The Business Of Power
By Shantanu Guha Ray
Though the UPA can boast of a massive popular mandate, the new Cabinet will be heavily influenced by the powerful corporate sector
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The Gab Of Hindsight By Santosh Desai
Media coverage and analysis of the election results included both — the ridiculous and the sublime
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Mrs Gandhi And Her Extra God
An open letter to the unlikely woman whose tenacity in staying the course has changed the contours of Indian politics.
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The Humble Tread Of History
His lack of aggression was ridiculed in a rough-playing polity. But the ‘weak’ PM’s decency took him past the finishing line
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Patience In The Trenches
When did the object of everyone’s jeers and taunts turn into the seemingly magical ‘Rahul factor’?
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The Charioteer’s Last Ride
If LK Advani had to add a new chapter to his autobiography, how would he describe the bloodbath of Vote 2009?
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The Heir Less Apparent
The BJP’s most infallible icon feels the heat from unexpected electoral losses in Gujarat. Has the poster boy lost his charm?
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The Solitary Reaper
Orissa’s chief minister says he is secular, clean, earnest. A crumbling state is desperate to believe him
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Lost In Transition
Mayawati believed she could lead the country. There are urgent reasons why she slipped in her own state. Is she willing to read the signs?
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Tackling The Inconvenient Truth
Capitalism and communism aren’t a solution for sustainable growth. India needs to think beyond yesterday’s ideologies
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How The Sickle Slashed The Left
The CPI(M)’s thirst for industrialisation has alienated rural Bengal and Muslims, leaving cracks in the regime’s wall of fear
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In The Red Bastion, Nandigram Went Viral
By Tusha Mittal
The nuclear deal, failed alliances, leadership crisis — no excuse compares with the epidemic of local revolt against the CPI(M) government READ
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A Tide In The Affairs Of Bihar
By Ajit Sahi The state’s results show how Nitish Kumar split low-caste Hindu and Muslim votes to beat Lalu Yadav at his own game READ
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Rise Of A Rogue Hero
By Rana Ayyub The MNS, self-styled guardian of Marathi interests, has transformed Maharashtra’s electoral dynamics READ
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The Grand Old Man’s Wild Cards
By PC Vinoj Kumar
Azhagiri’s efforts, the party’s welfare schemes and disunity among pro-LTTE parties ensured the DMK’s victory in Tamil Nadu READ
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Nano
The Nano and its Discontents By Venu Madhav Govindu and Deepak Malghan
As the Tata Nano is launched to the accompaniment of thunderous acclaim across India, academics Venu Madhav Govindu and Deepak Malghan - debate the appropriateness of the Nano industrialisation READ
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Telecom Trunk Calls To Ringtones
By Devika Menon Rural India is witnessing an explosive growth of cellular phone use. DEVIKA MENON tracks the mobile revolution in a once-fixed land
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Tastemakers The Monks of Cool
By Manjula Narayan
From styling to entertainment design, Mumbai still sets the trends that the rest of the country follows READ»
Civil voilence The Serpent We Forgive And Forget By Apoorvanand
It is high time civil society owned up to and condemned the violence inflicted by revolutionary groups READ»
