Opinion | How Almost Everyone Missed The All-Too-Visible Signs In Uttar Pradesh
Ajay Kumar | Tuesday June 04, 2024The debate will continue in the coming days over which of these four pillars caved in and by how much. But one fact has been cemented yet again: there is a 'sell-by' date for every product.
Book Review | Invaders and Infidels: A Sharp Exploration Of A Turbulent Era
Rajiv Tuli, Prashant Bharthwal | Monday June 03, 2024From the initial Arab forays into Sindh to the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate, the author guides readers through the intricate tapestry of events, personalities, and ideologies that collided and merged during this tumultuous period.
Opinion: NDA's "400 Paar" Vs INDIA's "At Least 295" - Lesson For Congress?
TM Veeraraghav | Monday June 03, 2024While the numbers flashing on TV screens from exit polls for Lok Sabha 2024 give a staggering victory, way past 300, to the BJP, and close to or over 400 for the NDA, the opposition debunks all of them and puts forth its own prediction.
Opinion | Voting, Exit Polls And Aftermath: Savour Democracy In All Its Forms
Nishtha Gautam | Monday June 03, 2024This general election will go down in India's political history as a single-agenda election. Do you want Narendra Modi to continue being the Prime Minister of India?
Opinion | Exit Polls: Will BJP Score A Hat-Trick In Six Battleground States?
Amitabh Tiwari | Monday June 03, 2024There are six battleground states in the 2024 election accounting for 259 seats - almost half of the Lok Sabha strength. In 2019, the NDA won 196 of these seats.
Opinion | Elections 2024: Two Key Trends Exit Polls Point To
Dr. Sandeep Shastri | Sunday June 02, 2024The difference in various exit polls is only the intensity of victory they are projecting for both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Opinion: Indians Remain Positive, Congress Wants To Drag India To Nihilism
Amit Malviya | Sunday June 02, 2024The vast majority of Indians remain positive, hopeful, and full of energy towards realising their personal and collective national ambitions. However, cut from the roots, it is Congress which seeks to drag India to nihilism.
Opinion | Elections 2024: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Ajay Kumar | Sunday June 02, 2024Modi is known to be a good listener, who gives extended time for solutions to problems he is interested in. Elections over, the Prime Minister needs to focus on taking everyone along.
Blog | Why The Indian Diaspora In UK Is Leaning Towards Tories
Syed Zubair Ahmed | Saturday June 01, 2024In recent elections, the Indian diaspora's vote has split between Britain's two major parties, Labour and the Conservatives. Observers believe this trend will continue, with potentially more Indians voting for Conservative candidates.
Opinion | How India's Fact-Checking Collective Fought Poll-Time Misinformation
Syed Nazakat | Friday May 31, 2024Nearly 50-plus organisations, comprising prominent fact-checkers and established newsrooms, big and small, from across the country, joined hands to be part of the collective.
Opinion | Road to 2024: Will Phase 7 Be The Decider? What Numbers Say
Amitabh Tiwari | Friday May 31, 2024This was one of the tougher phases for the BJP in 2019 as it could win just 44% of the seats on offer.
Opinion | Why Punjab Will Be The Real Test For AAP Brand Of Politics
Ashutosh | Friday May 31, 2024If the AAP succeeds in Punjab, which is a full-fledged state unlike Delhi, then the doors will open in other states too. But a failure in Punjab will have consequences.
Opinion | Rishi Sunak, UK's Accidental Prime Minister, Goes For Broke
Harsh V. Pant | Friday May 31, 2024Things had only been going from bad to worse for the Tories, and thus, Sunak's move to call an early election was seen as an attempt to salvage whatever he could of the Conservatives from the rubble around.
Opinion | Elections 2024: The Myth Of A 'Silence Period' When Everyone Is Online
K.V. Prasad | Thursday May 30, 2024Parties and candidates in constituencies that are under a 'silence zone' can reach voters through social media.
Opinion | This Year's Swearing-In May Signal A Goodbye To Lutyens' Delhi
Shubhabrata Bhattacharya | Thursday May 30, 2024In case this year's swearing-in ceremony is held at Bharat Mandapam, the Kartavya Path or the National War Memorial, 2024 will signal a strong departure from Lutyens' Delhi and a journey towards a 'Viksit Bharat'.