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Left Behind By Modi

News Tue, 25 Jun 2019

Can Xi help resolve Trump-Kim dispute?

News Tue, 25 Jun 2019

Is Hindutva nationalism spawning Tamil nationalism?

News Tue, 25 Jun 2019

Why America hates Iran

News Tue, 25 Jun 2019

Hong Kong's battle for freedom is a little too late

News Tue, 25 Jun 2019

The Modi Model of Governance

News Mon, 24 Jun 2019

China preparing to resume contact with the Dalai Lama?

News Mon, 24 Jun 2019

Columnist accuses Trump of sexual assault

News Sat, 22 Jun 2019

How US-Russia frost affects India

News Sat, 22 Jun 2019

US-China tech rivalry's ominous implications for India

News Sat, 22 Jun 2019

Rajnath Singh's dilemma

News Sat, 22 Jun 2019

Can the water crisis hurt India's growth?

News Fri, 21 Jun 2019

What I learnt in Srinagar

News Fri, 21 Jun 2019

Are India and the US headed for a clash?

News Fri, 21 Jun 2019

Every party has corruption in its DNA

News Thu, 20 Jun 2019

This is the water reality in Bharat

News Thu, 20 Jun 2019

The new India believes to become rich is glorious

News Thu, 20 Jun 2019

'The world needs India'

News Wed, 19 Jun 2019

2019 is India's Deng Xiaoping moment

News Wed, 19 Jun 2019

We are at a crossroad and that crossroad is Kashmir

News Tue, 18 Jun 2019

We need a new India, Modiji!

News Tue, 18 Jun 2019

India-China: What's cooking?

News Tue, 18 Jun 2019

Can Abe prevent a US-Iran war?

News Mon, 17 Jun 2019

Don't Blame Muzaffarpur Deaths on Litchi!

News Mon, 17 Jun 2019

How will Modi deal with India's liberals?

News Sat, 15 Jun 2019

This is middle age

News Sat, 15 Jun 2019

Different Indias on a flight to Bikaner

News Sat, 15 Jun 2019

Pompeo coming to India with American goodies

News Fri, 14 Jun 2019

Understanding the BJP's rise in Bengal

News Fri, 14 Jun 2019

Confessions of a 'Khan Market gang' member

News Fri, 14 Jun 2019

Sabka Vishwas: Will Modi walk the talk?

News Fri, 14 Jun 2019

3 steps to address the Kashmir problem

News Fri, 14 Jun 2019

SCO summit: Another chance to improve India-China ties

News Thu, 13 Jun 2019

Can Mamata control TMC goons?

News Thu, 13 Jun 2019

Modi 2.0 and the SCO Summit

News Wed, 12 Jun 2019

Column: It's time to sack Mamata!

News Wed, 12 Jun 2019

The Rahul Dravid of Indian politics

News Wed, 12 Jun 2019

A schizo polity called Tamil Nadu

News Tue, 11 Jun 2019

What Jaishankar, Doval can do for India

News Mon, 10 Jun 2019

Why Modi is visiting Maldives, Sri Lanka

News Sat, 08 Jun 2019

What the Raksha Mantri must do

News Sat, 08 Jun 2019

How Modi 2.0 can revamp the judiciary

News Fri, 07 Jun 2019

The problem of Pragya Thakur

News Thu, 06 Jun 2019

How Hindi conquers other Indian languages

News Thu, 06 Jun 2019

India, ISIS, Sri Lanka and the US: What's going on?

News Thu, 06 Jun 2019

Modi prefers total control in his hands

News Wed, 05 Jun 2019

Why the 'pro-Hindi' lobby in Tamil Nadu got it wrong

News Wed, 05 Jun 2019

Ram has entered the land of Durga

News Wed, 05 Jun 2019

An Agenda for the Defence Minister

News Tue, 04 Jun 2019

RJD Debacle: End of the Lalu dynasty?

News Tue, 04 Jun 2019

Shah will enjoy his new job, but will Sitharaman?

News Tue, 04 Jun 2019

Tiananmen Square: 30 Years Later

News Tue, 04 Jun 2019

Questions about the swearing-in

News Mon, 03 Jun 2019

Election verdict is not the end of politics in India

News Mon, 03 Jun 2019

Sai's Take: All make way for Amit the Shah

News Mon, 03 Jun 2019

Do you know all this about Modi's ministers?

News Sat, 01 Jun 2019

Did the liberals lose the elections?

