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Opinion | After 2024, Indian Pollsters Must Learn Something About Voters This Year
My lessons from 2024: discount (but don't totally disregard) the pollsters, and keep a sharp eye on politics on the ground. Respect the judgment of voters. In most cases, their instincts aren't way off the mark.
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Opinion: 2 Major Take-Aways for BJP from Delhi
Wild utterances of extremist fringe are costing votes, writes Swapan Dasgupta.
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Opinion: Obama Parting Speech Won't do Modi Political Harm
The remarks, like pin-striped suit, are contrived brawls, writes Swapan Dasgupta.
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Opinion: We Cannot Ignore Inflammatory Sermons in Local Mosques
Swapan Dasgupta on the debate around Islamist extremism.
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Opinion: Will Sri Lanka Stick To Its "Known Devil"?
Swapan Dasgupta on the big January 8 election for the island.
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Opinion: How Modi is Reshaping the BJP
Party's character being changed by Shah-Modi combine, writes Swapan Dasgupta.
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Opinion: Some in RSS Have Profound Distaste for PM
His call for restraint ignored, writes Swapan Dasgupta.
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Opinion: On Tarun Tejpal, Thank God For "Extraneous Noises"
Swapan Dasgupta on sense of entitlement of Mumbai's beautiful people
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How Modi Has Changed BJP's Game to Win Big
BJP's political culture has changed unalterably, says Swapan Dasgupta.
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Uddhav Thackeray May Have Punched Above His Weight
His gamble could pay off for estranged cousin Raj, writes Swapan Dasgupta.
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Opinion: Opinion: Modi's Two Bold Proclamations In the Very First Hour
The new must be blended with existing systems, writes Swapan Dasgupta.
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Opinion: AAP: The Bubble That Has Just Gone Bust
Media hype and then...nothing, writes Swapan Dasgupta
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Opinion: Modi in Amethi, an Amit Shah Master-Move
Swapan Dasgupta on Shah's revival of BJP in Uttar Pradesh.
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Varanasi's Muslims and the Modi roadshow
A hesitant response, writes Swapan Dasgupta.
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War-rooms and election messages in 2014
Indian politics operates on instinct not surveys, writes Swapan Dasgupta
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Opinion: Anticipating Modi's victory are two distinct groups
Narendra Modi has turned the election into a referendum on himself, writes Swapan Dasgupta.
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Opinion: Jayalalithaa is a hard bargainer
The crucial roles of Mamata, Naveen Patnaik and Jayalalithaa's.
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Op-ed: Narendra Modi excels when he becomes the issue
Now that most parties have completed naming their candidates-causing the usual degree of heartburns and smug self-satisfaction-the general election of 2014 is approaching the last mile.
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Op-ed: Jaswant Singh, BJP's odd one out
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was deeply indulgent of him, writes Swapan Dasgupta.
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Op-ed: The manifesto and its total irrelevance in elections
Ideas count - but only as a slogan, writes Swapan Dasgupta
