While ‘He’ is meditating at Kanyakumari ‘They’ are busy lamenting everywhere
The moment Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on two-day meditation retreat, a great number of people started lamenting. Memes and cartoons criticising him were created as they began to insult him in...
View ArticleExit polls prove ‘Abki baar 400 paar’ was not a ‘Jumla’
We recently celebrated the biggest festival of Democracy, the 18th Lok Sabha Elections, which concluded with the seventh phase of voting in 57 constituencies, including Varanasi, where Prime Minister...
View ArticleConfession of an armchair analyst: I suck at poll forecast
I am terrible with poll predictions. So are many other journalists. The problem is that sometimes we get it right. Which makes others ask us every time there is an election, even if it’s not...
View ArticleHindu women can claim full ownership of property, only if…
In a recent case, the Supreme Court of India clarified that for a Hindu woman to establish full ownership of an undivided joint family estate under Section 14(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, she must...
View ArticleResponsible AI in Finance
The financial sector is on the brink of a major transformation driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI). This global movement is reshaping how we interact with financial systems, offering unprecedented...
View ArticleElection Results 2024: Four reasons why BJP’s plan backfired in Uttar Pradesh
It’s a classic case of losing a winning election. The people have given their verdict and even though PM Narendra Modi remains the more popular choice, the warning signals are there for everyone to...
View ArticlePolitics returns to the old normal
BJP’s coalition govt must read the verdict right: basics matter India’s voters can’t be taken for granted. An election where the outcome was widely held to be a foregone conclusion, has given a result...
View ArticleNew Reality For Modi Sarkar: Play Nice
Lok Sabha elections have given BJP-led NDA aweak mandate to govern. BJP has received itsbiggest jolt since 2014, having been humbled inits bastion of UP and many other sub-regionsof west and north...
View ArticleGood democratic politics: Create jobs
High on the list of consequences of BJP returning to being dependent on a coalition, rather than having a majority of its own, would be the pressures on the economic front. Ever since the...
View ArticleBack to practical Hinduism
Just as pundits settled into the comfort of magical thinking – faith in Modi’s charisma and grand national narratives – India’s voters have given us a lesson in political realism. While the digital...
View ArticleWhy Modi doesn’t really need a makeover
Over the years, there have been new layers of conventional wisdom that have shaped the punditry on Indian elections. The first, which has been demonstrated at frequent intervals since the landmark 1977...
View ArticleElections that reminded netas, people are the boss
The historic mandate that the exit polls had predicted for BJP on Saturday didn’t come through on Tuesday. And, given that BJP has fallen short of a simple majority, all bets about the new govt’s...
View ArticleWhy Congress is back but isn’t quite there yet
The big story of this election, arguably, has been the budding revival of Congress as a national force. We can take three preliminary indicators. The first is the near doubling of its seat share,...
View ArticleVideos told the story: It’s not one nation, one pole
Six months ago, this election was a done deal. Then something changed. It didn’t happen overnight, but gradually disenchantment against govt began to surface in pockets. The most striking change that...
View ArticleReinventing traditional real estate to meet modern workspace demands
In recent years, the Indian workforce has undergone a remarkable transformation. This has been largely influenced by technological advancements and changing workforce dynamics. Gone are the days of the...
View ArticleImagine there are no losers: Why 2024 is the John Lennon election
John Lennon, the man who song the de-facto communist anthem and was shot by a mad man for preaching a life without any possessions while paying obeisance to Mammon is the subject of a delightful...
View ArticleThe Indian elections are over. People voted more for freebies than development
I am personally disappointed in the worlds largest democratic exercise as the results were not as I had hoped it would be. PM Modi has brought India to a place where world leaders and businessmen...
View ArticleFolk dance: Also a ‘classical’ verdict
The curtain’s dropped on one more dance of democracy. Over seven phases, it heaved up and down like, erm, a mujra-walli’s bosom. It ended with the audience rising to its feet – and voting with...
View ArticleEducation is really self-development
1. There is a dire need in the present-day society and system of education to inspire and educate people in practice of self-development skills to move towards ‘higher’ side of personality. This...
View ArticleGone Babu gone: Patnaik’s exit shows being larger-than-life isn’t a guarantee...
That Odisha would provide BJP with its best performance in these elections wasn’t a widely shared prediction. BJD was saffron-washed in LS, and BJP will form a govt in the state. Naveen Patnaik’s...
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