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The Rise and Limits of Celebrity Politics in Punjab

Navjot Singh Sidhu and Bhagwant Mann’s entry into politics in the early 2000s marked the arrival of celebrity politics in Punjab. Both emerged...

Rahul-Gandhi
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The makeover of Rahul Gandhi

WITH great power comes great responsibility. The Gandhi surname in politics comes with fame, fortune, power and a huge sense of responsibility. For...

Narendra-Modi Indian PM
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Presidential poll in Gujarat

THE presidential poll in Gujarat has just concluded. No, no, you will rudely interrupt, there was no presidential poll in Gujarat. It was...

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Social upsurge

THE outcome of the fiercely contested Bihar assembly polls has given a new direction to Indian politics to open avenues for mobilisation of...

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After the Bihar storm

BIHAR has once again changed the paradigm: in 1917, Champaran set the tone for the freedom struggle; in 1974, the JP movement heralded...

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Whither Congress?

Obsessed with the demand for it to be granted the position of Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, the Congress seems...