Why is Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar spending more time talking about the 15 years of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s rule of the state, rather th...
- Why is Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar spending more time talking about the 15 years of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s rule of the state, rather than his own record? Marya Shakil reports ahead of elections in the state.
- Even though the Bharatiya Janata Party has insisted that the Citizenship Amendment Act would protect Hindus in the National Register of Citizens process in Assam, Makepeace Sitlhou reports that “in the absence of clarity from Delhi on how the new citizenship law will work, Hindus of suspect citizenship continue to be declared foreigners”.
- “Ever since it began opening up the economy in the 1990s, India’s dream has been to emulate China’s rapid expansion,” writes Andy Mukherjee. “After three decades of persevering with that campaign, slipping behind Bangladesh hurts its global image.”
- Sunaina Kumar recounts the fascinating final days of the autonomous kingdom of Sikkim, before it was merged into India amid high drama.
- “The Tanishq advertisement of a Muslim mother-in-law and a Hindu daughter-in-law is beautiful, just the way all their advertisements are,” writes Sameena Dalwai. “Taking it back means we believe that it is mischievous fiction, that these kinds of relationships do not exist in reality. But they do. I am a living proof. I am the unborn baby in that ad.”
- Asim Ali argues that Narendra...
