The recent elections in Uttar Pradesh were very important and the results have surprised most people. It is very important to try to understand the election results in an unbiased way with a view to learning from them.
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Why and How BJP Won So Massively in Uttar Pradesh
2 April 2017, by Bharat Dogra -
Communalism Trumps Social Justice For Now
2 April 2017, by Sandeep PandeyAfter the implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations by the Vishwanath Pratap Singh Government at the Centre in 1990, it has been only an Other Backward Classes or a Scheduled Caste leader in Uttar Pradesh at the helm, except for a (...) -
The Real Message from Uttar Pradesh
2 April 2017by S.P. Shukla
A lot has been written about the results of the UP Assembly elections which seem to have confounded the critics as well as the participants in equal measure.
Much of what has been said is more of a description than analysis. Take, (...) -
Conversion of a Hindu Priest in India
2 April 2017by L.K. Sharma
India is a happening place. It has just witnessed the rare event of a Hindu priest becoming the Chief Minister of its politically most influential State of Uttar Pradesh (UP). Ajay Singh Bisht became Yogi Adityanath and after the (...) -
Towards Bosnia?
2 April 2017, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Bombay is burning. Sopore is burning.
Bombay marks the worst of Hindu-Muslim communal violence since the bloody days of the partition that came with the independence of India. The civil aministration having failed, the Army (...) -
Back to Square One
2 April 2017, by Kuldip NayarWe are back to square one. The Supreme Court has advised the two parties, those who want the Babri Masjid to be reconstructed and those who claim that the site is that of Lord Rama’s. In its judgment, the Court has advised the different parties (...) -
Doomsday for UP!
2 April 2017, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
Doomsday for the State of Uttar Pradesh with the appointment of Yogi Adityanath as the Chief Minister. Well, that was my first spon-taneous reaction as soon as that news had trickled in. And this reaction is getting com-pounded as (...) -
Fake News, Post-Truth, Ethics and Me
2 April 2017, by Kobad GhandyLeftist thinker Kobad Gandhy has sent this short piece for publication from Cherlapalli Central Jail, Cherlapalli, Medchal district, Hyderabad where he is currently lodged.
In the West the people have known since long that the (...) -
On Uniform Civil Code
2 April 2017, by Eduardo FaleiroThe question of a Uniform Civil Code is one of the most controversial issues in Indian politics today. The Uniform Civil Code is intended to replace personal laws based on customs and religion of the major communities of India by one common law (...) -
In Memory of my Friend Syed Shahabuddin
2 April 2017, by Muchkund DubeySyed Shahbuddin’s demise on March 4, 2017 came as a great personal loss to me. My association with Shahab, as I affectionately called him, dates back to our year of matriculation from the Patna University in 1950. After that, he joined the (...)
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