A Dress Code for Netas
Whats in a shirt.. well, not much unless you happen to be a public face like Rahul Gandhi. Then, the shit can hit the ceiling if you get your...
The yatra that changed India
One of the top stories of the week has been the Rahul Gandhi-led Congress ‘Bharat jodo yatra’. For the Congress, it is perhaps another shot at political revival, an...
Bharat Jodo: Congress’s Yatra for Revival or Gandhi family Survival?
Of all the data points that reveal the contrasting fortunes of the BJP and the Congress over the last decade, here is the most striking: the BJP won 7.84...
Will Gandhis be arrested?
Will the Gandhis be arrested? Yes.. that’s the big political question that’s blowing in the august wind in the national capital.. this city of byzantine conspiracies and powerplays. Interestingly,...
RG at ED Boon or Bane?
This week, the political headlines have been dominated by Rahul Gandhi’s questioning by the ED.. with Congress workers and leaders protesting across the country. RG at ED Boon or...
Congress Must break with Past to Build New future
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” That famous quote erroneously attributed to renowned physicist Albert Einstein might well typify the state...
Private Life of Rahul Gandhi
A video of around 12 seconds is put out on twitter on Tuesday morning by the BJP’s hyper active social media chief, Amit Malviya of Rahul Gandhi partying at...
All in the Family
For years now, the strongest critique that the BJP has had against the Congress and several regional parties is that they are family run fiefdoms, the parties of ‘Shehzadas’.
The Rahul versus Mamata versus Arvind battle
It is argued, often justifiably, that a large section of the news media, especially prime time tv, spends far more time and energy questioning the opposition than it does...
Rahul Gandhi should form his own party or opt out
Dumping on Rahul Gandhi has become a fashion: while his BJP opponents have ‘Pappu-fied’ him as an incompetent leader, many of his Congress colleagues in private hold him responsible...