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Opinion Polls Predict Tough Time for NDA

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LOK SABHA ELECTION 2019 The ABP-CVoter and India Today-Karvy have come up with Opinion Polls that show the revival of the UPA and the challenges to the sweeping success of the NDA across the nation.

Politics of Intolerance Brings India at Power with Trump’s America

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Amit Shah’s political rally in Malda days after the mega opposition gathering in Kolkata asserts the birth of a culture of politics premised on allegation and counter-allegation rather than grassroots effort.

When ‘Tampered’ EVMs Lead to a ‘Tampered’ Democracy: Syed Shuja Revives Age-Old Debate

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Controversial allegations by Syed Shuja about the tampering of EVMs in General Election (2014) have revived the debate about the credibility of EVMs and the possibility of political manipulation.

Assam in Cacophony over the Citizenship Amendment Bill

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THE CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT BILL | The Citizenship Amendment Bill has generated widespread unease and protest in Assam as it proposes to leave a great part of the state’s population stateless and homeless.  Will a democratic nation turn a deaf ear to the voice of the marginal?

Seeing Through Mamata’s Rally and Modi’s Satire

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EDITORIAL Mamata Banerjee's 'United India' rally in Kolkata, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vehement critique of this sort of mahagathbandhan indicate that in this election...

Unforgotten Safdar Hashmi: The Artist’s Resistance

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Safdar Hashmi was one of the best known playwrights of India who wrote captivating plays on social issues, granting a voice to dissent in contemporary times.

AFSPA Extended in Nagaland despite Repealing Pleas

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The AFSPA has been extended in Nagaland for six more months after a notification was issued by the Home Ministry. The Centre asserted that the region was ‘disturbed and dangerous.’

Films on Being Muslim in India Today

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The intricate and vulnerable bond between Hindus and Muslims in contemporary Indian society characterised by intolerance and mutual suspicion have been spoken about in recent films like Mulk, Manto and Kedarnath generating a debate on the complexity of Indianness in our times.

A Day in the Life of the Prime Minister: A Day of Rhetoric

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POLITICS On December 16th Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Rae Bareli and delivered a speech full of rhetoric. And then he came to Prayagraj and amid priests and sadhus offered Puja to Ganga.  How does one make sense of the day in the life of the Prime Minister when the nation is torn with innumerable problems ranging from the killing of civilians in Kashmir to the agony of the farmers?

Sajjan Kumar Has Gone. What About Us?

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COMMENTARY For his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots Mr. Sajjan Kumar has been sentenced to life imprisonment. This is not the victory of the BJP, Are we fundamentally different from Mr.Sajjan Kumar?

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