All roads lead to Ayodhya
As we wind up the first near-normal year since the Covid-19 pandemic indiscriminately put us in long periods of confinement, all roads in the country appear to be heading towards…
Beyond willow and conflict: Discovering a Kashmir devoid of politics and prejudice
When the Supreme Court of India, in a landmark move, had endorsed the revocation of Article 370, effectively altering the political and constitutional landscape of Jammu & Kashmir marking a…
Five-state assembly polls: Is the BJP as unshakeable as believed to be?
With the country just a few months away from the next Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party losing in all but Telangana in a five-state assembly poll would make anyone…
Almost seven years after announcing Dharma Yuddham, OPS stands alone in a hostile battlefield
On November 23, former Chief Minister and expelled AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam sent out a press release condemning the DMK government’s decision to end Aavin’s Green Magic milk packets. He…
SC pulling up Punjab Governor is a Deepavali gift for democracy lovers
As Hindus across the world celebrate Deepavali a.k.a Diwali this weekend with sweets and crackers to commemorate the triumph of good over evil, we Indians have good reason to celebrate…
Will the DMK government’s struggle to ban NEET bear any fruit?
When President Droupadi Murmu visited Chennai on Friday, Chief Minister M K Stalin personally handed over a letter urging her to approve to the anti-NEET bill passed by the state…
Good, bad and ugly of Senthil Balaji’s eventful political life
With the Madras High Court rejecting the bail plea of DMK Minister (with No Charge) V Senthil Balaji in the cash-for-jobs money laundering case earlier this week, the Karur strongman,…
What would it take Annamalai’s BJP to lure the TN voter?
Last week, we looked at what was at stake for AIADMK and Edappadi K Palaniswami in the AIADMK-BJP split and how the AIADMK could actually benefit by going to polls…
AIADMK – BJP split: Can EPS and his AIADMK live without the NDA and Modi?
In a nation gearing up for one of the largest democratic exercises in the world when about a billion people (912 million in 2019) are expected to exercise their franchise…