ballistic?

Blog: Rajinikanth's Finally In. Now, Who Will He Help - And Hurt?

"Even God cannot save Tamil Nadu if Jayalalithaa comes back to power," were Rajinikanth's thundering words in 1996. That played a significant part in propelling the DMK-TMC alliance to power in Tamil Nadu that year, swaddling Jayalalithaa in ignominy. That was also the inception point of what became not just a state-wide but national fixation over guessing when the ac...

Blog: Now Showing, The Bigg Boss Of Hyderabad

If you thought Hyderabad is hosting the political version of "Bigg Boss", I won't fault you. When it comes to threats, vitriol and taunts, the campaign for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election is giving the popular reality show a run for its money.

Blog: In Stalin Meeting With KCR, The Looming Rahul Gandhi Factor

Why would KCR, as he is known, a Chief Minister who won a colossal majority in his state and is predicted to win a majority of the Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, travel to meet Stalin, an opposition leader in a neighbouring state? That too when he knows that leader is part of an alliance with the Congress that KCR had earlier distanced himself from?

Blog: In Memory Of Sreekanth, Friend, Colleague, Inspiration

I feel bereaved today. It is a big loss to me and to NDTV. And Sreekanth, we all acknowledge your contribution, not just to journalism but to positive living.

Blog: Chandrababu Naidu's Risky Plan To Target PM Modi Inspired By KCR

Midway through the election campaign in Telangana, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) changed his narrative. KCR made it seem to the electorate that it needed to choose between him -a son of the soil - and Chandrababu Naidu, who would end up ruling Telangana by remote control from Amaravati. The ploy worked.

Opinion: In Proposing Rahul Gandhi's Name, Stalin's Math Is Different From Others'

At an event in Chennai to unveil his life-size statue on Sunday, his son and now DMK chief MK Stalin referred to Karunanidhi's endorsement for members of the Gandhi family and ended up continuing the tradition.

Blog: KCR Takes Unflinching Aim At PM Modi - At Least For Now

Telangana has only 17 Lok Sabha seats - conventionally too small a number to make a difference in the New Delhi political theatre. But if he manages to effect as vast a victory as he did for the state election - and India delivers a hung verdict - KCR's political orbit could expand exponentially.