Why Mamata left the Congress!

'In 1997 Mamata wanted the Congress in alliance with the BJP in West Bengal against the Left Front government.''Pranab Mukherjee opposed it, stating it would amount to compromising on......

Old guard needs to make way for Congress to grow

By the looks of it, the Congress cannot hope to return to power even in election 2024. What it can do is to start from the bottom, hold organisational elections, which are honest, and co-opt those......

Covid 19 crisis is cut out for Modi to prove himself

Possibly for the first time since Prime Minister Indira Gandhi called upon the nation to donate/sacrifice for the ‘Bangladesh war’ efforts, and also suffer blackout at nights with......

Why Rajini's 'Periyar row' is not a vote-catcher

If the Congress lost in Tamil Nadu in 1967, never to return, or the DMK and the AIADMK have kept their place in power and electoral politics since then, it owes not to their love or hatred for gods......

RBI awaits the power of one

That's all it takes to protect an institution -- just one person with no past and no greed for the future, says Shekhar Gupta. The eyes of the devoted plagiarism hunters would light up if......

6 states hold key to India's demographic dividend

Perhaps half-way through India’s demographic transition, what is the outlook for the future? Robert Malthus wrote his famous An Essay on the Principle of Population in 1798. In that book his......

How India paid the price for 'EPW types'

Had it not been for the intellectual dominance and political legitimacy of the Leftist philosophy since 1970, would EPW have become what it did? After all, there were other more established......

Where is the plan to give wings to your dreams, Mr Modi?

The Modi government has ambitious plas to achieve 10% growth, but there is no assessment of how much money is needed for the whole package of measures, and where it will come from.In short, there......

The Best Films of Suchitra Sen

Legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, who passed away today, has given us some brilliant films to remember her by. We take a look. 'Suchitra Sen is India's Greta Garbo,' late writer Sunil......

Shubhashish Bhutiani: The making of a filmmaker

Shubhashish Bhutiani shares the incredible journey of his debut film -- from the imagination of a freshly minted graduate to the Oscars shortlist -- with Aseem Chhabra. At 22, most young men and......

Stats: When cricket tours ended abruptly!

The West Indies players walk back to the pavilion after the toss in the fourth ODI in Dharamsala. Photograph: BCCI The West Indies cricket team pulled out of the remaining part of its India tour......