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by Sumeet Mhaskar
2d ago
In Maharashtra, BJP’s pluses are its two terms at the Centre & a resource-rich campaign. Its problem is fashioning a state-level Hindutva-nativist narrative Without invoking Bal Thackeray’s name, there is no Hindutva in Maharashtra. And ..read more
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Churn in church as Kerala goes to polls
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by Disney Tom
2d ago
Price of rubber to Manipur violence, control of parishes to ‘love jihad’, the influential Christian clergy is talking up many issues, in many, competing voices Ahead of Lok Sabha elections, the Church in Kerala is ..read more
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Noora Kushti, West Asian style: Oil prices fell after Iran’s attack. That suggests Iranians were perhaps coordinating with US & Israel. So, a global economic headache is unlikely
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by Somnath Mukherjee
3d ago
Noora Kushti, a term widely used in the Gangetic plains of India, has Persian (modern-day Iran) origins. Broadly, it means a fixed fight, or pretending to fight (while fooling a target audience). The world in ..read more
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Here’s a hot button election issue: Will soaring temperatures keep people from voting? 2019 data offers some clues
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by Nandita Sengupta
3d ago
The joke goes that Sheohar in Bihar logged 45 – for both temperature (°C) on polling day and turnout (%). It may soon not be a joke, given the number of constituencies where turnout and ..read more
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Cash trumps culture: Small states are relatively out of fashion these days because politicians now understand economic realities
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by TOI Edit
3d ago
Campaigning in western UP, BSP chief Mayawati said her party will take concrete steps to spin-off the region into a separate state. She held similar views when she was CM of UP. There may be ..read more
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Iran: A tragedy
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by TOI Edit
3d ago
It could have been a modern West Asian power. But foreign interference & ayatollahs ruined it Iran’s barrage of drones and missiles aimed at Israel again cast Tehran as a major security problem in West ..read more
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Quid pro quo: On electoral bonds and political funding
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by Yadul Krishna
1w ago
The recent disclosure of electoral bond funding by corporate houses to political parties raises pertinent questions about the influence of corporate entities on political decision-making processes and the inherent biases embedded within India’s electoral financing ..read more
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Elections & emotional blackmails
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by Ambreen Zaidi
1w ago
The elections of 2024, have thrown on our faces all kinds of narratives, ranging from nauseating fearmongering to electrifying exaggerations. People making such claims have millions of followers on social media and their only aim ..read more
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Elections essentials: Vichar, vivek and voting
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by Speaking Tree
1w ago
Authored by VS Krishnan Once again, India, the world’s most populous country, is going to prove that democracy is the best form of government. Our election machinery is working overtime to ensure maximum participation of ..read more
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It’s all in the (bigger) family
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by Anastasia Piliavsky
1w ago
Thanks to BJP’s clever campaign pitch, Rajasthan appears to have bought into ‘Modi Ka Parivar’. This slogan also taps into most voters’ view that politicians must provide and care for them At his state election ..read more
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