News Fri, 31 May 2019

What Modi needs to do

News Fri, 31 May 2019

Congress needs a new zamindar from outside

News Thu, 30 May 2019

7 big steps for Modi 2

News Thu, 30 May 2019

Modi's government must govern!

News Wed, 29 May 2019

Modi's election 2019 is a repeat of Indira's in 1971

News Wed, 29 May 2019

A 'bhakt' decodes the Modi phenomenon

News Wed, 29 May 2019

Why did Modi not visit Surat?

News Wed, 29 May 2019

Why Modi didn't want Imran at his swearing in

News Wed, 29 May 2019

2019 election and the brown man's burden

News Tue, 28 May 2019

Can the Opposition pick itself up?

News Tue, 28 May 2019

Modi2: What does the future hold for India's Muslims?

News Mon, 27 May 2019

Wisdom demands Modi dial back on Hindu nationalism

News Mon, 27 May 2019

Appeasement politics boomeranged on Mamata

News Mon, 27 May 2019

Modi's Parliament speech decoded

News Mon, 27 May 2019

China-Pakistan ties get stronger by the day

News Mon, 27 May 2019

Elections reaffirm TN as a Dravidian fort

News Sat, 25 May 2019

What makes Modi tick?

News Sat, 25 May 2019

Saffron is a different colour now

News Sat, 25 May 2019

Abusive election season ends: What next?

News Sat, 25 May 2019

Why Kerala ignored the Modi wave

News Fri, 24 May 2019

Why BJP and AIADMK got swept away in TN

News Fri, 24 May 2019

What we now can expect from Modi

News Fri, 24 May 2019

3 reasons why Mamata's citadel fell to BJP

News Fri, 24 May 2019

China hails Modi victory. This is why

News Thu, 23 May 2019

Modi: The Mission Impossible Man

News Thu, 23 May 2019

Why did India take mithai for Pakistan?

News Thu, 23 May 2019

Why Modi Won

News Thu, 23 May 2019

Sai's Take: Mr PM, time to end the national bitterness

News Thu, 23 May 2019

The Nationalism Election

News Wed, 22 May 2019

Why EPS has nothing to fear from TN by-poll results

News Wed, 22 May 2019

Sai's Take: Why the EC is outvoted on EVMs

News Wed, 22 May 2019

Why I Voted

News Wed, 22 May 2019

Election 2019: Mockery of a campaign

News Tue, 21 May 2019

Like him or not, Modi is a risk-taker

News Tue, 21 May 2019

Why I give 350 seats to BJP

News Tue, 21 May 2019

Sai's Take: Congress-mukt India?

News Tue, 21 May 2019

Column: Indira, Rajiv didn't die as martyrs

News Mon, 20 May 2019

$Achievers - How many seats will BJP win? 272\+ or below 170?$

How many seats will BJP win? 272\+ or below 170?

News Mon, 20 May 2019

Sai's Take: For whom the exit polls toll

News Mon, 20 May 2019

What our leaders need to learn from the epics

News Sat, 18 May 2019

Modi's seats? Juggle 543, and you will get it

News Fri, 17 May 2019

Sai's Take: Gandhi was, is, will always be alive

News Fri, 17 May 2019

Modi-Shah meets their match in Mamata

News Fri, 17 May 2019

Sai's Take: What I learnt from Amit Shah's interviews

News Thu, 16 May 2019

Why Kamal Haasan made the Godse remark now

News Wed, 15 May 2019

Sai's Take: The Bengal tinder box

News Wed, 15 May 2019

Do clouds really affect air strikes as PM Modi said?

News Wed, 15 May 2019

Will India turn into a Hindu Rashtra?

News Tue, 14 May 2019

Welcome to Jingostan

News Tue, 14 May 2019

Mayawati demolishes Modi's aura

News Tue, 14 May 2019

Sai's Take: Phew...When will these elections end?

News Tue, 14 May 2019

Achche Din not in sight for India's Muslims

News Mon, 13 May 2019

Sai's Take: What I learnt from PM's Express interview

News Mon, 13 May 2019

What venom! What vilification!

News Sat, 11 May 2019

Modi should praise Rajiv for boosting BJP

News Sat, 11 May 2019

How to be a bigot

News Sat, 11 May 2019

If Congress wins 132 seats, Modi won't be PM

News Fri, 10 May 2019

Sai's Take: Mamata's fury

News Fri, 10 May 2019

Just legalise betting on elections!

