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Opinion | 'Humiliation', 'Neglect': Congress's Quiet Unravelling As Leader After Leader Leaves
"The door is open for people to leave" attitude has not helped the party.
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Opinion | The Story Of Bengal's 'Real' Outsiders
Bengal has always had a rich tradition of enabling 'outsiders', or non-Bangla speakers, including those making it to the Lok Sabha.
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Blog | Meet The Man Who Got Sunil Gavaskar's Cricket Bat In 1981, And Never Looked Back
Kiran More once remarked that Shyam Bhatia had done more for cricket than even the ICC.
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Opinion | 'Team Rahul' And 'Team Priyanka': Inside Congress' Plans For Kerala And Assam
The two siblings don't function at cross-purposes or differ on key ideological issues. However, in practice, they are often seen following slightly different 'chaal, chalan, chehra', as they say, from each other.
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Opinion | Sonia-Rahul To Maken, Why Mani Shankar Aiyar Keeps Ditching His Verbal 'Filter'
The former Rajya Sabha parliamentarian used to joke that in the time of Rajiv Gandhi, he was on "arsh" (cloud nine), while in the UPA regime under Sonia Gandhi, he was brought down to "farsh" (ground).
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Opinion | Old Mistakes: Why Congress 'Bosses' Keep Silencing Their Strongest Leaders
There's a recurring flaw in the Congress's political culture. Leaders with regional charisma are treated as assets when convenient and as liabilities when they develop a voice and following of their own.
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Opinion | The Shashi Tharoor Congress - And Rahul Gandhi - Can't Quite Understand
The Congress has historically struggled to accommodate autonomous power centres that do not derive legitimacy from its central leadership structure. Placed against this historical arc, Tharoor's predicament acquires sharper relief.
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Opinion | 'It'll Divide Society': Why Congress Buried The Mandal Report For Years
Indira Gandhi was vetoed four times by her cabinet colleagues from implementing the Mandal Commission report, something that could have been a game-changer for the Congress.
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Opinion | Suresh Kalmadi: The Man Behind The Legendary 5-Star Dinner That Unnerved Even Sonia Gandhi
Kalmadi proved that in Indian politics, the man who controls the guest list often has more power than those whose names appear on it.
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Opinion | Is Congress Looking At A Rahul-Priyanka-Sachin Pilot Troika For 2029?
The Congress is undergoing a big churn that may see a meatier and bigger role for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
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Opinion | 'Humiliation', 'Neglect': Congress's Quiet Unravelling As Leader After Leader Leaves
"The door is open for people to leave" attitude has not helped the party.
-
Opinion | The Story Of Bengal's 'Real' Outsiders
Bengal has always had a rich tradition of enabling 'outsiders', or non-Bangla speakers, including those making it to the Lok Sabha.
-
Blog | Meet The Man Who Got Sunil Gavaskar's Cricket Bat In 1981, And Never Looked Back
Kiran More once remarked that Shyam Bhatia had done more for cricket than even the ICC.
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Opinion | 'Team Rahul' And 'Team Priyanka': Inside Congress' Plans For Kerala And Assam
The two siblings don't function at cross-purposes or differ on key ideological issues. However, in practice, they are often seen following slightly different 'chaal, chalan, chehra', as they say, from each other.
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Opinion | Sonia-Rahul To Maken, Why Mani Shankar Aiyar Keeps Ditching His Verbal 'Filter'
The former Rajya Sabha parliamentarian used to joke that in the time of Rajiv Gandhi, he was on "arsh" (cloud nine), while in the UPA regime under Sonia Gandhi, he was brought down to "farsh" (ground).
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Opinion | Old Mistakes: Why Congress 'Bosses' Keep Silencing Their Strongest Leaders
There's a recurring flaw in the Congress's political culture. Leaders with regional charisma are treated as assets when convenient and as liabilities when they develop a voice and following of their own.
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Opinion | The Shashi Tharoor Congress - And Rahul Gandhi - Can't Quite Understand
The Congress has historically struggled to accommodate autonomous power centres that do not derive legitimacy from its central leadership structure. Placed against this historical arc, Tharoor's predicament acquires sharper relief.
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Opinion | 'It'll Divide Society': Why Congress Buried The Mandal Report For Years
Indira Gandhi was vetoed four times by her cabinet colleagues from implementing the Mandal Commission report, something that could have been a game-changer for the Congress.
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Opinion | Suresh Kalmadi: The Man Behind The Legendary 5-Star Dinner That Unnerved Even Sonia Gandhi
Kalmadi proved that in Indian politics, the man who controls the guest list often has more power than those whose names appear on it.
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Opinion | Is Congress Looking At A Rahul-Priyanka-Sachin Pilot Troika For 2029?
The Congress is undergoing a big churn that may see a meatier and bigger role for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
