Opinion | Is Polarised Politics Pushing People Out Of The Political Process?Amitabh Tiwari | Monday April 22, 2024 The recently concluded Phase 1 of the Lok Sabha elections this year recorded a voter turnout of 65.5%, lower than the almost 70% turnout recorded in 2019.Opinion | Poll Sops: Why Voters Must Question Their Long-Term Feasibility TooBibek Debroy, Aditya Sinha | Monday April 22, 2024 The true measure of responsible governance should be the ability of a party to articulate how it will balance short-term electoral incentives with the long-term fiscal health of the economy.Opinion | How PM Modi Transformed India's GovernanceDhiraj Nayyar | Monday April 22, 2024 Since 2014, the Modi government has contested vested interests and responded to the aspirations of the people.Opinion | A Shaky World Order: Can India Navigate A Russia-China-Iran Axis?Manoj Kewalramani, Anushka Saxena | Monday April 22, 2024 India may find it hard to balance its deepening ties with the West and the emerging partnership between China, Russia and Iran. A Cold War-style confrontation can be detrimental to India's approach of multi-alignment and strategic autonomy.Book Excerpt | Modi's Impact Runs Deeper Than Material AchievementsPradeep Bhandari | Sunday April 21, 2024 "Those in power who have kept a distance from the hearts and the minds of the common man can't understand why Modi has surpassed all political expectations. Or what the Modi Phenomena is," journalist Pradeep Bhandari writes in his book. Excerpts:Opinion | Nationalism And Elections: BJP Understands, Opposition Still Doesn'tNishtha Gautam | Saturday April 20, 2024 When the BJP ratcheted its nationalism game up, the Opposition left the field on its ideological high horse. That's exactly what the BJP wanted - to be the only option.Opinion | Above-Normal Rainfall Is Good News, But There's A Deeper ProblemBharti Mishra Nath | Saturday April 20, 2024 India needs a countrywide law to regulate groundwater and manage freshwater resources. Overdependence on monsoons should have been a thing of the past by now.Opinion | Election Commission: Four Questions To Ask India's 'Neutral' UmpireDerek O'Brien | Saturday April 20, 2024 Independent, non-partisan, effective, fair, efficient, are adjectives that must fit snugly into the pockets of the black and white coats of this neutral election umpire. But do they?Book Excerpt | Crypto, Drugs, Dark Web: Inside India's Murky MarketplacesMitali Mukherjee | Friday April 19, 2024 Here is an excerpt from Mitali Mukherjee's book 'Crypto Crimes: Inside India's Best-Kept Secret', which delves into the murky underbelly of the crypto world and its spread across India.Opinion | BJP Manifesto: Medium Is The MessageDinesh Narayanan | Thursday April 18, 2024 The 2024 manifesto is markedly different from previous versions. There are 52 photographs of PM Modi. A key departure from previous documents is the prominence given to Hindu religious symbols, including the Ram Temple.Opinion | This Election Season, Even Shakespeare's Fool Wants You To ThinkNishtha Gautam | Thursday April 18, 2024 More than four centuries after his death, William Shakespeare's craft of making the audience hold a mirror to their selves is coming in handy when reflection, too, is merely performative.Opinion | The Irony Of West's 'Democracy' Memos To IndiaKanwal Sibal | Thursday April 18, 2024 The West's approach is judgmental and lacks empathy. There is little intellectual effort to look at the problems their own democracies are facing and the erosion of the credibility of their own democracies internally and externally.Opinion | Lok Sabha Polls: INDIA Camp Appears More Cohesive Ahead Of Phase 1K.V. Prasad | Thursday April 18, 2024 As the first phase of voting approaches on Friday, April 19, a clear picture emerges of a nearly direct contest between BJP-led NDA and the Congress-led INDIA.Opinion | Middle East Is Becoming A Nuclear Tinderbox, Thanks To A Dead DealKabir Taneja | Wednesday April 17, 2024 The impact of US President Donald Trump's erroneous decision to withdraw from the JCPOA deal in 2015 was multi-layered. Beyond diplomacy and realpolitik, the issue of Iran's nuclearisation threatens to become more uncontainable than ever.Opinion | Battle Royale Rajasthan: 5 Factors Shaping BJP's Hat-Trick BidAmitabh Tiwari | Wednesday April 17, 2024 The latest opinion polls by C-Voter and CNX predict that the BJP will sweep the state again in 2024, while Polstrat gives 19 seats to the party.113141516171819202122...67