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Opinion | BJP In Bengal, Vijay In Tamil Nadu: A Story Of 'Underdogs'
The immediate message is this: old voting patterns are not sacrosanct. Don't take the voter for granted.
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Amit Shah And The 5 Architects Of BJP's Historic Bengal Win
West Bengal assembly election results 2026: Strategic roles played by five central leaders alongside Amit Shah took BJP to Bengal win
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Opinion | The Rise Of Vijay, The Fall Of Stalin - And A Puzzle For Palaniswami
For the defeated Stalin, this verdict is almost a reminder of the misfortune that beset his father, who was brought down by Jayalalithaa in 1991, 2001 and 2011. Except that his father never lost an assembly seat.
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Opinion | The 'Silent' Bengal Voter Was Always Keeping Score. Mamata Just Didn't See It
Bengal is not an easy audience. So if the saffron wave has broken in here, the deepest explanation is this: people did not vote only for a party. They voted for a different emotional contract.
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Opinion | They Sniggered At Vijay In 2024. That Was DMK-AIADMK's Biggest Mistake
In many of his movies, Vijay's punch line had been, '"I am waiting." The voter has now decided to move him from the waitlist to a confirmed seat inside Fort St George in Chennai.
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Analysis | Falta No Outlier: Bengal's Long, Troubled Romance With Political Violence
In Bengal, for the most part even today, 'politics' is not seen as an amphitheatre of anyone genteel.
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Opinion | Two Rival Imaginations Of Identity: Bangla Versus Hindutva
It is more than an election. It is a dispute over the grammar of belonging - who gets to be "us," and what "us" is allowed to mean when power is at stake. In West Bengal, the coming count does not merely decide seats in an assembly; it tests two rival imaginations of identity, both confident, both mobilizing, both speaking in the language of moral ...
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The 25% Question In Tamil Nadu: Why Polls Vary On Vijay's Chances
The first past the post model is often the nightmare of a psephologist in India
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Opinion | "Empire Of Arms": How US Economy Sustains War Outside And Violence Within
The contemporary economy of the United States is often praised for its technological innovation, financial dominance, and entrepreneurial dynamism. The social dynamic is based on unbridled individualism, atomic lifestyles and utilitarian theses. However, a parallel perspective highlights the embedded role of militarisation, arms production, and vio...
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Opinion | Dinner Shooting To 'Hellhole' Row To Immigration, US Has Never Been More Divided Than Now
The shooting, the insults and the international positioning are all part of the same story of hate and divisiveness that is being propagated from the most powerful country on the globe.
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Judicial Review, Religion And Sabarimala: How Constitution Empowers Courts
Judicial review is the authority of the Supreme Court and high courts to examine whether a law enacted by parliament or a state legislature, or an action taken by the executive, is consistent with the Constitution
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Opinion | A New World Struggles To Be Born
India may find itself potentially more influential, but not necessarily more prosperous at the pace it desires. This is a critical challenge because one's influence is linked to the material capabilities one brings to the table.
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Opinion | 35 US Lawmakers Just Moved A Bill That Could Upend Indian Techies' Careers
A group of Republicans wants to break the traditional F-1-to-H-1B-to-green-card path. The biggest casualty will be Indian students.
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Opinion | Iran May Be Doing With Its Nukes What Another 'Rogue' Regime Did 20 Years Ago
As events since the war have shown, hardliners and the IRGC are running the show in Iran and are more likely to agree with the North Korean logic that the only safeguard against a future invasion is a nuclear deterrent.
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Will Sabarimala Case Pave Way For Uniform Civil Code? Call For 9-Judge Bench
The third article of the five-part series highlights how, in absence of a Uniform Civil Code, courts had to strike down regressive customs
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Opinion | If Mamata Banerjee Wins Again, It Might Be Only Because Of One Particular Group
Anyone familiar with the recent political and electoral history of West Bengal knows that while the BJP has done extremely well in north Bengal, it has so far failed to breach the Mamata citadel of south Bengal.
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Opinion: Why BJP Win In Gujarat Local Body Polls Has Worried Congress And AAP
The BJP's performance was sweeping in the truest sense. It won all 15 municipal corporations and 78 out of 84 municipalities - crossing the 50% vote-share mark in each - an indicator not just of victory, but dominance in urban areas.
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Opinion | Pak Is Finally Back In Middle East's 'Good Books'. But Can It Stay There?
This is both an enviable and challenging space to be in for the only Islamic nation in the world that has nuclear weapons.
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Opinion | Can Saudi Arabia, Now Alone At The Top, Manage To Keep Oil Stable?
With the UAE's exit, Saudi Arabia will remain the only swing producer with sufficient spare capacity to exert market influence and respond to supply shocks. This will constrain the grouping's leveraging power.
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Opinion | UAE Can Now Easily Meet An Old American 'Demand'. But There's A Casualty: Saudi
Though the timing of the UAE's actions appears paradoxical at first, a deeper evaluation reveals the strategy.
