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Bharat Bhushan
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The writer is a senior journalist based in New Delhi.
    A Tide in the Affairs of Men: A Public Servant Remembers By Prateep K. Lahiri Roli Books pp. 225Books
    A babu's insider view, warts and all

    After his experience of communal riots in Jabalpur and Indore, Lahiri gains several important insights.

    1 Jun 2018 12:36 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    BJP arrogance busted, Cong learns deference

    This is the first time that the Modi-Shah duo has been outsmarted by their political rivals.

    21 May 2018 5:35 AM IST

    BJP has proved an overwhelming number of opinion and exit polls wrong in the Karnataka Assembly election result. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)Opinion
    Rout to power: K'taka shows Opp. unity vital

    The third part of the BJP's election template is to deliver the final body blow using its best pugilist, Prime Minister...

    16 May 2018 12:40 AM IST

    Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti speaks at the launch of financial assistance package for displaced persons of Pak Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) 1947, 1965 and 1971, in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    How Mehbooba averted whitewash over Kathua

    Jitendra Singh posed for a picture with the group and announced that its report would be forwarded to the Supreme Court.

    10 May 2018 1:00 AM IST

    The Narendra Modi slogan about protecting the girl child (Beti Bachao) was turned on its head to mean that the girl child had to be saved from the BJPs lumpen leaders. (Representational image)Opinion
    Rape rage: Will BJP lose J&K govt, women's vote?

    The government's prolonged silence on the two cases and the BJP's complicity in protecting the accused is likely to have...

    18 April 2018 12:40 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dalits' anger may spell the end of Modi magic

    The Supreme Court ruling comes in the wake of the increasing atrocities against the dalits under BJP rule.

    12 April 2018 5:47 AM IST

    BJP leaders Shatrughan Sinha, Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Vote 2019: Inclusion is key to Opposition unity

    Mamata Banerjee's approach seems to accept rather than ignore some basic political realities.

    2 April 2018 3:59 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Will a rising East Wind hit Modi govt in 2019?

    The BJP and its allies should have nothing to fear from a debate in the Lok Sabha where they outnumber the Opposition.

    23 March 2018 2:16 AM IST

    A farmer and Lasalgaon APMC Chairman Jaydatt Holkar said, Due to the perennial shortages and gluts, and the chaos of the onion market, many farmers turned towards different cash crops vegetables.Opinion
    What Opposition can learn from Maha farmers

    In this bleak political landscape, the success of the farmers' movement in Maharashtra points to a way forward.

    15 March 2018 1:45 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Modi playing with fire, driving J&K to despair

    Pakistan has tended to concentrate its fire downwards of Poonch on the LoC where it has an advantage over India and...

    2 March 2018 4:27 AM IST

    We dont even need to look as far as Japan to see a daughter who has taken her fathers legacy proudly forward Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    It's vendetta in Dhaka. India must not meddle

    India has chosen not to react publicly to the developments in Bangladesh.

    15 Feb 2018 2:06 AM IST

    Finance Minister Arun Jaitley meets President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan before presenting the Union Budget 2018-19 in the Parliament. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)Opinion
    Arun Jaitley overtures won't work with rural voters

    In the Gujarat elections last year, the ruling BJP won less than 40 per cent of the rural constituencies.

    3 Feb 2018 5:50 AM IST

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