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LIVING IN A COVID CONTINUOUS WORLD

March 19, 2021

Though we are still living in a Covid continuous world, it is going to be one year since Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered what was probably the world’s longest lockdown in India. And without much of a notice, life as we knew it came to a grinding halt as we...

THE CULT OF THE STAR CAMPAIGNER

March 17, 2021

After 2014 there have been very few elections where one has seen a clash of strong personalities. For once the BJP came to power, not only did Narendra Modi become the Prime Minister, he also became the party’s star campaigner. In fact, as S. Prasannarajan, editor, Open magazine, wrote, there...

BENGAL POLLS: PM MODI SEEMS TO HAVE MET HIS MATCH IN MAMATA

March 12, 2021

One thing that can be said about the West Bengal election is that it is not an unequal election. The Prime Minister has clearly met his match in Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal Chief Minister. And more. S. Prasannarajan, editor, Open magazine, wrote that there has been no local election...

ASSAM, BENGAL RESULTS WILL IMPACT BOTH BJP’S STRATEGY AND OPPOSITION’S NEXT MOVE

March 10, 2021

The heat is now on the next round of Assembly polls with Prime Minister Narendra Modi hitting the campaign trail in West Bengal and Assam. The fiercest battle is being fought in West Bengal where the sitting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is holding on to her state. However, the BJP...

TIME TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE

March 5, 2021

This is the one topic that everyone is talking about these days—have you got vaccinated or not as yet. And if so, which one? The vaccine hesitancy that we saw in the early days of the roll out with even health workers hesitant to take the needle is no longer...

G-23 LEADERS SHOULD HAVE WAITED TILL THE ASSEMBLY POLLS

March 3, 2021

The Congress is fighting two battles, one is the electoral one against the BJP in the oncoming Assembly elections and the other is the battle within as some members of the G-23 fired another salvo from Jammu last week. Whichever way you look at it, it’s a tussle for power. ...

THE ‘CONGRESSISATION’ OF BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY

February 26, 2021

With the renaming of a cricket stadium (of course it had to be the world’s largest) after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP has completed its final step towards its ‘Congressisation’. Of course, various BJP spokespersons are arguing that the Congress has no right to criticise considering the number of...

ASSEMBLY POLL BUGLE DROWNS OUT FARMERS’ PROTESTS, CHINA AND COVID-19

February 24, 2021

Although the dates are still to be announced, preparations for the next round of Assembly polls are well and truly underway. The Prime Minister is getting into campaign mode and is expected to hit West Bengal with a blitzkrieg of rallies from next month. Since Mamata Banerjee’s stronghold is the...

WILL BJP’S FARMER OUTREACH PLAN NEUTRALISE FARM LAW ANGER?

February 19, 2021

The BJP recently held meetings to discuss the impact of the farmers’ protests in over 40 Lok Sabha seats spread across Haryana, Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh where the Jat vote counts. Home Minister Amit Shah and the BJP chief J.P. Nadda have held meetings with party MPs and MLAs...

CAN SASIKALA TURN THE TAMIL NADU ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS?

February 17, 2021

Of all the elections slated for the next round of Assembly polls, the ones in Tamil Nadu seem to be the easiest to predict. With the AIADMK still reeling after J. Jayalalithaa’s demise, it does seem as if the DMK has the upper hand, with or without its ally—the Congress....

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