Sunday 6 July '08
The decline in Muslim support for the SP in recent elections is a signal to Mulayam to find a way to hold on to the party’s old social coalition of Yadavs and MuslimsTuesday 13 May '08
The low voter turnout in Bangalore is not a new phenomenon. It confirms a national trend that has been with us awhile.Saturday
3 May '08Reports have been trickling in of a new detente between the two backward caste stalwarts...Friday
22 February '08Tripura is only the second state after West Bengal to have seen long-running Left...Thursday
3 January '08There is no clear winner of the elections in Thailand. But the voice of the people is unambiguous: they will no longer tolerate military ruleMonday
17 December '07The Thai national election to elect 480 MPs is due on December 23, the day when in India all attention will be focussed on who will win elections in Gujarat.Wednesday
5 December '07Muslims constitute about a quarter of the total population in West Bengal. After Jammu and Kashmir...Tuesday
27 November '07When The Indian Express-CNN-IBN-CSDS Gujarat Poll survey was conducted in the first week of November...Thursday
15 November '07Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s position in Gujarat today is similar to that of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s before the last Lok Sabha elections.Tuesday
11 September '07Did you ever feel like asking the real “public” or the “nation” to please stand up in this intense debate over the Indo-US nuclear deal...Sunday
9 September '07Mock mid-term poll shows that if polls now, this could be the first time since 1991 that Congress may cross 200-seat mark and first time since 1989 that BJP could fail to touch three digits...Thursday
16 August '07Now that the official celebrations of nationhood are over, one can be forgiven for asking a provocative question: should we be celebrating nations...Wednesday
15 August '07Two siblings separated at birth and brought up in very different milieu meet each other as adults and offer a study in contrast.Tuesday
14 August '07Monday
13 August '07As India and Pakistan mark 60 years of Independence, nothing is a more powerful symbol of the divide between the two than Kashmir, that legacy of Partition.Saturday
19 May '07The party’s own issue has no relevance; the party figures nowhere in issues that are relevantFriday
18 May '07The Samajwadi Party did not face ‘voter rage’. But this election shows that Mulayam’s Muslim vote is not all that strongThursday
17 May '07Perhaps no electoral verdict has combined all the axes of social disadvantage in our society — caste, class, gender, region and urban-rural — as the BSP’s victoryWednesday
9 May '07Despite a projected 6% vote swing, majority may still elude BSP but its likely tally 160. SP No. 2, BJP trails; Cong could hold key to who takes UPWednesday
9 May '07The electoral battle for Uttar Pradesh this time was all about the ‘plus vote’. Each of the major players had their base vote, crucial for staying in the race.Thursday
3 May '07Ever since elections were declared in UP, all political parties tried to adopt its own strategy for mustering support among voters of different groups.Wednesday
2 May '07Who the Plus will be (Cong?) depends on actual numbers — BSP projected at 145-155 still short by 50; SP bounces back to No. 2, BJP slips to No. 3Friday
27 April '07The Leela Group, which on Wednesday paid a record Rs 611 crore for a hotel plot in Chanakyapuri, stands a good chance of breaking even on its huge investment in 7-10 years, given the prime location and the acute shortage of hotel rooms in Delhi, feel real estate insiders.Sunday
22 April '07House still hung but BJP gains because of its coalitions; Mulayam’s Muslim vote is cracking to BSP’s benefit; Rahul’s popularity is up but that may be too little, too lateMonday
16 April '07The third phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh will take place on April 18 in 57 Assembly constituencies spread over 10 districts.
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