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Kaun Banega Pradhan Mantri? Game on!

As the temperatures sharply dip in the national capital, the political heat is rising. The…

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Why BJP should worry, not be in denial

In 2004, a few weeks before the general elections and a day after the Lucknow…

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The Five State Election: Ten Takeaways..

1) In electoral politics, no one is invincible, not even self styled Bahubalis and political…

Congress’s Make or Break Election

Defeat in sport can be dispiriting and contagious. In the 1980s, most teams lost to…

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No Ram or Rafale, the Rozi Roti election in MP

In the age of T-20 style elections — instant opinion, shoot and scoot polls and…

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DeMo@2: What’s to ‘celebrate’?

For a government which has mastered the art of event management and never missed an…

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CBI’s ‘War’: Gujarat Model comes to Delhi

In the 70 mm cacophonic build up to the 2014 general elections, a recurring theme…

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Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Test’ Now

For four years and a bit, every time there has been a major state election,…

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Is Modi government being unnerved by Rafale ‘war’?

Politics in the media age is increasingly about perception management which in turn is about…

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Kaamdar vs Naamdar: is Cong falling into a BJP trap?

One of the more persistent criticisms against the Narendra Modi government has been that far…