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About the AuthorNilanjan Mukhopadhyay

The writer is an author and journalist based in Delhi-NCR. His latest book is 'The Demolition and the Verdict: Ayodhya and the Project to Reconfigure India', and he�??s also the author of 'Narendra Modi: The Man, The Times'. He tweets at @NilanjanUdwin.

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai and other leaders during celebrations after AAP crossed the majority mark in the MCD polls, at the party headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Amid BJP triumph, can AAP be a force in 2024?

The future direction of politics also depends on the performance of Cong govt in HP and coordination between the MCD and...

15 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (PTI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Does RSS chief's Muslim dialogue have a...

The RSS will become a centenarian in 2025 and no one can ignore the philosophy of cultural nationalism as being integral...

27 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the inauguration of Bundelkhand Expressway, in Jalaun, Saturday, July 16, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Freebie' politics: Can Opp. use PM tactics...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched an all-out blitzkrieg against the politics of promising freebies or giveaways...

29 July 2022 12:55 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally, in Shimla, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Politics of us' and them': The myths and the...

Hindutva is spoken beneath the breath by the leadership but in high decibels by supporters

3 Jun 2022 12:21 AM IST

An Indian policeman throws brick chips at Kashmiri protesters during a protest in Srinagar, Kashmir. Government forces fired tear gas to stop demonstrations after separatists called for protests against a police raid in a college in which at least 50 students were injured on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | To stop all political misuse, speedy police...

As recent events demonstrate, every party prefers having the law enforcers acting as a private militia

18 May 2022 12:40 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Nehru, Ambedkar and the BJP: Revisiting of...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally led this new-found public embrace and appropriation of Dr Ambedkar's legacy

11 April 2022 12:28 AM IST

Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi chairs the Congress Working Committee meeting, in New Delhi, Sunday, March 13, 2022. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is also seen. (PTI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Congress like an old LP, playing the same...

People still hope the Congress leadership shall arise from its self-induced comatose state

16 March 2022 2:43 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally, ahead of the second phase of UP Assembly polls, in Kannauj, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. (PTI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Will BJP's before' & after' 2017 line deliver...

The central prong has been always to poke at pre-existing religios prejudice of Hindus against Muslims

14 Feb 2022 1:50 AM IST

Senior leaders of 21 opposition parties including the Congress, Trinamool Congress, TDP, AAP, NCP and the DMK. (Representational Image/PTI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | After Bengal, Opposition must devise national...

Opposition parties have to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each party and leader and allocate responsibility...

5 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Representational image (PTI)

Nilanjan: Abandonment whiff to Centre's lockdown exit

India's ruling establishment has so far come across as a bewildered lot, unsure of any path but polarising politics and...

14 May 2020 5:49 PM IST

Oil and gas company employees model for the Aarogya Setu app. (Photo: Twitter)

Aarogya Setu not a magic tool; it breaches privacy

It is universally recognised that crises like pandemics enable governments to increase surveillance.

21 April 2020 12:10 PM IST

In this photo taken on March 25, 2020, AgVa Healthcare employee Vaibhav Gupta demonstrates using a ventilator at the research and development (R&D) centre in Noida in Uttar Pradesh state. AFP Photo

India pays the price for acting late on Covid19

Preparations to meet the Covid-19 challenge were tardy throughout February and the first half of March

3 April 2020 10:34 AM IST