Modi vs Rahul : High on slogans, low on vision
The country is gearing up for a most interesting election season; what it will throw up will be as keenly watched as who it will throw out. Never has an …
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Modi and Rahul Gandhi: Policy difference, real or cosmetic?
After the anointment of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s official prime ministerial candidate for the coming general elections, two distinct possibilities are on the political …
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Telangana: The politics and economics of India’s 29th state
After nearly 60 years of struggle, marked by two major agitations which saw an immolation in 2010 and the death of over 1000 people, the backward and impoverished region of …
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The Poverty of Discourse: Food for Thought
The current discourse on poverty in India, triggered by a report of the Planning Commission last week claiming that the official poverty headcount ratio had come down from 37 per …
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Modi-fication of Indian politics: It’s now Modi versus the rest
The summer of 2013 is promising to be a major watershed in Indian politics. Though signs of change were on the horizon, yet it required a meeting in the Goan …
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Messaging muddle? Communication holds the key
When the United Progressive Alliance II formed a Cabinet committee of seven ministers on media two years ago, I thought that it realised the seriousness of communication tasks at hand. …
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Nine years on, UPA faces moment of reckoning
Battling a spate of corruption charges and a serious image deficit in the past four years, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has completed its nine years in office, but …
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It’s time to restore Bengaluru’s glory and get governance right
Karnataka had been the pride of India a decade ago when its capital Bengaluru earned a niche as the software capital of the country and the ‘garden city’ where professionals …
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Karnataka polls: Which way will it swing?
It was a moment of hope and high expectations among the BJP’s well-wishers when the party formed its first government in south India in Karnataka, home to enterprise …
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BJP’s Modi dilemma: Nitish Kumar plays for high stakes
There is no mistaking the fact that the BJP is in a bind. With its most significant ally the Janata Dal (U) having made it clear that it would quit …
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