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Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
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.
    Smriti IraniOpinion
    Party with a difference shifts away from roots

    Another way of phrasing the declaration is that for Ms Irani, the leader is paramount over the party and what it stands...

    9 Feb 2019 2:15 AM IST

    Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at an election rally in Raebareli. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Priyanka's entry shakes politics, in UP & beyond

    After Priyanka Gandhi's entry into politics, however, it is difficult to envisage an Opposition alliance minus the...

    25 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

    PM Narendra Modi and Amit shah (Photo: File/PTI)Opinion
    Hopes, fears dominate the new 2019 narrative

    The Narendra Modi-led BJP is depicting a nightmare that would be India's fate if an unstable, non-ideological coalition...

    11 Jan 2019 12:10 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said that the government has taken several measures for improving the ease of doing business in the country. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    After a year of big shifts, decision time lies ahead

    The defeat of the BJP in the Lok Sabha byelection in Kairana convinced the Opposition parties that alliance formation...

    28 Dec 2018 12:00 AM IST

    A Congress supporter waves a flag at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday after the partys win in the Assembly elections in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    2019: Cong needs new vision' to take on BJP

    To understand the test ahead there is first a need for a deep dive into the verdict from the states where the Congress...

    14 Dec 2018 12:05 AM IST

    Supporters gather at Kar Sevak Puram as they participate in a Dharam Sabha, organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad to push for the construction of the Ram Temple, in Ayodhya. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    BJP, RSS & Ayodhya: The future is unclear

    The BJP also secured a majority in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly and formed a government in the state.

    30 Nov 2018 12:34 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah will observe a day-long fast on Thursday April 12, over disruptions during Budget session of parliament. (Photo: File | PTI)Opinion
    Amid changing politics, new dawn on horizon?

    There are many reasons for Congress leaders being more daring in displaying religiosity in the course this round of...

    16 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

    PM Modi dedicated the 597 feet or 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to the nation on his 143rd birth anniversary in Gujarats Narmada district. (Photo: Twitter | @narendramodi)Opinion
    Why the Sangh needs to bank on Sardar's legacy

    The issue of Patel not being conferred the Bharat Ratna is cited as proof of his undermining.

    2 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

    Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi AdityanathOpinion
    The politics of renaming

    Although the politics of renaming has acquired greater public attention since 2014, the plan is part of the saffron...

    20 Oct 2018 1:21 AM IST

    BSP supremo Mayawati. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Maya jolt to Opposition unity: Is BJP glee premature?

    Among the three states, the Congress has the least of problems in Rajasthan because the party unit is working more...

    5 Oct 2018 12:59 AM IST

    RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat speaks at an event, titled Future of Bharat: An RSS perspective , at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Why RSS is reaching out to Middle India

    There are two prisms through which one can view the RSS' most concerted bid at public relations.

    21 Sept 2018 12:20 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Rahul must speak more on aam aadmi issues

    The mass quotient and canniness of Gandhi's electoral campaign has to increase.

    7 Sept 2018 7:07 AM IST

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