Narendra Modi's alpha-male image has been severely dented by the antics of Subramanian Swamy, a seemingly out-of-control saffron gadfly.Initially...

The rapid entry and exit of Kamal Nath as the Congress observer in Punjab has once again shown the inadequacies of the party's leadership.A decision...

The "Udta Punjab" controversy shows some of the worst manifestations of governance in the country. First, it highlights the failure of the Punjab...

If and when Rahul Gandhi does become the de jure Congress president from his present de facto status, it will undoubtedly be the first instance of a...

Racist attacks against Africans - in Bengaluru and New Delhi in February last year, in a Delhi Metro station last October, in Delhi a few days ago...

The Congress has a number of admirable qualities. For one, its stoicism in the face of repeated defeats borders on the heroic. For another, the...

Assam has given Narendra Modi a breather. It is now up to him to make full use of the time he has got to recover from last year’s drubbings in Delhi...

Since the Left Democratic Party (LDF) has lived up to the expectation of replacing the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) every alternate year...

Women are now being courted by some politicians who sense that their appeal to Dalits, backward castes, and Muslims is dwindling in the absence of...

Uttar Pradesh is up for grabs in next year’s Assembly elections. With anti-incumbency stalking the Akhilesh Yadav government, Narendra Modi losing his...

It was the Bofors howitzer scandal which brought down the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1989. Since then, none from the dynasty has been the prime...

Even if Narendra Modi hasn’t lived up to the expectations which he aroused two years ago, he is still the best person for turning India into a modern...