Eye on 2019: How Congress is expanding its booth level workforce using ‘Shakti’

Congress has made a beginning with crucial election-bound Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Mumbai and Telangana. The party has started the process of identifying booth level workers. ...

From varsities and labs to party office: What professionals bring to politics

Vijay Chauthaiwale is a molecular biologist. Raghav Chadha is a chartered accountant. Praveen Chakravarty is an economist. ...

Modi govt blurring Lakshman Rekha between itself and India’s institutions

The very idea of India, and not just its institutions such as the judiciary, RBI, Speaker’s office and others, as a vibrant electoral democracy is in peril. ...

There may have been reasons to support Modi in 2014, economics’ wasn’t one

Modi govt’s tenure has been a case of squandered opportunities and a ‘lost half a decade’ for the prosperity of Indians. ...

Do your math. You will see that Modi increasingly looks like a one-term Prime Minister

The BJP has not shown any signs of improving its tally in its weak large states such as West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. ...

Modi puts politics first

A budget of promises and missed economic opportunities ...