However, this is precisely what Nirmala Sharma achieved in Delhi, starting around 1991 at the age of 44 and continuing for about 25 years till her tragic death in the middle of several struggles.

But it resulted in in bringing back to power an extreme right-wing government led by the BJP. After Modi came to power, he subverted some public institutions and started a movement against the ...

Corruption in India thrives at the intersection of politics and administration. It is both a cause and a consequence of weak governance. The absence of political will to enforce anti-corruption norms ...

The 2025 Bihar Assembly election is widely viewed by political commentators as a historic event, given its potential to shape the course of national politics. While attending public meetings and ...

I refer here to the piece titled ‘Lalu more concerned with his personal gains than fighting the fascist and rightist ecosystem, by Arun Srivastava in your latest issue, Vol. 63, No. 43-44, Oct 25-Nov ...

Tribals or adivasis, as they are popularly known as a symbol of self-assertion, comprise of around 8.2 per cent of the national population. The tribals are concentrated mostly in the central belt of ...

Like his father Lalu Yadav, his younger son, the leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav took to aggressive posture and announced headline-grabbing promises for the voters even before Bihar INDIA bloc ...

The New India is a conjurer’s table with secret pockets and hidden crevices that are hard to fathom. The smokescreen of false logic further hides the reality of this strange country. To understand the ...

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The special fast-track court judge, P.R. Patel, has pronounced his verdict on the mystery behind the fire incident in the Sabarmati Express at Godhra on February 27, 2002. The conspiracy theory put ...

(Author: Adama Srinivas Reddy (sreevare13 [at]gmail.com) teaches at the Kakatiya Government College (Autonomous) Hanumakonda, and is a Founding Member of the Society for Change in Education, Telangana ...

The wheel of history turns, but in Nepal, it is turning very rapidly. Thousands of people are back on the streets demanding the return of 77-year-old former king, Gyanendra. The roads are filled with ...