Ultra-nationalists like Vishwa Hindu Parishad back with NDA govt?RSS spokesperson Manmohan Vaidya, however, denied that there was any misplaced feeling of empowerment and entitlement. “It is not because o...
26 Jul, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Lok Sabha elections 2014: Just a victory isn’t enough, margin equally importantIn Varanasi, where Hindutva is as political an issue as it is spiritual, the numbers are a matter of great pride to the BJP.
12 May, 2014, 04.15 AM IST
Will abide by party decision, says Murli Manohar JoshiJoshi has said he would abide by the party’s decision on whether he needed to vacate the Varanasi seat for Narendra Modi.
10 Mar, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Arvind Kejriwal steals Narendra Modi's thunder on TV, social mediaThe performance of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Delhi assembly elections was beyond expectations.
03 Jan, 2014, 10.48 AM IST
Arvind Kejriwal’s attire not smart but politically cleverAccording to sociologists, Arvind Kejriwal is extraordinary because he's commonplace and his attire describes him so.
25 Dec, 2013, 01.26 PM IST
Galvanising support for Statue of Sardar Patel: Narendra Modi plans marathon run on SundayModi is set to launch a mega outreach programme to collect used iron pieces for Patel's statue, a campaign aimed at galvanising support on ...
13 Dec, 2013, 08.16 AM IST
How will Sachin Tendulkar, the Bharat Ratna recipient, manage his brand endorsements?A safe bet for brands would be to focus on Tendulkar the legend rather than Tendulkar the Bharat Ratna.
24 Nov, 2013, 06.58 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi will need a better script to overcome Narendra Modi pitchPolitical scientists and sociologists say younger people don't want to be seen as recipients of largesse or beneficiaries of one family's s...
25 Oct, 2013, 06.55 AM IST
BJP unable to defer announcement on its PM candidate as pressure builds upAfter JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar questioned Modi’s political, social and economic world-view, BJP leaders were flooded with calls.
19 Apr, 2013, 11.44 AM IST
Narendra Modi manages to shift discourse to economic issuesModi has fashioned himself as a doer and has attacked the finance minister, saying the budget was ‘destined to “disappoint’.
08 Mar, 2013, 11.00 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi a set of collective expectations, a drama of projections: Shiv VisvanathanRahul Gandhi is one of the strangest phenomena of Indian political life. He is neither being nor becoming.
09 Jan, 2013, 11.58 AM IST
Brand Modi: Development talk with a swadeshi tadkaModi was one of the first politicians to realize that the middle class and the urban voter might serve as an electoral constituency.
21 Dec, 2012, 09.36 AM IST
Pranab Mukherjee who thrives on building networks is a measured man and a Bengali MachiavelliPranab never commanded much of a political mass base in West Bengal, but that hasn't stopped him from lording over key positions in New Del...
16 Jun, 2012, 04.10 AM IST
Ambedkar cartoon row: An act of cowardly populism, says Shiv VisvanathanTwo professionals were abandoned by the education minister in another knee-jerk display of populist politics. The event needs to be analyse...
15 May, 2012, 09.29 AM IST
- Jan Lokpal Bill: Does the fear of space loss make public intellectuals and unsuccessful leaders oppose the Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement
Arundhati Roy castigated the movement as an 'awful crisis' that has stemmed from 'the utter failure of India's representative democracy'.
23 Aug, 2011, 12.19 PM IST
- Is cricket a survival strategy for politicians?
Whether it is Rahul Gandhi or L K Advani - it is a new requirement for the leader to be on the ball with the ups and downs of Team India.
03 Apr, 2011, 05.21 AM IST
Australians in India edgy over backlashThe spate of “racial” attacks on Indian students in Australia has put professionals in a spot in India.
14 Jan, 2010, 04.17 AM IST