Aditi Phadnis

Stories by Aditi Phadnis

Winter session: The ice is unlikely to break

Winter session: The ice is unlikely to break

Rediff.com   23 Nov 2015

The opposition, while not directly stalling Parliament, will insist all legislation goes to standing committees, delaying implementation.

Amit Shah will stay on as BJP boss

Amit Shah will stay on as BJP boss

Rediff.com   22 Nov 2015

The BJP senior leadership is putting together a case for Amit Shah's continuance as party president despite the humiliating defeat in the Bihar assembly election.

A presidential dilemma within the BJP

A presidential dilemma within the BJP

Rediff.com   21 Nov 2015

The BJP senior leadership is putting together a case for the continuance of Amit Shah as party president despite the humiliating defeat in the Bihar Assembly elections, says Aditi Phadnis

The challenges awaiting Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi

The challenges awaiting Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi

Rediff.com   16 Nov 2015

Although Suu Kyi has won an overwhelming victory, it is not going to be easy to translate this victory into political gains.

Post-foreign trips, the challenges Modi has to tackle

Post-foreign trips, the challenges Modi has to tackle

Rediff.com   13 Nov 2015

The soul searching on Bihar loss, backlash from party seniors are something the PM has to dwell deep upon.

What life has to offer to Prashant Kishor

What life has to offer to Prashant Kishor

Rediff.com   9 Nov 2015

Prashant Kishor, the man who put together Nitish Kumar's campaign strategy, is yet to decide whether he will make a serious political intervention in Bihar or will continue to be a professional running the Indian Political Action Committee.

If Nitish wasn't chief minister, could the Mahagathbandhan have won?

If Nitish wasn't chief minister, could the Mahagathbandhan have won?

Rediff.com   9 Nov 2015

Kumar will always be known as the reformer chief minister who brought governance back to Bihar.

An appointment amid Pak army's dwindling patience

An appointment amid Pak army's dwindling patience

Rediff.com   26 Oct 2015

Is Nasir Khan Janjua's appointment as Pakistan's national security advisor the first step in suborning the elected civilian government?

Where is the space for the Shiv Sena?

Where is the space for the Shiv Sena?

Rediff.com   26 Oct 2015

After five decades of existence, the Shiv Sena's support base seems to be shifting towards the rural electorate but there it has to contend with the network of Sharad Pawar and the BJP.

Nothing has changed under Manohar Lal Khattar in Haryana

Nothing has changed under Manohar Lal Khattar in Haryana

Rediff.com   24 Oct 2015

The attack on a Dalit family in Faridabad days before the Khattar government's first anniversary suggests that nothing has changed.

In the race for Bihar, caste and governance matters

In the race for Bihar, caste and governance matters

Rediff.com   12 Oct 2015

Factors such as industrial backwardness, crime, poor infrastructure, erratic power supply and poor educational infrastructure will take a backseat to identity

The legacy of the Nitish Kumar administration

The legacy of the Nitish Kumar administration

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2015

"Governance, governance, governance," was what Nitish Kumar said were his three priorities when he took the helm of Bihar in 2005.

Inside the digital war rooms in battleground Bihar

Inside the digital war rooms in battleground Bihar

Rediff.com   6 Oct 2015

The election in Bihar will never be the same, reports Aditi Phadnis

The complicated caste politics of Bihar

The complicated caste politics of Bihar

Rediff.com   5 Oct 2015

This election has some striking resemblances to the landmark one of 1977, with sub-caste combinations and antipathies still the bedrock of measures

AAP's existential dilemma

AAP's existential dilemma

Rediff.com   28 Sep 2015

Should the party expand to Punjab, Bihar and other places, or should it consolidate its gains in Delhi? This was one of the questions before the party when it split sometime back. An answer is yet to emerge.

How Rahul plans to get rid of the old timers

How Rahul plans to get rid of the old timers

Rediff.com   26 Sep 2015

'The so-called old guard is uneasy and resentful. These are the makings of a new Congress where there will be little or no role for them. And in their opinion, it is not a Congress that will win elections,' says Aditi Phadnis.

The rise and rise of Rakesh Maria

The rise and rise of Rakesh Maria

Rediff.com   11 Sep 2015

Successes and controversies have gone hand-in-hand for Maria.

The many good things that Magsayay winner Anshu Gupta does at Goonj

The many good things that Magsayay winner Anshu Gupta does at Goonj

Rediff.com   3 Aug 2015

Goonj was eventually born in 1999, with 67 clothes his wife and he had collected.

Nearly everyone is missing a sense of purpose in govt

Nearly everyone is missing a sense of purpose in govt

Rediff.com   2 Aug 2015

When it came to power, the BJP was a government with a difference: it had a majority in the Lok Sabha. Frequently the party itself forgets this

Govt could compromise on Land Bill 2015

Govt could compromise on Land Bill 2015

Rediff.com   1 Aug 2015

Given the Opposition majority in the Rajya Sabha, the LARR Bill passed by the Upper House may be a deeply diluted version of the government's own 2015 Bill