P. Sarin (left) and Rahul Mamkootathil | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah and Facebook Politicians usually leave their rancorous partisanship at the door when making campaign stops at social events. However, such practised diplomacy appeared pointedly absent at the byelection hustings, notably in the Palakkad Assembly constituency in Kerala. The electoral battle appeared to assume … Read more
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi Party leader Dimple Yadav and INDIA coalition candidate from Varanasi constituency Ajay Rai of the Congress during a roadshow in Varanasi on May 25. | Photo Credit: PTI For Sudhir Maurya, it’s a third consecutive Lok Sabha election campaign trip to Varanasi in the last 10 years. Mr. Maurya, … Read more
Synopsis Even the best of the rational brain can make wrong decisions when there is too much noise which gets created due to a narrative. Now for the last few days a narrative has been created that due to polls, FPI are selling. These kinds of narratives tend to hit the sector and stocks which … Read more
The death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput has emerged as one of the biggest news stories in the country over the last couple of months. Despite the Mumbai Police initially suggesting that Sushant Singh Rajput died by suicide, some media outlets and politicians from the ruling BJP kept demanding justice for the late actor, … Read more
In 1977, several Dalits had been killed by upper-caste landowners in Bihar’s Belchi village. Out of power, Indira Gandhi sensed a political moment. She travelled by train, jeep and tractor before settling for an elephant ride to negotiate muddy and water-logged tracks amid heavy rain. Her address to the community proved to be a game … Read more