'Modi is the political product of the Ayodhya agitation'

'Although Narendra Modi had no direct participation in the Ayodhya agitation, he would not have been in the dominant position he is now had it not been for the Ram Janambhoomi agitation.' IMAGE:......

Govt sets up team to probe 3 Gandhi family trusts

The government on Wednesday set up an inter-ministerial panel to probe alleged violations of laws relating to money laundering, income tax and foreign contributions by three trusts, including the......

Why the Congress is on the back foot

'Given that the RGF is a family-controlled trust, why would the Congress defend it every time someone accuses it of wrong-doing?' asks Virendra Kapoor. IMAGE: Congress President Sonia Gandhi,......

Left Behind By Modi

'The new order cometh, sweeping out the old,' notes Ambassador B S Prakash.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Effects of Modi 2.0 are not all only political. Or economic. Or religious. It can......

Why Bellary is to bleed again

It’s sleepless nights again for the residents of Kamtur village. Located on the fringes of the Kumaraswamy forest range, one of the six iron ore-bearing mountaintops in Karnataka’s......

Argumentative Amartya

When the Nobel Prize marked its centenary in 2001, the foundation asked a handful of laureates for two mementos each that might be included in an exhibit. "They took away my bicycle, on which I had......