Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Rather than zooming into this fleeting moment of two months, an imaginary zooming out might allow us to see these elections and their ramifications in the context of the recent past and the near future
Ruchir Joshi
Things are often aggravated in the hills. The seven-phase Lok Sabha election heightens the drama with ominous warnings that Sikkim might one day acquire a Bihari or Marwari chief minister
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray
When the Babri Masjid was demolished, the response in Kerala was driven by secular values. But now I find that some people are openly supporting such indefensible acts
R. Rajagopal
Intervening on social media, a chronicler of contemporary India recently complained that 'In fifty years of observing Indian elections I have never seen such vile and hate-filled rhetoric'
Swapan Dasgupta
Fresh census data would torpedo the BJP’s attempts to politicise — polarise — demographic realities. This also underscores the need to broaden the public engagement on population
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