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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Modi takes a hard look at economy's potholes

    There are problems, of course, some of them unstated, some overstated.

    18 Jun 2019 3:30 AM IST

    External affairs minister S. Jaishankar addresses a meet in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    For Modi, Jaishankar is like Nixon's Kissinger

    There was the sincere intent to strengthen the Saarc.

    11 Jun 2019 1:33 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made an indirect reference to the air strikes carried out by the Indian Air Force. (File Photo)Opinion
    Modi's huge mandate to be a heavy burden

    The second Modi government is on its own, and it will be expected not to commit the blunders of its first term.

    3 Jun 2019 1:07 AM IST

    Congress president Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference on the last day of election campaign in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: G.N. Jha)Opinion
    What Congress must do to save itself from itself

    The job should go to someone like Mr Chidambaram, who can draft what the party's approach should be to the new political...

    29 May 2019 1:00 AM IST

    BJP workers welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he, along with BJP president Amit Shah, arrives at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Modi's triumph comes with plenty of caveats

    The BJP's share of the percentage of votes has gone up sharply, its seat share has moved up only modestly.

    24 May 2019 12:00 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi during press conferences in their respective party headquarters. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Modi looks a winner, but it's not quite off the mark

    The BJP-NDA win indicated by the different exit polls can't be used to infer that it is the victory of Mr Modi's...

    21 May 2019 7:11 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Beyond atmospherics: Populism' challenges

    Winning or losing an election is not so important as it is to learn to engage in democratic politics.

    13 May 2019 12:07 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of various projects in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    A lack of grace and wit: Sad story of Polls 2019

    It would have been interesting even if the two spoke from the same stage, spelling out their respective views of what...

    6 May 2019 12:32 AM IST

    The state consumer commission had held Jet Airways responsible for causing losses to a passenger.Opinion
    Crisis in Jet explodes myths over aviation

    The crash-landing of private airlines like Jet Airways and Kingfisher is the norm of the market across the world.

    30 April 2019 12:32 AM IST

    2008 Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)Opinion
    Pragya's Bhopal race: BJP taking a gamble?

    But Pragya Thakur's case doesn't fall into the same playful category as that of Rajesh Khanna, Govinda and Poonam Sinha.

    20 April 2019 1:34 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Josh' won't decide the outcome on May 23

    The story of unequal rivals, a militant BJP on the one side and a supine Opposition on the other.

    16 April 2019 12:52 AM IST

    Rahul GandhiOpinion
    Rahul's Wayanad move amid fears over Amethi

    There is no need for Gandhi or the Congress to feel apologetic for choosing Wayanad.

    3 April 2019 1:41 AM IST

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