News Thu, 09 May 2019

Sai's Take: When Modi was thankful to Rahul

News Thu, 09 May 2019

UP will decide if Modi will remain PM

News Thu, 09 May 2019

Sai's Take: A political Mahabharatam

News Wed, 08 May 2019

What Modi and Shah must worry about

News Wed, 08 May 2019

Why did Sri Lanka ignore India's terror alerts?

News Tue, 07 May 2019

Sai's Take: Rajiv attack: Modi desperate?

News Tue, 07 May 2019

Will clean politics triumph in Mahavir's birthplace?

News Tue, 07 May 2019

Sai's Take: Aisi Kaisi Democracy!

News Mon, 06 May 2019

What poking fun at army over Yeti signifies

News Sat, 04 May 2019

Ahead of poll results, AIADMK displays unusual nerves

News Fri, 03 May 2019

What BJP has and Congress doesn't

News Fri, 03 May 2019

Sai's Take: Masood over Maoism

News Fri, 03 May 2019

Sai's Take: Has RaGa gotten over ArGo?

News Fri, 03 May 2019

Who will s**** us more?

News Thu, 02 May 2019

Salute Akbar for the Azhar trophy!

News Thu, 02 May 2019

Yogendra Yadav: Which way will the poll wind blow?

News Wed, 01 May 2019

10 days after Lanka's Easter blasts, questions remain

News Wed, 01 May 2019

Did Sonia scuttle Priyanka's Varanasi venture?

News Wed, 01 May 2019

Sai's Take: Election 2019: Endgame

News Mon, 29 Apr 2019

How Modi walked into his own Pakistan trap

News Mon, 29 Apr 2019

Sai's Take: Priyanka was right in running away

News Fri, 26 Apr 2019

Why 2019 is different from 2014

News Thu, 25 Apr 2019

Sai's Take: The Akki-Modi Dil ki Baat

News Thu, 25 Apr 2019

Why Pulwama won't get Modi more votes

News Wed, 24 Apr 2019

BJP manifesto: High on output, short on outcome

News Wed, 24 Apr 2019

Is Candidate Pragya a curse for the BJP?

News Tue, 23 Apr 2019

The Mallah Factor in Bihar

News Mon, 22 Apr 2019

Jallianwala Bagh apology: Should we really care?

News Sun, 21 Apr 2019

This election witnessed a silenced Muslim

News Sat, 20 Apr 2019

2019 is more 2004 than 2014

News Sat, 20 Apr 2019

Why is Pak army chief delaying appointments?

News Sat, 20 Apr 2019

How educated does an MP have to be?

News Fri, 19 Apr 2019

How Joko won -- and Modi could too

News Fri, 19 Apr 2019

At election time, cash is king

News Fri, 19 Apr 2019

Can EC see us through a free and fair election?

News Thu, 18 Apr 2019

Sai's Take: Cash makes the elections go round

News Wed, 17 Apr 2019

Will winner take all in Tamil Nadu?

News Wed, 17 Apr 2019

Sai's Take: Missing T N Seshan

News Tue, 16 Apr 2019

Congress manifesto: Some applause, some Qs

News Tue, 16 Apr 2019

Sai's Take: TN heading for a one-sided verdict

News Mon, 15 Apr 2019

Why did Modi skip the Jallianwala centenary event?

News Mon, 15 Apr 2019

Why we vote the way we do

News Sat, 13 Apr 2019

Farewell, Conscience Keeper

News Sat, 13 Apr 2019

Sai's Take: Will Kanhaiya stun Giriraj Singh?

News Fri, 12 Apr 2019

Modi doesn't want voters to remember Vikas

News Fri, 12 Apr 2019

Sai's Take: It's all about freedom of the press

News Thu, 11 Apr 2019

Lessons learnt from Goa's Gudi Padwa

News Thu, 11 Apr 2019

Column: Is Pakistan blackmailing PM, NSA?

News Thu, 11 Apr 2019

A day in the life of a chowkidar

News Thu, 11 Apr 2019

Sai's Take: Minority Report

News Wed, 10 Apr 2019

Can Rita Bahuguna succeed where her father failed?

News Wed, 10 Apr 2019

Sai's Take: Ek baar phir Modi Sarkar?

News Tue, 09 Apr 2019

Can Dalits, Muslim unite? Queries from Ambedkar's time

News Tue, 09 Apr 2019

Why Hindutva vote is unable to grow in TN

News Mon, 08 Apr 2019

Sai's Take: A waveless election in UP?

