Opinion

While Mohammad Shahabuddin’s wife Hena Shahab unsuccessfully contested general elections in 2009 and 2014, this will be the first Lok Sabha poll for Ajay Singh’s wife Kavita Singh.

Advani’s problems with the BJP seem like a saga of self-creation when he could have bowed out like a maestro.

Priyanka Gandhi's objective to pursue soft Hindutva is weaved with exploring the space to interact with women as much as possible.

In contrast to its chief ministers, the Congress' central leadership mishandled the issue by focusing their energies more on bashing the Prime Minister than Pakistan.

Whatever their motivation, there is little doubt that the decision taken by the two suave MPs portends interesting times ahead.

We have been foolishly saying we want a strong and stable Pakistan but our enemies are exploiting our fault-lines sub-conventionally.

Every Valentine’s Day, opponents of love express their ire, often violently. The phobia is often viewed as a minor irritant that occurs once a year in our country; the fact, however, is that it is symptomatic of deep-seated pathologies.

While West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee described the SC order as a moral victory, the Centre is mounting pressure on her to initiate action against Rajeev Kumar for his alleged indiscipline and violation of services rules.

The Congress needs its own brand of social engineering in Uttar Pradesh. Its cadre cannot depend solely on the Gandhi name to resurrect the party in its most difficult terrain.

With every global paradigm shift, there are winners and losers. India faces three key challenges in this transition and they relate to employment for its labor force, competitiveness of its firms and sustainability for everyone.

One big challenge for the BJP, which won 12 out of 14 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls in Jharkhand, is to maintain the high strike rate in the face of a united Opposition being led by Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.

The RSS-VHP agenda is clearly to put the Congress on the defensive by bringing an ordinance or a bill.

In the past year alone, as many as 97 elephants have died due to man-animal conflict. A total of 490 elephants have died since 2013.

Not only does this single action of Patel emphasise, more than ever, that he wanted the independence of the central bank upheld at any cost, it also ensures that this difficult and acrimonious debate will now assume centre stage.

Indira Gandhi wrote that she was opposed to the formation of Punjab on the basis of language as it had let down Congress’ Hindu supporters.

The battleground called Sabarimala reeked of desperate patriarchy, misogyny and a total breakdown of law and order,with gender rights and women’s equality thrown out of the window.