Indian politics
Political cartoons in India: Rich legacy, hazy future
November 2, 2022
October 24 marked the 100th birth anniversary of renowned cartoonist R K Laxman, whose creation “The Common Man” in You Said It, a daily strip published in a leading newspaper of India, seemed to resonate with all Indians as it evoked the problems or issues of the day, that...
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The age of illustrative digital dissent
August 7, 2021
It is April 2021, the second wave of Covid-19 has hit India like a tonne of bricks, shattering the entire healthcare system. People are dying left and right, the politicians who are supposed to lead the country away from this catastrophe are missing. Hundreds of thousands lose th...
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Modi wave wanes
December 12, 2018
Distressed farmers, disillusioned youth, scared minorities, neglected tribals; alienated middle class have trounced the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in three states of north India by voting Congress back to power. Is it end of the Modi wave? Or is it beginning of an end? Interest...
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By poll defeats: A wake-up call for BJP
March 17, 2018
India’s politicalscape is witnessing hectic political activity to stitch an anti-BJP alliance, as the ruling front is losing the people’s confidence and votes in North India, ahead of the General Elections in 2019.
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Reshuffling right: It’s merit all the way
September 5, 2017
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's latest cabinet reshuffle gives a clear message — 'performance' aimed at last-mile delivery, with a new team for Operation 2019.
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Maximum Politics, Maximum Governance
September 1, 2017
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to rejig his Cabinet any day now, to infuse new blood, ahead of 2019 General Elections.
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Supreme Court of India’s ruling on privacy
August 24, 2017
In a historic ruling, perhaps the most significant and far reaching one in decades, the Indian Supreme Court has held that privacy is a fundamental right, delivering a big jolt to the Indian government and its pet scheme of generating biometric ID for all citizens.
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Trump’s Afghanistan-Pakistan policy
August 22, 2017
United States’ President Donald Trump finally spelt out his Afghanistan policy and to little surprise he has made a U-turn from his campaign promise to withdraw from the quagmire. His pronunciations have a mixed message for India.
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Can the tiger tame the dragon?
August 18, 2017
Can India afford an economic boycott of China in view of the current stalemate in Doklam?
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An Aadhaar for everything
August 7, 2017
In a statement published on Friday, the Home Ministry of India mandated the possession of an Aadhaar card for registration of death. The move requires quoting the individual’s Aadhaar number for death registration with effect from October 1.
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V for Vice-President, V for Venkaiah
August 1, 2017
Coming Saturday, August 5, India will have a new vice-president. Veteran BJP leader and former Union Cabinet minister Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu— the ruling National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) nominee for vice-presidential election— is seen as the frontrunner to succeed Mo...
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A political somersault in the state of Bihar
July 28, 2017
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar joined hands with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as he jilted an uncomfortable ally, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and became the chief minister for the sixth time. What are the political ramifications for Indian politics?
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