News Mon, 08 Apr 2019

Pakistan has history of lying about military setbacks

News Mon, 08 Apr 2019

10 ways in which Modi changed my life for the better

News Mon, 08 Apr 2019

How Modi taught Advani a lesson

News Mon, 08 Apr 2019

Sai's Take: When can Rediff interview you, Mr PM?

News Fri, 05 Apr 2019

Sai's Take: Rahul has his work cut out in Wayanad

News Thu, 04 Apr 2019

Elections and the feeling of deja vu

News Thu, 04 Apr 2019

Sai's Take: Ah, that's what Cong manifesto says!

News Wed, 03 Apr 2019

Corporates-politicians nexus can be toxic

News Wed, 03 Apr 2019

Sai's Take: What I learnt about Modi today

News Tue, 02 Apr 2019

Is Congress serious about elections?

News Tue, 02 Apr 2019

Stalin wages lone battle against Oppn full blast

News Mon, 01 Apr 2019

Why I want a coalition government

News Sat, 30 Mar 2019

Balakot strike is a game changer with Pakistan

News Fri, 29 Mar 2019

Modi's 5 foreign policy mistakes

News Thu, 28 Mar 2019

The 'foreign hand' in India's election 2019

News Wed, 27 Mar 2019

Water scarcity not a poll issue for Dravidian majors

News Tue, 26 Mar 2019

What every Lok Sabha candidate must know

News Mon, 25 Mar 2019

So much the phone has taken away from us

News Fri, 22 Mar 2019

What is the way out for Muslims now?

News Fri, 22 Mar 2019

Why PMs need a 7 year term

News Thu, 21 Mar 2019

Tauba! Tauba! The state of TV news!

News Thu, 21 Mar 2019

Will Modi's drum of war help BJP?

News Thu, 21 Mar 2019

Is Priyanka being fooled about family magic?

News Thu, 21 Mar 2019

War isn't a walk through a Hamley's toy shop

News Wed, 20 Mar 2019

Rahul's solo, lonely, crusade against Modi

News Wed, 20 Mar 2019

Modi needs to remember negativism doesn't sell

News Tue, 19 Mar 2019

When will this climate of hate end?

News Tue, 19 Mar 2019

Balakot strike can't be called a success

News Fri, 15 Mar 2019

Dump Masood Azhar project. Get real!

News Thu, 14 Mar 2019

What the first Indians tell us about ourselves

News Wed, 13 Mar 2019

Was air strike a clear victory for India?

News Wed, 13 Mar 2019

Balakot air strike: What can India do next?

News Tue, 12 Mar 2019

Will Imran Khan begin a new inning?

News Tue, 12 Mar 2019

15 takeaways from the Balakot air strike

News Mon, 11 Mar 2019

Why the 2019 elections are like 1984

News Mon, 11 Mar 2019

Stop these attacks on Kashmiris!

News Fri, 08 Mar 2019

Will BJP return with a full majority?

News Thu, 07 Mar 2019

Was Vijaykanth the villain who stole Modi's thunder in TN?

News Thu, 07 Mar 2019

How long can India avoid engaging Pakistan?

News Thu, 07 Mar 2019

Pak attacks: Imran can't escape responsibility

News Thu, 07 Mar 2019

India must use airpower to eliminate terrorists

News Thu, 07 Mar 2019

The battle to save democracy never ends

News Wed, 06 Mar 2019

Why the Hindu right-wing targets AMU

News Wed, 06 Mar 2019

Why is Pakistan muzzling its terrorists?

News Tue, 05 Mar 2019

IAF must reveal how many terrorists were killed

News Tue, 05 Mar 2019

Why US kept cool during India-Pak crisis

News Mon, 04 Mar 2019

An accidental lesson on unsafe roads

News Mon, 04 Mar 2019

As long as we fix Pakistan we are happy

News Mon, 04 Mar 2019

Why IAF needs planes like this for anti-terror ops

News Mon, 04 Mar 2019

Fiasco in Hanoi

News Sun, 03 Mar 2019

Does Rahul have a plan for 2019 election?

News Sun, 03 Mar 2019

How will India handle Pakistan's next attack?

News Sun, 03 Mar 2019

De-escalation: Beware the Saudis!

News Sun, 03 Mar 2019

Do NOT barter away national security

News Sat, 02 Mar 2019

Lessons IAF must learn from this week's missions

News Sat, 02 Mar 2019

Kashmir's troubled future

News Fri, 01 Mar 2019

Need of the Hour: Statesmanship!

News Fri, 01 Mar 2019

US, Saudis, UAE check Indo-Pak tensions

News Fri, 01 Mar 2019