Neerja Chowdhury

Mohan Bhagwat seeks to widen tent, with a clear message – PM Modi’s turf secureSubscriber Only

August 30,2025 17:35:59 PM

For all of RSS’s differences with the BJP leadership – and Bhagwat admitted these existed in the Sangh family – the Sangh has never had it so good

Poised to become Vice-President, low-key Radhakrishnan checks all the BJP boxesSubscriber Only

August 21,2025 12:00:45 PM

Vice President election 2025: After Dhankhar's exit, amid widening Govt-Oppn divides, all eyes are on CPR as to how he would run Rajya Sabha as Chairman, even though he is known for being “affable and non-abrasive”

As Jagdeep Dhankhar exits as Vice-President, where will the chips fall?Subscriber Only

July 25,2025 06:46:29 AM

The next Vice-President is likely to be someone who represents a style favoured nowadays: rich in symbolism but low in profile.

World’s largest democracy deserves better than an electoral roll revision done under a cloudSubscriber Only

July 19,2025 07:22:14 AM

With instructions given by the EC to all states to get ready for the SIR – even as the Supreme Court is hearing the matter – the exercise in Bihar is clearly more than just a trial balloon.

Thackeray cousins repackage politics of old, but can chemistry trump arithmetic?Subscriber Only

July 12,2025 08:00:57 AM

The coming together of Uddhav and Raj Thackeray poses larger questions about whether it can deepen faultlines in Maharashtra: between Marathis and non-Marathis, and Marathis and Gujaratis.

As RSS calls for amending Preamble, why it puts BJP in a tricky positionSubscriber Only

July 04,2025 06:47:52 AM

The Sangh may want to turn the clock back and omit the words “socialism” and “secularism” from the Preamble to the Constitution. It's like talking about undoing reservation.

George Fernandes: The man who stopped the Railways, powered an underground networkSubscriber Only

June 25,2025 16:16:50 PM

George Fernandes eluded arrest for nearly a year, and when he was jailed under harsh conditions, intervention of Socialist International, European leaders helped keep him safe

Durga, dictator, democrat. How the 3 veins ran parallel in Indira GandhiSubscriber Only

June 24,2025 17:36:49 PM

Her instinct was to “choose order above democracy” when faced with situations that spelt conflict or instability. In 1959, she had persuaded Nehru to dismiss Kerala govt on similar grounds

Into his second year, past Pahalgam, could Modi 3.0 fashion a new politics?Subscriber Only

June 12,2025 07:26:55 AM

He has leaned on Opposition leaders to amplify India's voice on Pahalgam, his yes to a caste census expands the political net. Will PM move towards politics of alliances as a strategy, not just as a compulsion?

Amid Bihar’s shifting sands in twilight of Nitish, Chirag Paswan eyes centrestageSubscriber Only

June 06,2025 06:52:36 AM

LJP(RV) chief is keen to contest from a “general” seat in Bihar polls in a bid to push his base beyond Dalits, prompting a question whether Chirag is trying to take Nitish's place by replicating his base

Asking why Pahalgam women survivors didn’t fight back demeans all womenSubscriber Only

May 28,2025 18:44:21 PM

PM talks of justice for women; will BJP MP Jangra get away by invoking Ahilyabai Holkar to denigrate women?

A Congress self-goal and a bitter fight with Centre: What a fractured political terrain tells usSubscriber Only

May 20,2025 19:19:34 PM

Whether it was Indira Gandhi asking for Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s help during the Bangladesh crisis or Vajpayee seeking the CPM’s assistance after Pokhran, earlier political adversaries never allowed their working relationship to break down.

One half of the George Fernandes story, Leila Kabir passes awaySubscriber Only

May 16,2025 20:27:36 PM

The daughter of late stalwart Humayun Kabir and a social worker, Leila embodied the idea of India held by the original founders, with her relationship with Fernandes defying definition

Operation Sindoor and a ‘new normal’: A tragedy seared the nation, response united itSubscriber Only

May 13,2025 07:01:30 AM

The new normal means, in PM Modi’s words, that “terror and talks cannot go together, terror and trade cannot go together, water and blood cannot flow together”.

Sharad Pawar: ‘I am very happy at govt’s action in Pakistan, PoK… It was a much-needed lesson’Subscriber Only

May 07,2025 17:52:35 PM

“Rahul works hard, when incidents happen, he reacts. But today there is no mahaul for Rahul to do something big. I would only say there is need for him to work even more aggressively on the ground,” the NCP(SP) chief says

Will nod to caste census usher in Mandal 2.0? Deciphering the BJP playSubscriber Only

May 06,2025 07:15:54 AM

While some in the BJP may have been uneasy about caste enumeration, given the “Mandal-isation” of the party in the last decade, there were those who were uncomfortable about opposing it.

In Pahalgam aftermath: Protect growing India story, send a strong message to Pakistan and terrorSubscriber Only

April 29,2025 07:22:49 AM

The terrorists must have calculated that killing the tourists on the basis of religion will deepen Hindu-Muslim faultlines across India. The government has to prevent that and, at the same time, let Pakistan know that “enough is enough”.

Are Governors needed? SC ruling on TN Bills, BJP MPs’ attack on Court raise the questionSubscriber Only

April 23,2025 17:35:24 PM

No action has been taken so far against the errant MPs. This is curious, as BJP is not known to dilly-dally once it has decided to take action. And Nishikant Dubey’s remarks were no small matter

As BJP, AIADMK reunite, what it means for the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls next yearSubscriber Only

April 14,2025 07:19:23 AM

Till last year, the BJP was thinking about building the party first, with Annamalai at the helm. By deciding to piggyback the AIADMK, the party appears to have made a calculated gamble to break new ground in the South, where it has faced resistance,

PM Modi and RSS chief Bhagwat’s meeting steadies the boat, clears the airSubscriber Only

April 06,2025 07:42:32 AM

A crucial concern for the Sangh has been who will helm the party and give independent attention to the BJP organisation after Nadda, whose term has come to an end and who is on an extension.

Best of both sides | Congress has lost the will to winSubscriber Only

April 04,2025 07:01:51 AM

The Congress has been about power, and people have flocked to it for that reason-- and power is about winning elections, without which programmes, agendas, ideology become meaningless.

Big question from Kunal Kamra episode: Can Indian politics find space for humour?Subscriber Only

March 28,2025 19:40:10 PM

As leaders such as Jawaharlal Nehru and Atal Behari Vajpayee showed, Indian politicians in the past could often take jokes cracked at their expense. That is not the case now.

PM Modi signals key moves in long game — overseas and at homeSubscriber Only

March 21,2025 07:17:51 AM

The Lex Fridman podcast showed that Narendra Modi might be looking to reflect on and push through the big issues that will shape his political legacy.

Does Congress have its priorities in order? Party focuses on Mani Shankar Aiyar instead of Rahul Gandhi’s Gujarat remarksSubscriber Only

March 12,2025 19:20:03 PM

Instead of going after Aiyar for his remarks about Rajiv Gandhi’s academic failures, top Congress leaders should have paid more attention to Rahul Gandhi saying in Gujarat that the party’s revival is a “50-year project” and that those “conniving” with the BJP must be removed.

In South, the BJP’s final frontier, what 3 key developments revealSubscriber Only

March 05,2025 20:31:24 PM

It is not surprising that with elections a year away in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and given Karnataka’s importance to the BJP, Shashi Tharoor, D K Shivakumar, and M K Stalin have attracted media attention. Is there, then, a common thread binding them?