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Final stretch of the race to power

13 May 2019

The last round of polling in India’s bitterly fought parliamentary elections is still four days away and the electronic voting machines will reveal the secrets they are holding only on...

Banks need to be free from political meddling

06 May 2019

BRP Bhaskar, Political Commentator A steep rise in loan defaults during the Modi years has landed India’s banking system in a crisis. Several measures have been mooted to deal with...

Dark clouds hover over constitutional bodies

22 Apr 2019

As India goes through a general election, the outcome of which may determine its future as a secular democracy, unseemly developments have cast long shadows over two constitutional institutions. ...

How to make amends for wrongs of history

15 Apr 2019

Amid the cacophony of a divisive election campaign, India on Saturday somberly marked the 100th anniversary of the most abominable crime of the British colonial regime, recorded in history as...

Indigenous people’s future in peril

09 Apr 2019

The Forest Rights Act, enacted by Parliament in 2006, presents a classic example of giving with the right hand and taking away with the left hand. The shrinking forests...

A severe blow to academic freedom

01 Apr 2019

The Indian government has asked universities to limit research to topics related to national priorities. Since it is the prerogative of those in power to determine the nation’s priorities...

Policy paralysis in Jammu and Kashmir

26 Mar 2019

BRP Bhaskar, Political Commentator Along with the rest of India, Jammu and Kashmir goes to the polls during April-May to choose six members of the Lok Sabha, the lower house...

PMs-in-waiting queer the pitch

18 Mar 2019

BRP Bhaskar, Political Commentator The grand alliance against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, which was being promoted by some opposition leaders, has not materialised. The...

Small secular parties hold the key to elections

11 Mar 2019

By BRP Bhaskar With the Election Commission announcing the poll schedule, the stage has been set for the people to give their verdict on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s performance....

Civilian deaths in Afghan war hit record in 2018: UN

24 Feb 2019

KABUL: More civilians were killed in the Afghan war in 2018 than during any other year on record after nearly two decades of fighting, according to a UN report released...

BRP Bhaskar

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

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