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Dissent and disruption
12 Aug 2013 9:02 PMThe small step taken by Rajya Sabha Chairman, Hamid Ansari, last week, in his bid to check disruption of the house day after day, should have been...
Skewed math of Telangana
1 Aug 2013 9:25 PMPolitical expediency by the Congress leaders finally won over reasoning in deciding to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh and creating the new state of...
Poll-dancing to new tunes
21 July 2013 5:20 PMOne wonders if Narendra Modi may not himself become an election issue in the run up to May 2014 Lok Sabha polls. The evident from the way the Gujarat...
Cleanse politics, speed up justice
15 July 2013 5:41 PMThe Supreme Court’s order stipulating that MPs and MLAs will be disqualified the moment they are convicted in a criminal case has been wholeheartedly...
Alternative to Cong, BJP?
7 July 2013 6:45 PMThe Left parties convention last week received scant notice in the media but it has made certain eye opening observations. According to Left leaders,...
Because it runs in the family!
30 Jun 2013 4:56 PMThe trend of dynastic succession has been visible in India for quite some time and it has touched an all time high in Madhya Pradesh where assembly...
Modi joins final battle for PM
11 Jun 2013 6:35 PMThe BJP made history in Goa on Sunday when the party moved from Vajpayee-Advani era to one where it will be led by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra...
Understanding the Bastar bloodbath
2 Jun 2013 6:58 PMGross exploitation of tribal people of Bastar over decades has led to building of what has come to be known as the ‘Maoist insurgency.’ It culminated...
What lies behind CBI autonomy?
25 May 2013 12:27 AMIt was P V Narasimha Rao who cynically used the CBI to embroil his rivals within the Congress party in the Hawala case. Since the Hawala case, an...
Factionalism to hit saffron party
6 May 2013 1:18 AMAll eyes are set on the election results of Karnataka assembly on 8 May. The questions raised are; will any party get an absolute majority or there be...
Mending habits of house disruption
29 April 2013 2:35 AMWith precious days of Parliament wasted in shrieking and yelling, rushing to the well of House – not once or twice but session after session –time has...
Right time to pluck the lotus
15 April 2013 10:20 PMImportant states like Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, where the BJP is in power, and Congress-ruled Delhi and Rajasthan are going to polls this year....