Politics Blogs

Time Magazine’s cover story ‘Divider in Chief’ is not sacrosanct absolute truth

There is a huge furore over Time Magazine’s cover story ‘Can the World’s largest democracy Endure another Five years of a Modi government’ published on 9th May 2019. The cover…

Biranchi Narayan Acharya

Biranchi Narayan Acharya @StraightTalk

  • May 11, 2019, 18:33 IST

The present electoral environment is more painful than Cyclone Fani

Odisha especially Puri, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Jagatsingpur are devastated by cyclone ‘Fani’ that struck on May 3. We almost remained disconnected from the outside world up to May 8 until…

Biranchi Narayan Acharya

Biranchi Narayan Acharya @StraightTalk

  • May 10, 2019, 20:34 IST

2019 polls – The evolving compulsions

The scenarios of Indian politics have seen weird changes since mid-2014. The unthinkable happened to start with a rank outsider invaded the political scene with a mind-blowing success and deafening…

Glktsatya

Glktsatya @GlktSatya

  • May 10, 2019, 20:15 IST

Why Respect For Opponents In Political Parties is dying?

Recently there is a lot of chaos going on in the Indian political scenario. Every other politician is throwing dung and bad mouthing other politicians and no party is an…

Seepika Jaiswal

Seepika Jaiswal @Politicalopinion

  • May 10, 2019, 20:09 IST

EC is no longer fair and no-nonsense referee in the political slugfest

The principal asset of EC is its moral authority as a neutral & no-nonsense referee in the political slugfest and your moral authority is tested when you are up against…

manoj teotia

manoj teotia @True Democracy

  • May 08, 2019, 20:17 IST

Analysing the mindset of an average Bhakt

A peep into the mind of Modi Bhakt from a neutral perspective

Vipin Jos

Vipin Jos @VJC Blogs

  • May 08, 2019, 19:51 IST

Electoral bonds

Electoral bonds make a mockery of the system of democracy outlined in the Constitution and effectively convert India into a plutocracy.

manoj teotia

manoj teotia @True Democracy

  • May 07, 2019, 20:04 IST

Model code of conduct: A snake without venom

“It needs little argument to hold that the heart of the parliamentary system is free and fair elections periodically held, based on adult franchise, although social and economic democracy may…

aditya rajeshwar

aditya rajeshwar @THOUGHT OF MIND

  • May 07, 2019, 19:35 IST

Personality cult to the fore

Much against what one would like to have, this election too, like most earlier elections, has veered towards personality cult rather than issues or ideologies. The single refrain on the…

jagdish batra

jagdish batra @Ethicalperspectives

  • May 06, 2019, 14:51 IST

Chaos and Circus:- Election in West Bengal

Amidst the beating of the drums of central forces, state-run police and the ruling party, the elections here in West Bengal have been a successful circus of perfect power and…

Supratim ghosh

Supratim ghosh @SupratimSpeaks

  • May 04, 2019, 09:16 IST