When Exorcising the System Is the Best Way to Ringfence It
In a virtuoso performance, one of Indiaâs veteran journalists eats the cake even as he is having it.
A man carrying wood walks past the funeral pyres of those who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during a mass cremation, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India April 26, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi
âLet everyone abandon thee if they will, Mother â but know that
I never shall.â This is the opening line, and refrain, of a well-known Rabindranath Tagore song: â
Je tomaye chhare chharuk/ Ami tomaye chharbo na, Ma..â I doubt if veteran editor Prabhu Chawla is familiar with these words, though he seems to have imbibed their spirit with admirable fullness.
âVajpayee: The Years That Changed Indiaâ: A Ringside View of the Political Saga in 1996-1999
Shakti Sinha narrates how Vajpayee dealt with the challenges that emerged both from within his own and opposition parties, especially while running a multi-party coalition government.
File picture of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Credit: PTI
Politics6 hours ago
Given the rich tradition of political leadership both at the national and state level, it is ironic that political leadership, as a subject, has remained understudied in the realm of Indiaâs politics and economy whereas the study of parties, party system and elections receive a lot of attention. This can largely be attributed to the dearth of source material that a researcher faces as leaders in India seldom write memoirs or give interviews explaining their decisions and, the few who even write, do so in a self-serving manner, leaving out important events and decisions.
Is This the End of the Road for the CPI(M) in Bengal?
Many grassroots CPI(M) workers held its leaders responsible for the broken relationship between the top party leadership and its cadres.
Activists of CPI (M) stage a protest rally against hike in electricity bills, in Kolkata. Photo: PTI/Ashok Bhaumik
Politics14/May/2021
Kolkata: May 2, 2021 turned out to be a historic day for the Left parties for two reasons. First, by winning the assembly election in Kerala, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) broke a long cycle of one-term government in the state which was continuing since 1977. Second, the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front failed to win even a single seat in the West Bengal assembly election. In a first since independence, there wonât be a Left representative in the Bengal state assembly.Â
Modi’s “Cultural Revolution” is much ado about very little
By Talmiz Ahmad| Updated: 12th May 2021 6:14 pm IST The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacting with the Governors and Lieutenant Governors on Covid-19 situation and Vaccination Drive in the country through video conferencing, in New Delhi on April 14, 2021.
Talmiz Ahmad
Sanjaya Baru journalist, public servant, public intellectual-at-large asserts that Narendra Modi as prime minister has effected a “cultural revolution” in the Indian order. In this process, he has overturned the traditional structure of the national “power elite” and replaced it with new wielders of power and influence in the polity.