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The AAP’s Moment

The AAP’s moment

It has been described as the halting of the ‘saffron juggernaut’, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s worst recent political drubbing, a ‘Big Bang’ event in Indian politics, and Narendra Modi’s Stalingrad,…

The AAP’s Democratic Deficit

The AAP’s democratic deficit

Less than two months after its spectacular Delhi victory which stopped the Modi juggernaut, the Aam Aadmi Party got drawn into an ugly, bruising internal conflict that led to the…

The AAP’s Moment

The AAP’s moment

It has been described as the halting of the ‘saffron juggernaut’, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s worst recent political drubbing, a ‘Big Bang’ event in Indian politics, and Narendra Modi’s Stalingrad,…

Hit Hard By The AAP

Hit hard by the AAP

Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal recently did something no Indian politician has done to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi. He embarked on an ‘inspection tour’…

AAP’s Own Gandhi

AAP’s own Gandhi

The news that pacifist-scholar Rajmohan Gandhi, a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, has joined India’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will further confound political punters. Some of them were already watching the…

Where Does The AAP Stand?

Where does the AAP stand?

As the Lok Sabha election looms, India’s political battle lines are being redrawn. The Congress, mauled in recent elections, is dispirited. Rahul Gandhi’s probable anointment as its prime ministerial candidate…

Prometheus or Dr Frankenstein?

DR Manmohan Singh, who passed away at 92 last week, will be remembered in contrarian ways. As finance minister and as prime minister, he condemned ‘left wing extremism’ as the biggest internal…

Change his name if BJP wins

THERE is a perceptible voter fatigue against divisive planks. That’s encouraging news coming in for Indian democracy, which braces for a seven-stage general election starting Friday. The last round of voting is…

Who is in, who is out

IN a country where the Constitution and the rule of law have often amounted to nought, it’s the individuals, and tragically not institutions, who rule the roost and shape the…