Mystique around the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has been one of the tools they have used to perpetuate their chokehold on power. Carefully choreographed appearances and fawning coverage by the English-language media…
Atal Bihari Vajpayee: In adversity, he was a unifier, in victory, magnanimous, in defeat, equanimous, and in exit, gracious. This is his finest hour. Mesmerising Orator A late rainy monsoon…
Towards the end of an article titled ‘Small number of people plotting return to power’, Swapan Dasgupta says: “Then there is the growing desperation of the old establishment that is finding itself…
It seems that the Congress has lost its sense when one hears and sees what its spokespersons are reeling out. Under the ‘damage control’ of the soft Hindutva which Rahul…
As the tense Bhutan-Bharat vs China border face-off over Doka La (Doklam) has stretched for over 3 weeks, and amidst beating of war drums by China’s Communist Party organs, comes…