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Prime Minister Modi's outreach to pasmanda Muslims: A strategic pause?

The invention of "pasmanda Muslims plus Hindutva" also serves to confuse and destabilise an Opposition still trapped in its old political rhetoric

Disturbing portents: Congress' tepid response to fate of Zakia and Teesta

A powerful factor in the party's retreat from the minorities is its increasing reliance on micro-management of elections, a style driven by the BJP's successes

The nation on Agnipath: Perils of a government that does not listen

Unless the Centre acts fast to tweak the Agnipath recruitment scheme further or withdraw it, the anger could spill over to other age groups in the rural hinterland

New Bharatiya Janata Party's troubled road ahead

The BJP will find it extremely difficult to calibrate the utterances of its loudmouths so as not to hurt Muslim sentiment and maintain good relations with the Muslim world

Flight of Kashmiri Pandits: The aftershock of destroying civil society

The systematically delegitimised leaders of mainstream political parties in Kashmir could've been important instruments for mobilising public opinion against targeted killings of minorities

Stuffing separatists in jail: A muscular Kashmir policy will fail

The Centre needs to convince the Kashmiri people that their democratic, social, and religious rights are safe within India by first restoring them and securing them constitutionally

Autonomous Hindutva could devour both India and the Bharatiya Janata Party

In a formally secular India, religion indeed seems to have become the opium of the people, a mass distraction from the transformative social agenda that the country needs

Political bullet-proofing: PM Modi declares third term intentions

Prime Minister Modi by declaring his intention for a third term is setting the Gujarat narrative and politically bullet-proofing himself

Tajinder Bagga and Jignesh Mewani: Making sense of bizarre arrests

Kejriwal's image of a middle-class son and brother, will begin to crumble if he is seen as inimical to the perceived interests of the majority. So, Bagga had to be challenged in such a dramatic mode

Return of the prodigal: 'Separatist' Shah Faesal back in the service

Faesal's reinstatement in the IAS portends ill for the premier civil service and will impact the government's position in cases that might come up before the Central Administrative Tribunal and other

Can Prashant Kishor stem Congress' slide?

The Congress is essentially a party of patronage and nepotism - qualities that prevent new entrants from flourishing. Prashant Kishor's proposal also requires a continuous flow of funds

Communal djinn and the vanishing State

Though there is no direct evidence that unemployed youth are drawn into furthering the communal agenda, they have lately erupted in job-related agitations for reservations and inclusion in OBC lists

Media dissent at home and abroad

There could be further leaks on Pegasus in the American media, following the one in the New York Times in January

Crucial test for Indian foreign policy as US threatens 'consequences'

There is little doubt that the pressure on India to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine is going to mount. A whole host of foreign visitors have made a beeline to Delhi to this end

K-Files impact: Kashmiri Pandit interests take a back seat

The film neither benefits the Kashmiri Pandits nor heals old wounds. It will instead deepen social divisions in both the Valley and in Jammu.

Revitalising Congress party is not just a leadership issue

Party has no new programme and vision to offer to the people; it rings hollow because it activates itself only months before an election.

After state election results, it is advantage Modi all the way

A struggling and demoralised Congress cannot hope to crystallise an Opposition challenge to the Prime Minister in the run up to 2024 elections.

Why even a UP win won't stem the current regime's slide

Given the magnitude of unemployment, it will be difficult to resolve regardless of whoever becomes chief minister of UP

Yogi and Kejriwal could enter national politics

Kejriwal has successfully used the media to equate political change with himself, leaving other parties wondering how a small party like AAP gathered finances needed to contest Punjab elections.

Incitement to violence: When will Supreme Court take note?

In the Tehseen Poonawala judgement, the Court had asked that a Nodal Officer be appointed in each district to monitor and identify, with police help, tendencies for vigilantism, mob-violence.