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Organised defections debase Indian politics

15 Jul 2019

India’s democratic system is going through the worst phase in its 72 years as a free nation. The fate of the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) government in Karnataka has been...

Unruly BJP supporters ruin Modi’s image

08 Jul 2019

Since becoming the Prime Minister five years ago Narendra Modi has been involved in a tireless round of foreign travels to win friends for the country and for himself. ...

Leaderless Congress in India gropes in the dark

01 Jul 2019

More than a month after Congress President Rahul Gandhi offered his resignation, accepting moral responsibility for the party’s poor performance in the Lok Sabha elections, it remains leaderless. Although Gandhi...

Time to focus on quality of justice

24 Jun 2019

In two letters to the Prime Minister, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has proposed a set of measures to address India’s chronic problem of law’s delays. The measures include increasing...

Modi’s foreign policy challenges mount

17 Jun 2019

At Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inaugural five years ago, heads of governments of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) were the chief guests. At his second inaugural last...

Decline and fall of the Left parties in India

10 Jun 2019

After the recent Lok Sabha elections, there was much discussion in the media, both in India and abroad, often in hyperbolic terms, on the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party...

Congress in existential crisis after poll debacle

03 Jun 2019

Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s resignation in the wake of the debacle in the Lok Sabha elections has landed the grand old party in a deep crisis. When he offered...

How will minorities fare under Modi 2.0?

27 May 2019

As preparations are afoot for the inauguration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second administration on Thursday, one question to which observers are looking for an answer is whether it will...

An impressive default victory for Modi

25 May 2019

Without delving deep into the voting figures, it can be safely asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a second term by default. The National Democratic Alliance government which...

The glorious uncertainties of democracy

20 May 2019

The people of India have made their choice but their verdict still remains a matter of speculation as counting of votes will begin only on Thursday. In the past,...

BRP Bhaskar

Indian journalist with over 50 years of newspaper, news agency and television experience.

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