BIG STORY
WITH RISING CONGRESS VOTE SHARE, GUJARAT NOT THE IMPREGNABLE SAFFRON FORTRESS ANYMORE
DID THE MUSLIMS OF GUJARAT VOTE FOR THE BJP IN SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS IN THE PAST DESPITE THE 2002 POGROM? WHAT WOULDÂ THEY DO IN THE...
HINDUTVA’S COW OBSESSION IS HURTING INDIA
India is moving backwards. The endeavors of the BJP and its brethren in the RSS-led Sangh Parivar to replicate their interpretation of the life...
UNDER FIRE AT HOME, TRUMP CLINCHES $110 BILLION SAUDI ARMS DEAL; GETS WARM RECEPTION
The arms deal, plus other investments that could total up to $350 billion, was the achievement of Trump’s first day in Riyadh
King Salman gave...
AMID RISING INTOLERANCE AND UNEMPLOYMENT, MODI EYES A SECOND TERM
It was the BJP’s overwhelming success in Uttar Pradesh which reinforced Modi’s larger-than-life image. But the reality is more mundane. the availability of jobs fell...
LAND FOR GORAKHNATH TEMPLE-MATTH, WHICH UP CM YOGI HEADS, WAS DONATED BY A MUSLIM RULER
The Gorakhpur-based Gorakhnath Peeth or Matth, which Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath heads, has for centuries ironically preached rationalism, tolerance, anti-caste, anti-hierarchical, democratic-humanist...