The doyen of UP politics
Despite reverses, Mulayam managed to stay at the top of the game for over 50 yrs
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‘This was no ordinary assembly; they looked angry and purposeful’
Senior journalist and SAWM member Radhika Ramaseshan traced back her stay at Lucknou and some of the darkest days in Indian history, the demolition of Babri Masjid and the agressive Hindutva politics of the RSS-BJP. Read this article to the…
Ayodhya era’s living deadwood
The Supreme Court of India has given out the much awaited verdict in Ram mandir-Babri Masjid issue. There are mixed reactions across the country. Senior journalist and SAWM member Radhika Ramaseshan delves deep into the history of the Ram…
The challenge from fanatics
The tension regarding the Ayodhya verdict by the Supreme Court of India is gradually mounting within the Central government and the State government of Uttar Pradesh. In such an atmosphere journalist and SAWM member Radhika Rameseshan…
Rivalry without respect is political hatred
The relationship between the ruling party & the opposition shapes the political scenario of a country. Especially when the ruling party recognizes the value of the opposition and the opposition develops a strategy with a vision for the…
Shopping for candidates
The BJP is the most avid patron of the election marketplace, angling for the disgruntled and the discontent among rivals.
Last Saturday, the Congress, sapped internally with the serial defections to the BJP, was about to suffer another…
ADVANI OUT OF BJP’s LS LIST, AMIT SHAH IN
Narendra Modi and Amit Shah brought down the curtain on LK Advani’s 68-year-old career in the BJP and its progenitor, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Advani, 91, will not contest the Lok Sabha election. He was not renominated from Gandhinagar, a…
Chasing chimeras in UP
Mayawati, UP gathbandhan’s central pole, has been ambushed by the Congress and cornered by the Centre
Mayawati seems like a rabbit caught in the headlights. The Congress, which ought to be fighting to re-establish its legitimacy…
Crackerjacks from India’s West
Modi and Shah have injected professionalism in the BJP that’s out of step with the ‘chalta hai’ ways of the past
India’s West has left an ineffaceable stamp on the BJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah , the party…
Pulwama & unfolding story lines
Ambush, retaliation, buoyancy to a reluctant pause—the latest India-Pak bump could polarise the country’s polity to the BJP’s advantage
One has no way of knowing how the Varthamans of Chennai looked at the spectacles of flag waving…