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Within earshot
Festivals and other religious and community occasions are increasingly imposed on all those within earshot.
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India’s misplaced sense of national honour
If India is deliberately risking American lives in retaliation for an arrest, this is an act of great stupidity.
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India’s need for a decisive leader
It is hardly the case that state, its decisive leader can solve all problems, according to Pawar’s own reckoning.
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Indian polls and the art of psephology
What makes India difficult to survey electorally is complicated nature of its politics, deep fragmentation of voters.
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The rising fortunes of Modi and the BJP
Even in states where Modi is not a factor, he helps the BJP in a few ways.
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Tarun Tejpal and Tehelka’s fall from grace
Tehelka is too closely associated with its proprietor-editor to come out of scandal without loss of credibility.
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Rahul Gandhi and the art of oratory
To listen to Rahul is to be told that we are sunk as a nation. That may be true.
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The Aam Aadmi and the BJP
If opinion polls about the AAP are right, we are in line for a total reversal of fortunes for the BJP in the metros.
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Sardar Patel: separating the man from the myth
Patel gave Muslim leaders in Constituent Assembly opportunity to themselves take back demand for separate electorates.
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The politics of riots in India
UP will vote along communal lines in coming elections, just as it did in the aftermath of Babri Masjid’s demolition.