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Battle for Bihar: Complicated caste poll primer

In one sense, this election has some striking resemblances to the landmark one of 1977, with sub-caste combinations and antipathies still the bedrock of measures

Of caste, class and war rooms

Earlier, an election used to be a political activity undertaken for its transactional value. Now the digital campaign has spawned heated Facebook debates. The election in Bihar will never be the same

Revisiting reservations?

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's remark on new thinking on affirmative action has put the fat in the fire

Aditi Phadnis: AAP's existential dilemma

Should the party expand to Punjab, Bihar and other places, or should it consolidate its gains in Delhi? This was one of the questions before the party when it split sometime back. An answer is yet to

High drama in the Himalayan nation

The Madhesi plainsmen of Nepal allege that they have been given a raw deal in the new Constitution. The author traces the genesis of the problem and spells out why India is worried

Aditi Phadnis: A power shift in the Congress?

Rahul Gandhi's elevation may have been deferred. But the old guard can see it is inevitable. And it's got them worrying

Aditi Phadnis: Worrisome signals from Maharashtra

The state is seeing its worst-ever drought; it has a new Commissioner who doesn't seem to be in charge of the most important case the state has seen in recent months

Newsmaker: Rakesh Maria

Laurels and rewards amid controversies

Easy land acquisition becomes USP for competing states

This gives ballast to Modi's call to India's states to draw up their own land acquisition rules in order to become competitive

Aditi Phadnis: The hot seat in Assam

Any guesses on who will be the chief minister of Assam after the Assembly elections in 2016?

Pakistan govt seems inclined to cancel NSA talks

India says Pakistan's insistence on meeting Hurriyat leaders against Ufa agreement

Don't want to get involved in geopolitics: Pacific nations to India

India reaches out to small Pacific island nations to counter China

Prime minister Narendra Modi to address Pacific islands summit today

On Wickremesinghe rides Sri Lanka's hope for growth

Ranil Wickremesinghe's victory is a vote in favour of development and against the ethnic conflict that has plagued the island nation for long

Newsmaker: Khanderao Kand

RSS' voice in United States

Aditi Phadnis: Master of the about-turn

Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav behaved entirely in character when he broke ranks with the Congress and backed the BJP in the monsoon session

Aditi Phadnis: Mulayam Yadav - Master of about-turn

Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav behaved entirely in character when he broke rank with the Congress and backed the BJP in the monsoon session

UPA govt did not manipulate people: Kapil Sibal

Interview with former Telecom Minister

Striking the right chord with Nagaland

The historic peace accord signed between the central government and NSCN-IM is a complex one, whose working will depend on how it is implemented on the ground

Newsmaker: Anshu Gupta

Why Anshu Gupta got the Magsaysay