Blog: Dangerous For Akhilesh Yadav To Assume This About Muslims
Sanket Upadhyay | Wednesday February 09, 2022Muslims seem to welcome farm leader Rakesh Tikait's assertion that west UP will not fall for a Hindu-Muslim trap. At the same time, they doubt his credentials, given his history of openly supporting the BJP earlier.
Blog: As Western UP Votes, BJP's Fear Factor
IP Bajpai | Wednesday February 09, 2022Uttar Pradesh, Amit Shah has said, will decide the fate of the country. The first phase in UP's richest and most developed region, lying between the great rivers Ganga and Yamuna, could decide the fate of UP.
Excerpt: RSS Made It Clear It Would Not Play Second Fiddle To Any Party
Bhupender Yadav, Ila Patnaik | Wednesday February 09, 2022Exclusive excerpt from 'The Rise Of The BJP' by Bhupender Yadav and Ila Patnaik.
Opinion: PM's Speech Reveals Rahul Gandhi Got Under His Skin
Ashutosh | Tuesday February 08, 2022PM Modi's speech belies all expectations. He lost his cool, the tone and the tenor of his speech was "how dare you criticise me?" and he treated the Congress i.e. Opposition like filth.
Opinion: Digital Rupee Needs More Thought, Less Haste
Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Tuesday February 08, 2022India has surprised the payments world by announcing that its central bank will issue a digital currency as early as the coming financial year, a crucial decision that most other major economies are refusing to make in a hurry.
Opinion: How BJP Is Trying To Counter Farmer Anger In Western UP
Saba Naqvi | Tuesday February 08, 2022In the all-important bellwether state of Uttar Pradesh, the Opposition appears to have a better chance than was anticipated a few months ago.
Excerpt: Amit Shah Launched BJP's Biggest-Ever Expansion Campaign
Bhupender Yadav, Ila Patnaik | Monday February 07, 2022Exclusive excerpt from 'The Rise Of The BJP' by Bhupender Yadav and Ila Patnaik.
Opinion: Infrastructure Investments As Growth Multipliers
Junaid K. Ahmad | Saturday February 05, 2022Can infrastructure investments provide a strong stimulus for the Indian economy? The answer is a resounding but conditional yes - conditional on how the investments will be financed and spent.
Blog: 13 Reasons Why KCR Is Attacking PM Modi So Directly
Uma Sudhir | Thursday February 03, 2022Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao used to be someone the BJP could rely on - so why exactly has he suddenly gone ballistic?
Opinion: Reading Between The Lines Of Rahul Gandhi's Speech
Aunindyo Chakravarty | Thursday February 03, 2022Rahul Gandhi is hoping that by promoting the idea of India as a 'union of states', he can position the Congress as the central representative of regional elites.
Opinion: The Good News in India's Bleak Budget
Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg Opinion | Thursday February 03, 2022India's Union Budget is both a presentation of the national accounts and the only statement of government policy that we get all year. This year, the accounts made for worrying reading.
Opinion: Why Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget Is Risky
Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Wednesday February 02, 2022The pandemic has deepened inequality by boosting the profits and incomes of a tiny section of firms and households.
Opinion: An Insipid Budget That Nobody Will Remember
IP Bajpai | Tuesday February 01, 2022For the average Anil, there was nothing. No tax relief, no change in tax rates and no suggestion that there would be some in the future.
Opinion: The Filmed Assault And Lynching Of A Young Mother In Delhi
Brinda Karat | Tuesday February 01, 2022When we express our anguish, anger and horror at the Shahdara crime, we cannot forget that it is also a result of the normalization of such crimes by the horrific and the blood-soaked culture of mob lynching promoted by those in positions of power.
Hindutva Is Running Into Difficulties - by Rajmohan Gandhi
Rajmohan Gandhi | Tuesday February 01, 2022The formula might work in some electoral contests. Or it might not. Signs suggest that splitting the Indian population from one another, and pointing to one segment as the source of all problems, is a policy now facing the law of diminishing appeal.
